Extract from a column by Martyn E. Marty, "American Baptists," Sightings, 24 October 2011, published by the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School: ... Notre Dame’s Mark Noll, who knows as much as anyone about this subject, wrote in the July-August issue of Books & Culture magazine, “So You’re a Baptist—What Might …
A biblical context for workplace relations
In biblical times a distinction between work and life, and between workplace relationships and social relationships, was less apparent than it is for many workers today. In addition, scholars disagree on how to interpret and apply the social structures assumed by Scripture writers. Further, contemporary models of the welfare state, and capitalist/socialist economic theory, while …
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God’s call and my perceived needs
For those of you who are engaged in church or parachurch ministry, here's an important excerpt from the October 2011 issue of the "Pastors E-newsletter" published by Ken Clendinning, director of Ministry Support and Development for the Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT: How do you understand God’s call in your life to ministry? For many of us responding …
Sermon: What Jesus would say about immigration
Sermon by Rod Benson Sunday 9 October 2011 Scripture reading: Hebrews 13:1-3 Australia is a nation of immigrants with links to almost every other country and culture. Even the first Australians, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, came to this land from somewhere else. All of us here today are immigrants or the descendants …
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N.T. Wright on the death penalty
Here's what British bishop and New Testament scholar N.T. Wright wrote in a recent piece for The Washington Post: You can’t reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty. … Mind you, there is in my view just as illogical a position on the part of those who solidly oppose the death …
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