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Clean or Unclean?
Traditions are very important to us, whether they are family traditions, cultural traditions, or religious traditions. It's no surprise then that differing traditions often butt heads and cause controversy. For the early church, Jewish traditions were their cultural background, and so it ...)
Bloody Friday
Blood has a diverse and evocative symbolism: everything from death and violence to guilt and justice. Its morbid hues draw the eye, much to the benefit of the Twilight and Dexter franchises. But what is this obsession with blood? After all, it's just ...)
God in thongs
"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them". So goes the famous quote from Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. As we start looking at the fourth account of Jesus life in ...)
Faith or Flight?
One of the great tensions of the Christian life is fear vs faith. Many things give us grounds for fear, including personal circumstances, global politics, health pandemics, and economic downturns. At the same time, God's word gives us grounds for faith - ...)
We can be Heroes?
What is your definition of a hero? In a recent SMH article, the top five most unlikely Australian sporting heroes were unveiled. Of course, topping the list was poor Steven Bradbury, who medalled after everyone in front of him fell over on ...Intolerance
Posted in Questions.
– May 1, 2012
Why the suffering?
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The second big question in our series is, “Why doesn’t God do something about suffering?” – an ancient and anguished issue (Psalm 73).
This can be either a philosophical objection to Christianity, or a cry for meaning, justice, and hope in the face of brute reality. The explanatory power of all worldviews are tested to their breaking point by suffering, and so this week it may well be a matter of “last worldview standing”. So this Sunday our aims are modest: merely to wrestle together with the question, and look at what the Bible says God has done, will do, and is doing in connection with suffering. |
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Posted in Questions.
– Apr 18, 2012
Same-sex Marriage
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Posted in Questions.
– Apr 9, 2012
Bloody Friday
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Blood has a diverse and evocative symbolism: everything from death and violence to guilt and justice. Its morbid hues draw the eye, much to the benefit of the Twilight and Dexter franchises.
But what is this obsession with blood? After all, it’s just a connective tissue, isn’t it? It’s just a hydraulic highway for nutrients and waste compounds. And what’s with the particular Christian obsession with blood? On Good Friday morning we kick off our Easter program with a little meditation on the sign-language of blood in the Bible. |
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Posted in Easter.
– Mar 21, 2012
