Theology
Mainline Protestantism
Robinson and Mainline Protestantism Sightings 4/3/06 — Martin E. Marty “A liberal,” poet Robert Frost wrote, “is a man” — or a woman — “too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.” My corollary observation: “Mainline Protestants are too complacent to make a defense or counterattack when chided or derided.” Catholics and Jews […]
Reasons for using the KJV
Gilleasbuig Macmillan, the minister at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, was once asked why he always used the King James version of the Bible in his services. Gilleasbuig merely replied: “Well, he used to be a member of the congregation here.”
The devil, in his many forms
The devil, in his many forms By PAMELA MILLER Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune 22-MAR-06 Satan is with us. “Of course,” you say. Or, “No way.” Perhaps you scoff _ or shudder. Whether he lurks in your belief system or not, the Devil is often encountered as a caricature, metaphor or character on page or screen. […]
I Feel Your Pain: A Theology of Compassion
I Feel Your Pain But who am I, anyway? by Daniel J. Treier A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition by Oliver Davies Eerdmans, 2003 We live in a world acutely sensitive to difference, but also blindly insensitive to forced sameness. Myriad choices proliferate, but many people do not have […]
10 Wonders of the Bible
One of my favourite Christian groups is the Bible Society. I pray you are able to support them. The N.S.W. Bible Society asked me to do an article for their autumn 2006 magazine (Bibles work). Here is what it says, and it states what I believe are central truths about the Bible. In our pluralistic […]
The Sword of the Lord
The Sword of the Lord How “otherwordly” fundamentalism became a political power. by George Marsden The most striking feature of the fundamentalism since the 1970s that distinguishes it from its forebears is its deep involvement in mainstream national politics. This point must be stated carefully. Fundamentalism has always had political implications. One of the several […]
Christian Existentialism
Christian existentialism evolved because of Jean Paul Sartre’s definitive proof that God could not exist as we exist. Jesus existed as we exist therefore cannot be God based solely on this proof let alone any other facts. As contrasted with Existence, Being is all-embracing and objective rather than individual and subjective. Being includes both Being-in-itself […]
In praise of doubt
What we see as a stumbling block can be a step toward deeper faith My 7-year-old son crept downstairs one night, two hours after his bedtime, and announced that he couldn ¢â‚¬â„¢t sleep because he was too scared. I quizzed him about nightmares, scary books and horror movies on TV, and received ¢â‚¬Ëœno ¢â‚¬â„¢ on all counts. […]
Charismatic and mainline
March 07, 2006 Charismatic and mainline by John Dart On Passion Sunday in 1960, the Episcopal pastor of a growing parish in suburban Los Angeles revealed his covert spiritual experiences of recent months. Unknown to most parishioners, he and 70 other members had been “speaking in tongues”—making utterances that most mainline churches equated with overheated […]
A Right royal rebuke to the Jensen doctrine of female subordination
A right royal rebuke to the Jensen doctrine of female subordination March 13, 2006 When the Queen walks into St Andrew’s Cathedral today she can’t help but highlight the hypocrisy of Sydney Anglicanism, writes Muriel Porter. TODAY the Queen will attend a special Commonwealth Day observance service in St Andrew’s Cathedral. It will be Her […]
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