Theology
God’s laws: a Jewish response
(Variants of this having been floating around the Internet for years. Pastors: good idea to have some answers, when a member of your congregation brings this to you!) A Jewish netfriend writes: I hope this helps… Dear friends, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s law. I have learned a great […]
Elimilech and doctrinal essentials
Elimilech When Nathan wrote: Is believing that Elimelech belonged to the clan of Ephrath reqally as crucial to our faith as believing that God so loved the world that he sent his only Son? Of course not, and once you have accepted that then you have already accepted that a summary of faith that says […]
Substitutionary Atonement
A pastor-friend wrote: Any single theory of the Atonement cannot be expected to bear the full weight of what God has done for us in Christ. Nor can it be expected to convey a complete revelation of God. That is why the New Testament offers us a number of theories and images, including substitutionary atonement. […]
Levitical laws
(Variants of this having been floating around the Internet for years. Pastors: good idea to have some answers, when a member of your congregation brings this to you!) Dear friends, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s law. I have learned a great deal from this group and try to share […]
New Challenges for Church and State
Samuel Gregg Introduction From the very beginning, human beings have pondered questions that go beyond their immediate needs of survival and material comfort. Enquiries such as “who am I,” “where do I come from,” “to where am I going” reoccur over and over again in the great writings of the ages. No other creature in […]
The Small Bible
Rick Brand 12-01-04 I have got to get me one of those new small Bibles. I haven’t seen one yet, but I know they must be out there. From what I hear, lots and lots of people have them. It certainly sounds like these new small Bibles make life a whole lot simpler. They are […]
Postmodernism and the Deity of Christ
One netfriend wrote: I wonder whether we need a major rethink on the merits of contradictory truths? Does the presence of two mutually exclusive and contradictory facts mean that one of them must be wrong? I’d suggest that our ancient historical perspectives of faith would suggest not, and that problems emerge when we try to […]
Substitutionary Atonement
From a pastor-friend: I sometimes hear people saying that substitutionary atonement is an antiquated idea that doesn’t have any meaning to people in our day. A few years ago I was teaching a CRE lesson to a Grade 4 class. It was the season of Easter and ANZAC Day so we were chatting about sacrifice. […]
Jesus and Liberalism
Jesus was the ultimate liberal progressive revolutionary of all history. The conservative religious and social structure that He defied hated and crucified Him. They examined His life and did not like what they saw. He aligned Himself with the poor and the oppressed. He challenged the religious orthodoxy of His day. He advocated pacifism and […]
God and ‘Being’
A netfriend wrote: mark, by what logical means can you suggest on one hand that God is infinite (eternal) and on the other that God being within each of us would mean that only a successive part of God would be in each of us? or what are you saying? Mark responded: My belief is […]
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