Theology
Anglican And Baptist Discuss Ordination
From: “Rowland C. Croucher” <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Ordination… Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:45:29 -1000 Nigel wrote (on another subject – y’all know what 🙂 >>Personally, the criteria I would use include – the authority of the >>Church (eg in ordination or similar) , And Graeme (our Kiwi friend who doesn’t like tongues) responded: […]
Open Membership In Australian Baptist Churches
(Paper presented to the School of Ministry, Whitley College Melbourne, July, 1992, and then to all the Baptist clergy conferences throughout Australia. Updated 2010). ‘Now abides faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is baptism.’ The relationship of a person’s faith-to-baptism-to-church membership is one of the most complex issues in contemporary Baptist faith […]
Original Sin: Adam’s Sin And Ours
From: To: Subject: Re: [CHRISTIA] Question: On 08/03/98 16:24:35 you wrote: > >A pastor-friend emailed me with this question. Your helpful responses? > >> A young lady asked me this question the other day, and I wondered what >> your response to would be. She was quite serious and genuine. >> Question: >> Why is […]
John Mark Ministries: A Statement Of Faith
The following Christian doctrines give an expression of the core beliefs of the Ministry, (as at January 1996): We believe – in one God – Father, Son, Holy Spirit – who is revealed to humankind in many and varied ways, but especially and ultimately in Jesus; that the Bible – Old and New Testaments – […]
39 Articles
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Nigel: 39 Articles. Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:52:35 GMT Hi, Darren, I may have made a rod for my own back by quoting the 39 articles earlier. You referred to the 39 articles, and said that my ideas on scripture were contradictory to the teaching of […]
Received The Holy Spirit?
This question, asked by Paul in Acts 19:2 of some disciples he found at Ephesus, is sometimes used to provoke a discussion of the nature of the gifts of the Spirit. At first glance, we might sat that the issues and the example are quite clear. Paul had discovered a group of people who had […]
Is Christianity A ‘Religion’?
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Graeme's 6 points – was The Apocrypha Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:55:06 GMT I wrote >>>>Christianity is a religion. Graeme wrote: >>>Christianity is not a religion. Religion is the devil's ace trump by >>>which he deceives mankind. … etc. The author of 1 Timothy wrote: >>(1 […]
Imago Dei
There’s a Hindu legend about a time when all humans were gods, but they abused that divinity. They so abused it that Brahma the chief god decided to take it away from them and hide it where they would never find it again. Where to hide it became the big question. And the lesser gods […]
Why I Am A Baptist
In the closing years of the 20th century we are witnessing a remarkable cross-fertilisation of new (or not so new) ideas about the nature and purpose of the church, and how various faith traditions should respond to those ideas. In my last pastorate there was greater diversity within the churches of my city than ever […]
Christianity Is About Jesus
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Jesus Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 03:31:45 GMT Christianity is about Jesus. Believing that Jesus is the son of God. Beliving that Jesus rose from the dead. Accepting Jesus’ offer of forgiveness and reconciliation with God. Living acording to Jesus’ teachings. To most Christians this is a statement […]
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