NEW PASTORS’ WIVES SITE – http://shoshanna.org/priscillasfriends/ Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-036 DRAMA AND SCRIPTURE From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhorting, to teaching. 1 Timothy 4:13. The Good News has come to us dramatically. […]
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:48:33 +1100, Wayne Crich wrote: >I am curious about what translations of the bible people use and why >they use that particular translation ? I do, or have in the past, regularly consulted: – NRSV because I live around theologians and that’s the one they tend to use. Also, my […]
Christian Quotation of the Day March 14, 2001 Most evangelicals believe that if a passage of the Bible seems unclear in its meaning, it should be interpreted in the light of Scripture “as a whole”. But what does “Scripture as a whole” mean? In practice, if not theory, it means the working systematic theology of […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-054 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris REPENTANCE In Greek writings generally the word used in the New Testament for repentance means ‘a change of mind’. It is used only with reference to a single action, not for a wholehearted change that may affect the whole […]
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:58:20 +1200, “Truth .” wrote: >Since Noah was the forefather of all humans, conduct consistent with the >sanctity of life and blood was expected of all humans. Many Bible scholars >have realized this connection. For example: “Blood was recognized to be the >seat of life, and therefore something sacred. . […]
The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus{1} William Lane Craig —————————————————————————- —- William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Jan and their two teenage children Charity and John. At the age of sixteen as a junior in high school, […]
Rowland Croucher wrote: Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-059 (Book Review) LAWYER TESTS THE EVIDENCE FOR EASTER What is the big deal about her being a lawyer? In most court cases, one of the two lawyers is going to be doing his/her best to dress up fiction as reality. Finding the truth is not even their job. […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-064 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris SACRIFICE Leviticus begins with a treatment of animal sacrifices which is so detailed and so far away from the world in which we live that many of us become confused and discouraged. It may help if we notice that […]
This post is part of a series I put on the Internet in the Spring of 2001 on the Atonement. To date, many of the articles of the series were, I admit, negative. Meaning they would upset folk possessing a conservative Christian faith and downright objectionable, to be rejected out of hand, for those taking […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-014 [Repeat of CLM 881: 26 Aug 1999] DETERMINING THE DATE OF EASTER The calendar is very important for a society so that it can determine when things should be done. In the ancient world, knowing the time to plant crops was vital; and in modern times the calendar enters every aspect of […]