Novelist Peter De Vries wrote The Blood of the Lamb about his eleven-year-old daughter, Carol, who died of leukaemia. At the children’s pavilion in the New York hospital the book’s main character, Wanderhope, gets to know other parents going through similar ordeals, including the jaded Stein, who announced, “The future is a thing of the …
Growth in grace as a control belief for theological method
A paper by Rev Rod Benson for a meeting of the Commission on Christian Ethics, Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 3 July 2013 This paper examines the need for ethical control beliefs for theological method, outlines options suggested by Stanley Grenz and Brian Harris, and commends “growth in grace” (2 Peter 3:18) …
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Prayer for a service for those lost at sea
I was asked to offer a prayer for Australians as part of a Service of Commemoration for those lost at sea to be held at St Barnabas' Anglican Church, Broadway, Sydney, on Sunday 23 June 2013. Here it is: Almighty God, in whose prophets through the ages we have seen and heard your love and …
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Getting to know the Holy Spirit
Matthew 22:35-36 According to tradition, the great fourth century Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo was walking along the beach one day, puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, the idea that God is one being known to us as three Persons. After a while, Augustine observed a young boy running back and forth between the …
On the demise of Exodus International
I heard overnight of the decision by Exodus International to wind up its operations and cease ministering to people wishing to be rid of same sex attraction (see, for example, here and here). The spiritual and pastoral needs of the LGBTI community have never been greater. People of same sex attraction are often misunderstood and at …
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