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Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries
Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries Barney Zwartz June 26, 2013 The Catholic Church is still impeding police pursuit and conviction of clergy sex offenders, according to a former head of Victoria Police’s sexual crimes squad. Former detective inspector Glenn Davies, who now works with victims of clergy sex abuse, says his experience of working with […]
Psalm 146: God vs ‘Princes’
Psalm 146: God vs ¢â‚¬ËœPrinces ¢â‚¬â„¢ Point of contact: On the way to church this morning a minibus drove past with a Bible text neatly printed on the back: ¢â‚¬ËœAll have sinned, and come short of the glory of God ¢â‚¬â„¢ Romans 3:23). And on the side door: ¢â‚¬Ëœ ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬ ¦..Gospel Chapel ¢â‚¬â„¢. I grew up in a ¢â‚¬ËœBrethren Assembly ¢â‚¬â„¢ where […]
Is Pope Francis a Modernizing Reformer?
Is Pope Francis a Modernizing Reformer? K ƒ ¼ng Hopes Yes by Martin E. Marty Monday | May 27 2013 The names of Catholic theologian Hans K ƒ ¼ng and Pope Francis are both in the news because K ƒ ¼ng was sighted saying friendly things about the Pope and the Pope was apparently saying friendly things about God-and-atheists. Such stories […]
Are Christians More Like Jesus or More Like the Pharisees?
April 30, 2013 ¢â‚¬“ One of the common critiques leveled at present-day Christianity is that it ¢â‚¬â„¢s a religion full of hypocritical people. A new Barna Group study examines the degree to which this perception may be accurate. The study explores how well Christians seem to emulate the actions and attitudes of Jesus in […]
Be (like) a child forever !
“Therefore, those who humble themselves like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And who ever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” Johnny’s Mother looked out the window and noticed him “playing church” with their cat. He had the cat sitting quietly and he was preaching to it. She smiled and […]
Confidence in Religion Drops
Sightings Confidence in Religion Drops by Martin E. Marty Monday | April 22 2013 Three ¢â‚¬Å“War College ¢â‚¬ scholars, in the Spring 2013 issue of Daedalus (see reference), discuss some of the reasons why the military wins more confidence than other American institutions. The military is not our subject; those authors may be biased because of […]
SMALL GROUPS: What does a really healthy small group look like?
WHAT DOES A REALLY HEALTHY SMALL GROUP LOOK LIKE? Christians have always met in small groups ¢â‚¬“ leaders like Jesus and John Wesley built their ministries/movements around them ¢â‚¬ ¦ Small groups where Christians study, share, pray, and ¢â‚¬Ëœmission ¢â‚¬â„¢ together come in many sizes and formats. (It ¢â‚¬â„¢s unlikely that a Pentecostal who ¢â‚¬Ëœprays in the Spirit ¢â‚¬â„¢ for […]
Sydney Anglicanism: a(nother) critique
An outsider ¢â‚¬â„¢s response to an insider ¢â‚¬â„¢s defence of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney given by Michael P. Jensen in his book, Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology, (Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock, 2012). by Kevin Giles: ‘I encourage those who get this paper to buy Michaels ¢â‚¬â„¢ book and read it carefully before reading my response and when […]
Paradigm Shifts: where the church has got it wrong
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April Fools’ Day and the Pope
Sightings – April Fools’ Day Monday | April 1 2013 — Martin E. Marty Look up April Fool ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day or April Fools ¢â‚¬â„¢ day in Wikipedia, no less! and no fooling! and you will relearn that this unofficial holiday is a time when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. (It ¢â‚¬â„¢s also called ¢â‚¬Å“All Fools ¢â‚¬â„¢ […]
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