Voices: Israel: Whose land is it anyway? baptiststandard.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baptiststandard.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I cannot quite believe that I first wrote this three years ago; it seems like yesterday. As with the debates on sexuality, the debates in the Church of England seem to be becoming intractable. The more we debate the question, the further we are from a common mind, and the more entrenched the views become. And, also as with sexuality, the Church appears to be failing to engage with the one vital resource that it has at its fingertips: scripture. What we find in the New Testament is a deliberate description of the apparently effortless diversity of the community of those following Jesus. Yet it was not in fact 'effortless'; the heated debate about gentile inclusion shows that, at one level at least, this diversity was hard-won. But the basis of it was the ultimate biblical vision found in the Jewish scriptures: that 'all nations' would be drawn to the God of Israel; salvation is 'from the Jews' (John 4.22) but it is for the whole world. And this diversity wa
Resurrection Power Brings Unity ieyenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ieyenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It’s that time of the year: to make resolutions. And it’s also that time of the year: to sum up last year and get the new year off right. The standard image is that of an old man; his replacement is hot on his heels, the bright cheery fresh as a penny baby bouncing with hope and joy. Got news for you, kiddo: when you see that old man, you’re getting a picture of your own fate.
October 15 | The Widows and the Seven | Christian Standard christianstandard.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianstandard.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.