Theology
378-word Bible
After Britain’s 100-minute Bible… try this 378-word Bible John Crace offers a summary of the main events of the Bible which may be of help to those even more pushed for time. Thursday September 22, 2005 The Guardian God created heaven and earth in six days. He then made Adam, quickly followed by Eve when […]
Orthodoxy
[As a young person] I noticed a book [on a clergyman’s shelves] with a thin spine and a severe-looking title – ‘On Liturgical Theology’. I had no idea that there was any such thing as a ‘liturgical theology,’ but I knew I loved liturgy, and the book by Aidan Kavanagh looked interesting… The ancient Christian […]
Weather of Mass Destruction
Sightings 9/29/05 Weather of Mass Destruction — Robert McElvaine Is God a terrorist? Many self-professed Christians seem to think so. The devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina provided a sodden, gruesome opportunity for some who call themselves Christians to vent their distortions of the religion of Jesus. They did so by extending the old […]
Finding My Religion
Religious scholar Huston Smith talks about Christianity and why religion matters today Huston Smith, one of the world’s leading religion scholars, has made a career of studying and celebrating other people’s faiths. His book “The World Religions,” first published in 1958 under the title “The Religions of Man,” guides readers on a spiritual odyssey through […]
Homosexuality: a ‘middle’ view
A pastor friend, in response to ‘You have the Bible bashing fundamentalists on one side and the warm fuzzies on the other, liberal side. In the middle are those who stand for everything and nothing.’ wrote… As one of those somewhere in the middle I am sick of the dishonesty from the extremes in which […]
Are there Homosexual Saints?
By Joe Bob Briggs Issue #190, November/December 2003 When I was eight years old, a 14-year-old boy came to live with us for the summer. He was the son of my dad’s friend and the ultimate “big brother” type, able to teach me archery, boxing and all kinds of manly pursuits that my bothersome sisters […]
Children
“When a child walks down the road, a company of angels goes before him proclaiming, “Make way for the image of the Holy One.” Hasidic saying
N T Wright Lectures and Articles
A rich resource: http://www.ntwrightpage.com/ Paul Jesus Other Articles New Perspectives on Paul (145K PDF Version) Jesus and the Identity of God (150K PDF Version) How Can The Bible Be Authoritative? (150K PDF Version) Paul’s Gospel and Caesar’s Empire Jesus’ Resurrection and Christian Origins God and Caesar, Then and Now (150K PDF) Communion and Koinonia: Pauline […]
To whom should we pray?
From a pastor-friend: Hi, I am not sure if it Rowland or Rowley and certainly don’t want to give offence. On Sunday in our Children’s worship here at _ _ _ _ Baptist Church the leader said to the children let’s pray. She commenced her prayer, “Dear Lord Jesus ….” I thought nothing of this. […]
God and gender
From a netfriend: I acknowledge there are examples of liturgy, song, and prayer using images other than male-gendered ones in use within the church. However, my argument is that in order to say we are a church that respects diversity in how we name God we must be able demonstrate we equally value (not necessarily […]
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