Theology
How Long Was Jesus’ Hair?
[from usenet] I may be able to help a little bit with the ‘long hair of Jesus thing… >Why are lots of pictures of Jesus portraying him with long hair? I recently found out that our modern idea of ‘short hair’ and that of Our Lord’s days are vastly different. Back then hair to the […]
Theological Liberalism
‘Christians’ can roughly be put into about ten _theological_ categories. They are (from left to right): ‘radical liberal’ (eg. Cupitt), ‘liberal’ (Tillich, Robinson, Kung, Spong), ‘neo-orthodox’ (Barth), ‘liberal evangelical’ (Fosdick), ‘radical evangelical’ (Wallis), progressive/ Lausanne evangelical’ (Stott), ‘conservative evangelical’ (Packer), ‘fundamentalist’ (Bob Jones III), ‘sectarian’ (the JW’s), and ‘cultish’ (Koresh). Now it’s common to call […]
When Does Christmas Begin And End?
We Let Them Take The Christ Out Of Christmas A personal perspective By Dennis Daily LOS ANGELES, CA (November 28, 1998) — It is no secret that, with each passing year, what is perceived as the “Christmas season” begins earlier and earlier. We’ve come a long way from the time that hardly anyone really got […]
Gender-Inclusive Translations
From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: NIV – gender-specific (pity!) Date: 29 Nov 1998 00:13:20 GMT G'day all. Oh, a warning before we start. I speak in nested parentheses and footnotes. You have been warned. () writes: >What I hear you saying is that previous language, once appropriate for >describing all humanity (man) is […]
God, Science, And Homosexuality
From: Richard Kerr <> Newsgroups: alt.christnet,alt.religion.christian,alt.religion.christian.baptist,aus.religion.christian,alt.religion.christian-teen Subject: Re: God, Science, and Homosexuality Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 11:46:00 +1100 Gavin Wheeler wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:18:11 -0500, “Marvin” <> wrote: > > >Jody wrote in message <73j4nq$o0>… > > > >[Neither Aramaic, Greek, Latin or Hebrew contains the word > >”homosexual” […]
Gender-Inclusive Translations
From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: NIV – gender-specific (pity!) Date: 26 Nov 1998 21:13:17 GMT G'day all. () writes: >But why would it be a pity? >We should be working to obey God and keep Him “happy” not feminists, >women, wives who push for a feminist/female makeover (reconstruction) >of the Church and of […]
The Episcopalian ‘Religion’
Subject: Re: The Episcopalian 'Religion' Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:03:47 GMT From: (D. Stephen Heersink) Newsgroups: alt.religion.christian.episcopal Rowland Croucher writes about the “watered-down” religion known as Episcopalian, or Anglican. There’s truth to the proposition: Many Episcopalians are not really Christians, but theists who see Christ as a good teacher, and therefore don’t mind the […]
Spong On Billy Graham
A fair assessment of the leading evangelist of our times by a liberal Christian who also is an effective evangelist in his own way. See http://www.dfms.org/newark/vox30399.html#voice.
Demons And Our World-View
How can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? (Matthew 12:29). Another common misconception of the spiritual world is that some problems are psychological and some are spiritual. This misconception implies a division between the human soul and spirit, which does not exist. There […]
Blood Transfusions [A Jewish Perspective]
From: (Les Brown) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Truth Jehovah Witness. Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:44:53 GMT ” Truth..” <> wrote in aus.religion.christian: >A blood transfusion is said by some not eating blood but if a person is not >able to eat physical food how do they feed him? Intravenously. > I've come upon this […]
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