I’m going to talk about money this week at our Sunday gathering – more specifically the whole issue of generosity and giving and how we go about this.
I’m not one of those people who gets ancy about the topic of money and avoids speaking on it. I actually reckon its the critical topic if we [...]
One of the things I have noticed is that as I get older I am less compelled to believe some of the things I did as a younger person.
For example, I no longer subscribe to a literal 7 day creation view, holding more to the view that God created, but evolutionary processes are still in [...]
These days I regularly have unsettling experiences as I read the Bible, where I find myself wondering ‘what is all that about?!’
I just had one this morning as I was using sacred space where a passage that I once would have ‘understood clearly’ no longer made as much sense.
It is a bit disorienting to have [...]
Fijian churchgoers (men) are being requested to do away with the wearing of trousers in favour of skirts in order to please God.
The article says:
“The ban is meant to bring good luck to the island as we respect the day of the Lord,”… “You can see that often misfortune befalls us because we [...]
From Mary Fisher’s facebook status update:
“Discussions on 1. Muslims & the US Constitution & 2 gay persons and what they face have made me SO aware how much Christians need to reconsider how they think they interpret life and text. I do not believe any interpretation of anything is neutral(including my interpretation of hermeneutics that [...]
A few years back Steve Smith gave me a biography of Bonhoeffer entitled True Patriot that he felt offered some excellent insights to what was happening in the ‘emerging church’.
I finally got to read it and while I’m not sure exactly what Steve was seeing as of value I did find the story of Bonhoeffer’s [...]
Yesterday I spoke to our church community about why our primary experience of church needs to be smaller rather than larger.
By ‘smaller’ I mean a group where:
a) every person is known by name.
b) where it is not difficult to share a meal together.
Obviously then, a large group is one where we no longer know one [...]
In light of the previous couple of posts I pose a serious challenge.
Can anyone provide a compelling biblical argument for the existence of paid pastoral staff within a local congregation?
In the absence of a ‘biblical’ argument I will accept a pragmatic one (as I feel this is where the majority of our arguments may have [...]
I once had a school student who refused to become a Christian because he believed that if he was ‘predestined then he would be saved anyway’… and he would have no say in the matter.
I have been pondering today that theology is quite a balancing act. To reconcile the sovereignty of God with human [...]
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How long do you reckon it will be before homosexuality will be completely acceptable to the church? By homosexuality I mean practice of same sex relationships – even same sex marriage.
Whatever your views on this [...]