Theology
Belief in God
Towards the end of his life Karl Rahner was questioned by an interviewer as to why he believed in God in spite of so many intellectual difficulties over faith today. The interviewer persisted in this line of inquiry to a degree that annoyed the famous theologian, who replied: ‘Listen, I don’t believe in God because […]
Christ Crucified and the Creeds
by Nathan Nettleton _____________________________________ FOR OUR SAKE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED . . . The Creeds are silent on what Jesus did between his birth and his execution. Following a suggestion by J ¼rgen Moltmann (The Way of the Cross, p.150), a few churches have inserted a sentence such as “Baptised by John and filled with the […]
Am I an Evangelical?
Allan H. Harvey Am I an evangelical? What a silly question. I have certainly applied that word to myself in the more than 20 years since I became a Christian late in High School. As one committed to Christ and to the “evangel” – the Good News for the world, it was natural to call […]
You know you are a Fundamentalist when
You know you are a Fundamentalist when…….. (from Mark Tindall) You think you aren’t one and you call yourself an evangelical You know you’ll go to heaven for sure and everybody else will go to hell. You are positive that eveyone whose lifetyle differs from yours in the slightest is The Devil in disquise, trying […]
A Liberation Theologian on Ratzinger
April 25, 2005 A Liberation Theologist on Ratzinger Pope of Fear and Centralized Power? By LEONARDO BOFF The elevation of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Pope of the Catholic Church has brought satisfaction to some, and concern to others. Two factors cause these concerns: his style of governing the Church, and his basic attitude vis-a-vis today’s […]
Spong
[Posted by a netfriend]: John Shelby Spong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. One prominent theme in Spong’s writing is the need to rethink the basic ideas of Christianity to make them consistent with a postmodern understanding of the universe. He believes that theism has lost credibility as a valid conception of God’s nature, preferring something […]
Fundamentalism (Peter Cameron)
From Mark: FUNDAMENTALISM is characterised by and thrives on protective stupidity. Argument, debate, the possibility that they might be wrong – these are not on the agenda. In any other walk of life they would be regarded as unhinged. Very few of them have ever been exposed to the simplest form of bible criticism, yet […]
Liberal Christianity
Some more accurate views about Liberal christianity (from Mark Tindall): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11 What is a Liberal Christian? Sometimes liberals are thought to […]
In A Multicultural World Why Is Jesus Unique?
http://www.acl.org.au/home/browse.stw?article_id=2439 IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD WHY IS JESUS UNIQUE? Easter Breakfast Address, 23 March, 2005 The Rev. The Hon. Dr. Gordon Moyes AC, MLC, Superintendent, Wesley Mission, Sydney. Our freedom of speech is a precious right. Restrictions on that freedom allows totalitarianism to flourish. Everything should be able to be discussed and debated. For a […]
Speaking in Tongues
A friend was asked What’s your position on speaking in tongues? His (cryptic) response: Acts 2 is known languages. Corinthians 14 is private prayer language. One edifies, the other does not. The second can be mimicked by non-Christians, former Christians, never Christians and seriously sinning Christians so it is no evidence of the presence of […]
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