St James, this Sunday http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons A sermon on the way Tue, 01 May 2012 03:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Intolerance http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/topical/questions/intolerance/ http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/topical/questions/intolerance/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 03:34:48 +0000 Jon http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/?p=1262
The final question in our series is, why are Christians so intolerant of other beliefs?

If asked in response to unloving reactions of Christians to other beliefs/lifestyles/cultures, then we may need to clean-house and apologize.

But if asked with the assumption that to disagree or to contradict is to be intolerant, we may want to challenge the underlying post-modern worldview. The biblical worldview has a more powerful explanation both of the problem (that sin has obscured truth) and the solution (Jesus has come to reveal the truth absolutely).

And it should be apparent that if we really believe that, then “we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:5-31).
Intolerance Briefing

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]]> http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/latest/new-podcast-available-suffering-by-jon/feed/ 0 Why the suffering? http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/topical/questions/why-the-suffering/ http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/topical/questions/why-the-suffering/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:28:01 +0000 Jon http://www.stjamescroydon.org.au/sermons/?p=1223 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. A Briefing on Suffering

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