Theology
What Were The Pharisees Really Like?
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion Subject: Re: Traffic Light Theology Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:39:16 GMT On Fri, 29 May 1998 02:50:11 +0900, Michael Smith <> wrote: >I just did a quick search through Matthew's gospel on the word >"Pharisee" and almost every single reference was either Jesus >criticizing the Pharisees or the […]
Salvation By Faith Alone?
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jesus Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 06:55:24 GMT On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:43:25 +1000, "Darren R Middleton" <> wrote: >Semantics I hope… But let us be clear, salvation is by faith *alone*. I wonder if you can find any scriptural support for this statement. Luther added […]
Living With Ambiguity
My thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways, declares Yahweh. For the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts. \We know only imperfectly… When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and see things as […]
The Gospels
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion Subject: Re: Traffic Light Theology Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:22:11 GMT I wrote: >> The Gospels were written long after the death of Jesus, probably >> mostly after the destruction of he Temple. In <>, Michael Smith <> wrote: >While they were certainly written well after the death […]
Women’s Ordination Essay
A history of women’s ordination in the Baptist Union of Victoria By Darren Cronshaw This essay is submitted for a Supervised Course in Church History (CH 499) as partial requirement for the degree of Master of Theology at the Melbourne College of Divinity Length: 12500 words Supervisor: Rev Dr Ken Manley Whitley College, […]
What Easter Is All About
Let him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east. (G M Hopkins, ‘The Wreck of the Deutschland’) Most early Christians were Jews who were used to celebrating religious festivals at various times in the year (Passover, Tabernacles, Pentecost etc.). So Christians were encouraged to follow the great […]
The Cross Of Jesus Christ In Christian Theology
Murray Rae The Cross: Centre Point and Starting Point The criterion of all theology which claims to be Christian is the cross of Jesus Christ. There is no God other than the God who is known in this cross, and no ground for hope other than the overcoming of human sin accomplished in the death […]
The Baptism In The Holy Spirit
God hasn’t given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). There are 366 ‘Fear nots’ in the Bible, I’m told, one for each day of the year – including leap year! So when we ask our loving heavenly Father for good gifts, for his Holy Spirit […]
The Manila Manifesto
of the Manila Manifesto 1.We affirm our continuing commitment to the Lausanne Covenant as the basis of our cooperation in the Lausanne movement. 2.We affirm that in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments God has given us an authoritative disclosure of his character and will, his redemptive acts and their meaning, and his […]
Private Confession And Absolution
The Rev. William M. Cwirla Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – Hacienda Heights There is a quiet reformation going on in many Lutheran congregations. It is nothing less than a return to the Reformation understanding of repentance, forgiveness, and the Holy Ministry. People are coming individually to their pastor to confess their sins and receive the […]
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