Thoughts on faith, culture, and public life.
Glen H. Stassen. I've been re-reading Glen H. Stassen et al, Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996), a critical analysis of H. Richard Niebuhr's 1951 book, Christ and Culture, and came across this insight into the significance of the life and teachings of Jesus: In a beautiful climactic …
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Rev. Dr Ken Manley, Principal of Whitley College, Melbourne. Sermon preached by Rev Dr Ken Manley at the induction of Rev Keith Jobberns as National Ministries Director, Australian Baptist Ministries, Melbourne, 22 May 2012 1 Corinthians 3: 1-17 Introduction To share in Keith’s induction is a pleasure and an honour. In any case, who could …
Christians have always known the benefits of reading and meditating on verses from the Bible. Now research conducted by the U.S.-based Center for Bible Engagement has shown daily Bible reading to be the single most powerful predictor of spiritual growth. Key findings of the global survey of more than 100,000 people indicate that if a …
A paper presented by Rod Benson to an ICOBS/ABRF Conference on the theme "Interfaces: Baptists and others," Whitley College, Melbourne, 17 July 2009. At the beginning of their discussion of Christian responses to other faiths in Modern Christian Thought, James C. Livingston and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza observe that [s]cholars who study modernity appear to agree that …
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Address by Rev. Rod Benson, Ethicist and Public Theologian, Tinsley Institute, Morling College, Sydney, to the Christian Democratic Party National Convention, Merroo, NSW, 9.30am Saturday 11 August 2012 Senator Eric Abetz, Rev the Hon. Fred Nile MLCÂ and other political leaders, my fellow ministers of religion, ladies and gentlemen: We live in interesting times, whether our …
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