Theology
Baptist Identity
Rowland and Jan Croucher wrote: I believe (perhaps naively) that an _appreciation_ of Baptist distinctives/identity/history doesn’t mean we have to be stuck back there. In these days of greater understanding of the faith-journeys of others, the ‘distinctives’ matter less and less: they’re best viewed as part of the mosaic of our one-in-Christness… ~~ Gary wrote: […]
My Problems With Legalism
Laws are written to provide order to living. They regulate what we can and can’t do. They endeavour to define what is acceptable, and to protect us from what is unacceptable. They try to protect us from unscrupulous people who would take advantage of those who are vulnerable among us. Every year more and more […]
Authority And Liberalismn
I don’t think “marginalising” is a harsh word, and I was merely borrowing it from Ravi Zacharias. In his description of historian David Marshall’s thesis on the church in Canada he writes, “Betrayal came from their own educated ranks as some in leadership succumbed to and even joined forces with skeptics, giving strength to the […]
What To Believe
One (conservative) netfriend wrote: I believe Jesus was divine. I believe that Christianity is the only way to heaven/salvation. I believe in Jesus’ death as atonement. I believe in a physical resurrection. I DO believe that God is Love, and that living in Love is living in God. ~~ Another added two more issues: Virgin […]
Creeds
A netfriend responds to a conservative evangelical’s beliefs: At the risk of being pedantic what do you mean by Jesus was divine, there are many understanding of divinity, even within Christianity not to mention other faiths and non-faiths? In much the same way “what is Christianity”? There are many variations, some claim to be mutually […]
The Conservative Mind-Set
First “Chris Ho-Stuart” wrote: “A-IMilano apoprotein. Decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels with significant lipoprotein modifications and without clinical atherosclerosis in an Italian family.” by Franceschini G, Sirtori CR, Capurso A 2nd, Weisgraber KH, Mahley RW in J Clin Invest. 1980 Nov;66(5):892-900 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_u ids=7430351&dopt=Abstract> and “The Milano Mutation: A Rare Protein Mutation Offers New Hope […]
Misusing The Name Of God
© By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. “Allah Akbar” is a phrase that fundamentalist Islamic terrorists call out while they are committing acts of murder. The phrase means, “God is great.” In a similar way, a 27-year old Jewish law student named Yigal Amir assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Amir said he […]
Uniting Church And Sexuality (2003)
From one (Uniting Church) net friend (July 2003): The thing that amazes me about the discussion on Resolution 84 is that many comments begin from part 2 and ignore part 1, which is absolutely crucial to interpreting what the Assembly has done. 1. To note the following extracts from Assembly minute 00.25.03: (a) that the […]
Evangelicals And Liberals
From a (liberal) netfriend: Those with evangelical beliefs would definitely label me as non-christian: I don’t believe Jesus was divine. I don’t believe that christianity is the only way to heaven/salvation. I don’t believe in a virgin conception (Catholics believe in a virgin birth, we believe in a virgin conception, although we often use the […]
Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Ark ….some interesting facts …………….. ******************************* .. the generally accepted size of the ark is 155 metres long, 25 metres wide and 15 metres high and it was to contain three decks, a side-opening door pair and a one-cubit square window at the top. .. . It is of particular interest to speculate how […]
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