By Rod Benson A recent study has found that encouraging people to adopt ecologically sustainable behaviours based on the moral rather than economic case may be more effective. The Guardian newspaper reports that in an experiment conducted at a Dutch petrol station, researchers compared two messages aimed at persuading people to get their tyre pressure checked …
Why theological method matters
Stanley J. Grenz, around the time of his appointment to Baylor University's Truett Seminary in 2002. Review of Brian Harris, "Why method matters: Insights from the theological method of Stanley J. Grenz," Crucible 2 (1), Nov 2009. Available here. Harris claims that evangelical Christians often view theological method as "the death of spiritual passion, and …
Reflections on theological formation (part 1)
Gospel Hall, 14 Lindsay Street, Bundamba, Ipswich, 1991. I was baptised here in 1985. I grew up in close proximity to fundamentalist and conservative evangelical churches; my primary theological degree is from a conservative evangelical theological college; and I have been employed since 1994 by Baptist churches embracing a conservative evangelical identity. So it goes …
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The Labyrinth of the World
Labyrinth beach art, Scotland. John Comenius (1592-1670) was a renowned Czech educator, and author of one of the most significant works of Czech literature, The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (1623), republished in the series “Classics of Western Spirituality.”[1] Its themes are fellowship of the believer with Christ, and the …
Care (sermon)
Psalm 104; Genesis 1:26-28; Isaiah 65:17-25; Revelation 22:12-15, 20-21 The world in which we woke this morning is an astonishing and awe-inspiring place. It is a wonderfully balanced biosystem. It has the capacity to provide resources of untold variety for us to consume, to continually renew itself, and to absorb the wastes we create. There …
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