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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Personal identity and pastoral care
This is a continuation of a earlier post on Personal Identity and Success within the church. Recently I completed a certificate 4 in Chaplaincy which is run by the Australian Christian Churches in partnership with Booth College (Salvation Army) The greatest … Continue reading
God is the God of social justice!
As I study the Minor Prophets, I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that the Social Gospel is an integral area of the churches ministry. I am also coming to the conclusion that if the church doesn’t actively pursue and particapate … Continue reading
Weekly Reflection…Amos chapter 5
Israel is called to an upward, inward and outward transformation. Upward being real worship towards God with an abandonment of religious and moral error. This is measured outwardly by the destruction of idols, the looking to God instead of other … Continue reading
I like you!
I was 26 years old. A few weeks before I had heard the news that my father had incurable leukemia. And here we were standing in the kitchen and I’m hearing my dad say to me; “Craig, there is a … Continue reading
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Freedom continued
I have reflected a lot lately on the book of Galatians….There is one verse in particular that I have reflected on, which I think is the real key to understanding not only the book of Galations, but is the key … Continue reading
Freedom from what?
I was sitting in church yesterday and scribbled a few notes down about how every nation, every people group, every gender, and every age group are united equally in the bondage of sin. So while ALL have sinned and fallen … Continue reading
Weekly reflection “Joel”
There are four areas that I am reflecting on. Having a rural background I appreciate the imagery of the locust plague being like an invading army, continually advancing, reproducing and destroying the current and future growth and the hopelessness it … Continue reading
Marriage and the Church
Earlier I blogged that I would do a series on identity and the church. Yesterday I set the cat among the pigeons about my stance as a Christian and gay marriage. Many Christians reading it would be horrified because of … Continue reading
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Struggling with the Concepts of Banning Gay Marriage
I am increasingly finding myself struggling with the so-called status quo within Christian circles of being against same-sex marriage. I will be coming from this angle from my Christian beliefs and will be using Scripture and experience as a basis … Continue reading
