Posts by toowoombacrc (Page 42)
Long Story Short
What a challenge it is to condense the teachings of the whole Bible down into some more “manageable proportions” to suit certain needs. I recall that some years ago Readers Digest came out with a condensed Bible – which I don’t think ever caught on. Serious Bible readers don’t like important things being left out. Last Tuesday evening the History Channel’s version of The Bible managed to cover from creation to the fall of Jericho in about 90 minutes –…
On being Ecumenical
Last Thursday morning Pastor Andrew and I attended the gathering of the Christian Leaders Network (CLN) here in Toowoomba. It’s a weekly gathering of pastors and para-church leaders for worship and prayer. There are generally some forty people that come every Thursday morning although I’ve been to some meetings where there have been more than seventy Christian leaders present. It was great to be able to introduce Pastor Andrew to the other church leaders in Toowoomba and for him to…
Keep it to yourself
This past week I was following a discussion on the Internet about the growth of atheism in Australia. Apparently, according to figures from the latest census, the number of professing atheists in Australia has grown. Our local newspaper triggered the debate by asking whether there was still a future for religion. I must confess that I intensely dislike these kinds of discussions – almost as much as some of the Q&A presentations on the ABC. In the long term they…
Who is it about?
Someone asked whether I still had on file a copy of the “Letters to Keith”, a series of ten letters which were published by the late Rev. Bill Deenick back in the early 90s. They were written at a time when the CRCA – like so many other churches – was going through the “worship wars”. I didn’t have my copy anymore. I suspect that I loaned it out to someone and that they were never returned. So I contacted…