Theology
The Genesis ‘Myth’
Subject: Re: Liberals vs conservatives Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 8:41:51 +0800 From: Nigel Mitchell Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 8:39:24 +0800, Darren R Middleton wrote (in message < >): > I believe the intention of the author was 24 hour days - I believe that is > the position Dr Barr also […]
God
A reflection on two of the threads running in my favorite Usenet newsgroup (aus.religion.christian) at the moment: the substitutionary atonement and universalism discussions. As I see it, one of the key problems in our thinking involves divorcing one or more important characteristic/s (I prefer that term to ‘attributes’) about God from others. First universalism. You […]
Baptism And Salvation
The following is the first draft of an essay prepared for the first year of a theology degree course. Any comments would be welcome, particularly from someone like Jeff, who I suspect would hold to different views. I have not yet written any conclusion, as I would welcome any comments first. Please bear in mind […]
Atonement
Subject: Re: God Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 9:10:39 +0800 From: Nigel Mitchell Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Rowland Croucher wrote: > Re the atonement. I remember a Reformed professor of theology (Klaas > Runia) giving a talk to the effect that there are _three_ generic views > of the atonement in the Bible and through Christian history. […]
God, Omnipresence And Spatiality
Hi all, I am pondering the nature of God with regards to existence in spacial terms. The traditional concept of God includes omnipresence (present in all places at one time) as one of the "omni"s of God. But I question whether speaking of God in spatial terms has meaning, unless such language is in fact […]
Love And Grace
Subject: Re: Jesus Plays Favourites? Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 14:39:53 +0800 From: Nigel Mitchell < Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Graeme: >>> This began with me asking you how you would define grace. Nigel: >> It actually began with you butting in on a conversation I was having with >> Darren. Graeme: > Oh my! I saw […]
Augustine And Hermeneutics
Subject: Re: Universalism revisited Date: 16 Nov 1999 03:03:03 GMT From: (Ken Smith) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,alt.christnet.theology (Graeme Hunt) writes: >On 9 Nov 1999 02:36:56 GMT, (Ken Smith) wrote: >>>I disagree. I think that the Bible is harmonious in this – it depends on >>>the reader’s perspective. And since our perspectives are imperfect we >>>may not be […]
Heaven
POPE SAYS HEAVEN NOT A PHYSICAL PLACE November 10, 1999 – Pope John Paul II has stated that Heaven is not “a physical place among the clouds” (Daily Mail, July 24, 1999). He claims that Heaven, rather, is a “living and personal relationship with the Holy Trinity.” Here is a Protestant Fundamentalist response: The following […]
Jesus And The Jews
Subject: Re: Jesus Plays Favourites? Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 9:51:16 +0800 From: Nigel Mitchell < Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian > To clarify, I was saying there where many jewish factions with > different beliefs, customs, and lifestyles who all beleived in God. > When Jesus came to us he treated them all equally and fairly, telling […]
The Old Testament
Subject: Re: Can we affirm the OT? Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 07:21:14 GMT From: Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In article < >, Daniel McLean wrote: > I continue to be surprised that Christians in the late 20th century > affirm the Old Testament in its entirety as completely true and > inspired, some in a thoroughgoing […]
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