“In 2004, Anglican leaders had asked the Episcopal Church for a moratorium on electing another gay bishop while they tried to prevent a permanent break in the fellowship.” However, the Episcopal Church in America has recently decided to ignore the advice of their peers and they’re in the process of electing another gay person to [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Shayne
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I can recommend this sermon given by Pastor Richard Utber (Nowra Baptist Church). Pastor Richard addresses the issues raised in Chapter 6 and 7 of Amos. It’s about God’s judgment on the northern Kingdom of Israel – whose people were more interested in living the ‘good’ life; as God said: ” … you do not grieve over [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2009 by Shayne
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I’ve heard that the number of Christians killed, in various countries, is increasing. I don’t have the means to verify the various news reports from Christian based organisations – but I do think these reports need to have wider coverage in the western media. What’s you view? For example, I recently read this report: “Islamic extremists [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Shayne
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I was just looking at a web-site in Sydney, which represents the interests of a major Christian denomination. Here are the titles of some of the current articles, on their site: Leaving a church badly Baptise those Babies! Too many ministry apprenticeships? The Gentleness of Scripture Jumping on the secular bandwagon Jingle all the pay! [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Shayne
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I read in the December edition of the Southern Cross, that the recent Jesus All About Life (JAAL) campaign in New South Wales was reasonably successful. An analysis showed that over 80% of the people, polled in a survey, reported that they experienced the campaign in some form. The TV advertisements were received with a ‘moderately positive’ [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Shayne
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