[Draft] A friend lent us a book, ‘Stirrings of the Soul – Evangelicals and the New Spirituality’by Rev Michael Raiter – BA, MTh, DipA (Theol), DipEd [Currently - Principle, of Bible College of Victoria, Australia] (c) Matthias Media 2003, published by: The Good Book Company (UK). I don’t usually read that many books these days, [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Shayne
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At times, when I’m tired the language of theologians is way, beyond me! I was glancing through a recent edition (February 2010) of Southern Cross (monthly newspaper published by Anglican Media Sydney, Australia), when I spotted an articled, with the title, ‘Serving a Sovereign God’ written by Rev. Dr. John Woodhouse, Principal of Moore Theological [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Shayne
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In writing some comments on Selwyn Hughes’ study for today, from the current issue of CWR’s publication ‘Every Day with Jesus’; I was struck by this great verse – which, I think is very well expressed in, the New Living Translation, as follows:- Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 4, verse 30 (NLT): “And do not bring sorrow [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Shayne
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PSALM 2 As mentioned in another post Psalm 1, and 2 form an introduction to the Book of Psalms. Psalm 2 is important, as it is an example of how Jesus has carefully woven His role into the fabric of what we call the Old Testament. I’m interested in your views on this Psalm – [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Shayne
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Browsing through the various internet news services I came across this title: ‘Faith embraced in times of trouble’(By John Stapleton, March 24, 2008, The Australian newspaper), I thought, well, that has long been the case. Further into the article (follow the link for full details), I read the following: “In his homily during Easter Sunday [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Shayne
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I like this article (short and to the point), “Could you prove you’re a Christian?” written by Keith Manuel (Mar 18, 2008), taken from a Baptist site. Here’s the introduction: “A recent article in The New York Times discussed the difficulty facing some American-born Jews, now living in Israel, to prove the authenticity of their heritage. One [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Shayne
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The Australian federal election is about mid-way through the six weeks election process; and sadly, there are a number of Christian groups who are entering this process to endorse candidates who most closely align to the ‘Christian’ view. I don’t have an issue at all, with Christians being involved in a political process. Yet, I [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2007 by Shayne
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In today’s Sydney Morning Herald (October 30,2007) there is an article by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell. It is an edited extract from an address given at the Sydney Institute last night to mark the launch of his book God and Caesar: Selected Essays on Religion, Politics and Society I think that [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by Shayne
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I’ve been busy for a few months and was wondering what sort of topic I should start with, once I had more time to write for this blog. Let me state from the start – I don’t have any more of an interest in homosexuality than any other sin. I’m equally at odds with those [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2007 by Shayne
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John Shelby Spong retired as Episcopal Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, in February 2000. John Spong is the author of several bestselling books, including Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Born of a Woman, Living in Sin, and Resurrection: Myth or Reality. He is a Fellow of the Westar Institute which is a member-supported, non-profit research [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2007 by Shayne
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