Theology
A Brief History Of Time
ABRIEF HISTORY OF TIME – Stephen W. Hawking Our Picture of the Universe Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time […]
Spong Revised
The Auckland Central Group turned their March meeting into a task force to take John Spong’s 12 Theses and recast them. This is the result: – Theistic talk is outmoded. If we are to talk of God at all, a new way of talking is needed. Instead of God we could talk of: The Creative […]
Noah’s Ark: The Real Story
“Noah’s Ark: The Real Story” – Jeremy Bowen According to the Bible, Noah was a holy man who saved humankind on a wooden ark two-thirds the size of the Titanic. Throughout the world, children are familiar with this well-loved tale of animals loaded onto an ark, two-by-two, before a giant flood destroys life on earth. […]
Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue
[My thanks to the Australian Evangelical Alliance for making this interesting document available. Rowland Croucher]. CHURCH, EVANGELIZATION, AND THE BONDS OF KOINONIA A Report of the International Consultation between the Catholic Church and the World Evangelical Alliance* (1993 – 2002) PREAMBLE We, the representatives of two Christian traditions deeply divided from each other historically, have […]
Christian Fundamentalism Revisited (Rowland Croucher)
[A note to newcomers to these newsgroups]. If you browse here for a while you’ll note a disparity between the quantity of heat and light in many threads. Reason? Clash of ideologies (about four or five discernible ones, in my thinking). The main ‘confrontation’ however is between Christian fundamentalists and all others. I’m ‘fundamental’ in […]
The Church – Diverse
The Church The three main groupings of Churches: Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant, have diversity of belief and practice within them. But the greatest variety is to be found within the Protestant or Reformed ‘family’, which includes the Baptists, Brethren, Congregationalists, Methodists,Pentecostals, Quakers, Salvation Army, United Reformed Church, and the ‘new’ churches. (The Church of […]
What is our Good News?
What is our Good News? Scripture Readings: Matthew 9:35-10:1, Romans 5:1-8 What is our gospel message? What is our good news? What is the good news that we have to share with others? Before I attempt to answer this question, ask yourself how you would answer. What does being a Christian really mean to you? […]
If Jesus Sent A Church Newsletter
If Jesus Sent A Church Newsletter by William G. Menter, First, he would make it funny. Some of his stories were hilarious – especially those reported by John. People could see the irony of how they and others were living – laughed at themselves – and remembered the stories – hopefully even change lives. Second, […]
Confronting Radical Religious Fundamentalism
Confronting Radical Religious Fundamentalism By Scott Walker On September 11, 2001, our nation was attacked by a radical fundamentalist cult who claim to be of the Islamic faith. Through their acts of unprecedented terrorism, thousands have lost their lives and our country has been plunged into grief and anger. As a result, our political leadership […]
Lost Christianities & Intolerant Christians
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew By Bart D. Erhman Published by Oxford University Press Excerpt: Introduction: Recouping Our Losses It may be difficult to imagine a religious phenomenon more diverse than modern-day Christianity. There are Catholic missionaries in developing countries who devote themselves to voluntary poverty for the […]
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