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Eucharist – High Drama

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-026 THE EUCHARIST: HIGH DRAMA From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is […]

EDITORIAL 30 JUNE 2001

Rev. Tim Costello is a high profile Australian Christian, currently president of the Baptist Union of Australia. This week’s New Life (an Australian weekly Christian newspaper) has a response from Tim Costello to an editorial which was apparently critically of his theological position. It raised issues about theology, evangelicalism, universalism etc. First, an article which […]

God’s Word Is . . .

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-040 (Devotional) GOD’S WORD IS . . . (Attributed to Dwight L Moody) This book contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions […]

St Nicholas

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Commemorated December 6 The true greatness of this beloved Saint is hidden in the shadows of legend, obscuring the identity of one of the most endearing of our saints. Nothing is known of the early life of Nicholas, except that he was born at the turn of the fourth century, during […]

Redemption

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-044 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris REDEMPTION When people went to war in the ancient world the victors in battle often captured prisoners. Sometimes they allowed these prisoners to be released if the home folk paid a sufficient price. This process was called ‘redemption’ and […]

‘Open Theism’ View Of God

Prof’s new book tackles unbiblical view of God By Jeff Robinson LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–An updated view of God is finding its way into evangelical churches, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Bruce Ware hopes to expose this new teaching for what it is: an unbiblical redefinition of God. This movement, known as “open theism,” proposes […]

Confirmation

G’day all. SB writes: >I have a question for this newsgroup… >I have been attending confirmation bible studies at my church for about >6 weeks now. We have the choice at the end whether we wish to be >confirmed or not. The service will take place at Easter. >My question is this….what does it mean to […]

Justification

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-222 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris JUSTIFICATION In the Bible justification is basically a legal term. It is used, for example, of the action in a law court when a dispute is settled by the judges, “acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty” (Deuteronomy 25:1). […]

Creation/Evolution Books

Sean McHugh wrote: > The following data is taken from “Science and Earth History, The > Evolution/Creation Controversy”, by Arthur N. Strahler: Correction: The data was taken from “Creation and Evolution”, by Alan Hayward. > A conservative estimate of the amount of coal on the planet, would > be 5 x 10^12 tons, which is […]

Theology’s Life And Death Struggle

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-011 (Theology) THEOLOGY IS IN LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE, SAYS THEOLOGIAN KEY ISSUE IS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS By David W. Virtue Christian theology is in a life and death struggle to set itself free from the long shadow of death cast by the secular canons of historical reason that have prevailed […]