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what is eternal life?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 is possibly the most famous verse in the Bible. It is so often...
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tgif (trash goes into flight): the bastardisation of creativity
Turn on the radio and you’ll find yourself bathing in the cesspool that is popular music. Whoa, slow down there cowboy! That’s a pretty harsh way to start, you can’t open with that! Maybe you’re right....
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rethinking bible “heroes”: joseph the imperial henchman
Sometimes when we read the Bible we impose our own worldviews and values on the text. One area in which this is apparent is that of “Bible heroes.” Are these people all we crack them up to be? In the...
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rethinking bible “heroes”: how wise was solomon?
In my last post I looked at the character of Joseph in Genesis and suggested that perhaps he became a far more sinister character than is often thought. I also suggested that the way we perceive some...
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sodom and gomorrah: punished for homosexuality?
Saturday just gone was an important day in Australia for LGBTQI* people. The Australian Labor Party (the current government) voted on its policy position regarding same-sex marriage at its National...
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“god bless you!”: what is blessing?
When something becomes customary in a culture, such as the recitation of the phrase “(God) bless you!” following a sneeze, it often happens that the meaning of that custom is lost in habit. So what...
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q&r: genesis and evolution?
What is your opinion on evolutionary theory vs. creation theory? I have been apart of a discussion where both sides were argued, the evolutionary theory being that God instigated or created the...
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“enough is enough”: walter brueggemann on abundance and scarcity
Below is an article by Walter Brueggemann entitled “Enough is Enough”. Brueggemann is a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, prolific author and a prophetic voice in a world dying for lack of...
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is wealth God’s blessing to the righteous?
Is it true that God blesses the righteous with financial wealth? Does he want to bless you with such wealth? I’ve been a Christian for little over a decade and I’ve heard such a perspective propagated...
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pentecost and the subversion of empire
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel (1563) In the Bible there are perhaps few images of “empire” more poignant that that of the Tower of Babel. This narrative tells the story of an attempt to build a...
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