Seven Habits of Highly Effective Churches 4
Habit 4 – Quality Music The importance of music and singing cannot be underestimated. Taizé and Hillsong are just two well-known examples that illustrate the potency of music. Singing cultures know how unifying and invigorating group singing is. If you’ve been to a sports game where supporters sing – you will know exactly what I
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What is Lent?
I have been asked more than once about a simple introduction to Lent, so I have expanded my reflection about adapting Lent to the Southern Hemisphere and preceded it with an introduction What is Lent? Here is a reflection on Shrove Tuesday. Here is a Shrove Tuesday Hymn. Here is a worship outline for Ash
Her
her (2013) movie: Spike Jonze Running time: 2 hours 6 min. Rated R for language, sex, nudity. I just saw Her, a science fiction romantic drama/comedy film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. It is the story of Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system (OS) with
Evolution – The Elephant in the Empty Nave
Recently I was at a show where “Christian” was synonymous with “someone-who-believes-the-universe-is-thousands-not-billions-of-years-old”. At a dinner party, when someone found out I am a Christian, I was identified with the Flat Earth Society, and it was assumed I was anti-evolution, and anti-science. Somehow the well-financed, American-style, fundamentalist, creationist approach to the Bible and to science and
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Habemus Blogem
I regularly rant and rave about the church and its leadership not moving into the new world of the third millennium – web 2.0. So it is only fitting that I celebrate another of our bishops picking up the discipline of blogging. Bishop Jim White, Assistant Bishop of Auckland, is a friend of mine; I
Beware of the Dogma
He preached about the Trinity and how the world began; Explained the Incarnation and the Destiny of Man. He carefully expounded every detail of the Creeds, And tried to show their relevance to modern human needs; He brilliantly upheld the Christian heritage of Truth, And sought to make it lucid and acceptable to youth. They
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“Sola Scriptura” Meaningless
Those who believe in sola scriptura (“Scripture alone”) cannot agree amongst themselves what this concept actually means. For some the Bible does not just point to God’s revelation, or tell the story of God’s revelation – the Bible is God’s revelation. “Tradition” for these people is nothing more than the history of interpreting the Bible.
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