Theology
FAT Christians
Proverbs 13:4, “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is made fat.” Over the last few years a few volumes have come out that critique the evangelical church. David Well’s volume, No Place for Truth is a great book and a worthy read for anyone who is […]
What Jesus said about divorce and remarriage [Part 3]
Does the word “porneia” really mean “adultery” or “marital unfaithfulness,” as it often has been translated? Without this one word, or rather this translation of the word, there are absolutely no grounds for accepting remarriage for anyone. If not for this interpretation of “porneia,” the whole Christian church would have adhered to the ban on […]
What Jesus said about divorce and remarriage [Part 2]
When we look at what Jesus says about divorce and remarriage, we cannot limit ourselves to viewing him as savior. In such a hard and difficult question it may be tempting to “throw ourselves at his mercy” and disregard “the law,” but we must remember that our Savior also is our Maker, our Lord and […]
What Jesus said about divorce and remarriage [Part 1]
Dagen, by Arne Rudvin, at the time (now retired) Bishop of Karachi diocese in the Church of Pakistan. In later years I’ve become convinced that divorce and remarriage is now the primary problem both in the Western churches and the whole Western civilization. The consequences of rampant divorce and remarriage are not only dissolution and […]
Fundamentalism
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… from Peter Cameron’s “Heretic” (Doubleday; Sydney: 1994) p. 1 I have always been conscious that the church resembles a fancy dress party: people are rarely what they seem. p.2 I sensed already, without being able to articulate it, that if God were ever to be reached, it would have […]
How many part to a person?
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… A matter of the whole person? How many parts are there to a whole person? It depends on which theory you follow. The Jews believed in two substances (spirit and flesh) which united made a living soul (whole person) The “tripartite being” (three distinct parts of spirit, soul and […]
Taking the Bible literally…
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… Numbers 1.. “The stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.” 1:51 Deuteronomy 1.. If your brother, son, daughter, wife, or friend tries to get you to worship another god, “thou shalt surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death.” 13:6-10 […]
Answers for a Fundamentalist
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… from http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/fundienazis/fundienazi.htm Answers for a Fundamentalist “God has a moral right to kill” Before you read this let’s set some ground rules. Christian fundamentalists only make up about 15% of the population and less than one-quarter of Christians in general. These people claim to be Protestant, often attack other […]
Deliverance from a heart several sizes too small
I’ve just been for a walk in the park with the dog. A group of teenage girls was practising netball, with some female supervisors. I was the only male around. Suddenly, I heard a girl’s voice calling out ‘Hi Dad!’ followed by teenage laughter. It certainly got my attention (BTW I wasn’t), and the joke […]
Saints vs. Pharisees… More
“Chris Bell” wrote in message news:… Rowland, I think that there is actually a third religious mind-set – that of the prophet, the one who sees the failings of the world and of the necessity for change, and is not frightened of telling others of this. S/he is not a saint, nor a pharisee for […]
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