Theology
The Various Gods/Gods
http://www.godulike.co.uk/faithsa-z.html Shalom! Rowland Croucher
Biblical Illiteracy
SURVEY: BIBLICAL ILLITERACY SPREADING AMONG CHRISTIANS An international educational survey called Program for International Student Assessment shows that increasing numbers of people have trouble comprehending the Scriptures, reports the German evangelical news agency IDEA. The scientific investigation studied school education in 32 industrialized countries. Volker Gaeckle, dean of studies at the evangelical Albrecht Bengel Center […]
What Is Universal Tradition
Universal Tradition. What is Universal Tradition? That Christian Faith, which being handed down from Christ through the Apostles has been received, taught and believed by all Christians universally without addition nor subtraction. That which is plainly Universal in its reception is clearly Apostolic in its foundation. All else is either cultural or local additions (not […]
Jesus Christ: Son Of The Living God
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-212 JESUS CHRIST: SON OF THE LIVING GOD From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him. John 8:29. […]
Jews And The Old Testament
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:33:19 +1100, “Rowland Croucher” wrote: Les’s is an interesting suggestion. Many Christian missionaries do just that – and start with narrative books like Genesis, Ruth, Jonah etc. Two problems for most non-Jewish readers of the O.T.: the levitical laws and genealogies tend to bog ’em down. And the notion of […]
Justin Martyr On The Sabbath/Sunday
Sabbath keeping Christians? Oxymoron there. St Justin Martyr. (110-165 AD). Justin lived from the close of the apostolic era and into the sub-apostolic era. He is thus an important link of Christian teachings for the second century AD. Like Ignatius, Justin eventually was martyred for his Christian faith by the Romans but thankfully he left […]
Heaven And Hell
At 85 years of age old Albert breathed his last. He slipped out of his body and followed a bright light guiding him to heaven where he was greeted by God. Now Albert wasn’t the sort to expect heaven but to his surprise was accepted there. Albert settled down on a cloud with a harp […]
Statement Of Faith And Practice
1. There is one God, in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God created all things, sustains all of life, is Father of all humankind, is our Redeemer and our Judge. 2. Jesus Christ is ‘God with us’, fully divine and fully human. He was the ‘human face of God’, teaching us by his […]
Icons
>”I would like an explanation (if you will) re the use of icons, >statues, etc., by the Church, as such would seem to be contrary to this >passage, which is one of the ten commandments of course.” History: Orthodox tradition holds that St Luke the physician was the first iconographer and his first icon was […]
Anglicans And Orthodoxy
King Henry VIII was wrong. Elisabeth 1st was wrong. Queen Mary was wrong while we are at it. But they were never part of the apostolic sucession. True, but Henry made himself head of the Church and this continues to this day in the English Church, a thing foreign to Christian faith and sensibilities. Elizabeth […]
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