In this sermon to head-masters/mistresses, Wright touches on quite a few important concerns – especially for our time. In particular, he focuses on at least two examples of foolishness ( 1) economic foolishness demonstrated in the current ‘crisis’, and 2) the foolishness of the so-called ‘evolution-creation debate’) and the need for wisdom. Good stuff, Bishop.
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 21 comments - (Comments are closed)  bible, christianity, www  belief, change, christianity, consumerism, creation, culture, current event, debate, discernment, ethics, evil, evolution, faith, god, humanity, interpretation, jesus, justice, learning, life, morals, N.T. Wright, politics, religion, science, theology, truth, wisdom 700 billion is an incredible amount of money. I fully admit I know very little about the complexities of the recent situation with the folding-in of large banks in the US. But I find the hype and hollering about impending financial crisis (not to mention the proposed 700 billion dollar bail-out) to be an insult to the rest of the . . . → Read More: 700 billion watch it here (worth all 20 minutes of your time). Note: The scope of this thing is so huge, please don’t fault it for making sweeping statements – to cover what it does in 20 minutes, it has to make its statements as general as possible. The US of A just spent $168 billion… (or 152, depending on sources) Might wanna read that again… What did they spend it on? Shopping… that’s right, shopping… This makes me want to release a torrent of various expletives… Each tax-paying American recently received hundreds of dollars to –yes– go shopping. The ridiculous rhetoric used for this was that of . . . → Read More: why the “economic stimulus” is a load of bull… 6 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, politics advertising, consumerism, culture, current event, death, debate, derek webb, dignity, discernment, ethics, evil, humanity, life, morals, peace, politics, poverty Many books are on my desk at the moment. Books for my theological study, and books for my personal interest. I have too many books on my desk. I cannot read them all… Yet this did not prevent me from picking up 7 more books on our recent trip to the states… . . . → Read More: recent book purchase 10 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology Anne Rice, astronomy, atheism, belief, books, christianity, creation, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, god, Guy Consolmagno, humanity, intelligent design, jesus, Kenneth Miller, kingdom of god, learning, life, N.T. Wright, peace, politics, religion, science, Shane Claiborne, spirituality, theism, theology The video (around 8 minutes) on this page is very thought-provoking. A 19 year-old male had a (consentual) sexual relationship with his 15 year-old girlfriend, and was convicted for statutory rape, including on-going public identification as a sex-offender. This scenario re-raises not only the question of sexual ethics (How old should a person be to have sex?), but also raises . . . → Read More: age of consent? 13 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics belief, debate, ethics, general, morals, politics, relationships, sexuality Issues of culture, religion, politics and the like are of much interest to me. This Friday, quite an interesting complex of issues will be focused in one event in which I’ll be taking part. As a pastor of one of the churches in the Northcote area, I’ve been asked to take part in the ANZAC Day Commemorative Service, where we . . . → Read More: public service: worship and prayer included 3 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, politics belief, christianity, church, community, conflict, culture, current event, faith, general, god, humanity, life, peace, politics, relationships, religion, theism If only people in general –and Christians in particular– could grasp just a few key things that makes Jesus who He is… then I’m convinced not only that Christianity would have a better reputation, but –even further– those who aren’t Christians might be far less against the growth of Christianity… People are scared about the growth of Christianity because they . . . → Read More: good news for all the people 9 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology belief, christianity, church, conflict, discernment, discipleship, faith, god, gospel, heaven, interpretation, Israel, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, politics, prayer, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology Tolerance… The topic of tolerance came up in the comments of my last post, so I thought I’d re-post them here to offer a focussed discussion of them… This t-word is used in interesting ways. I think it’s used far too loosely. You tolerate things (certain actions or persons whose identity is defined by those same actions) which you don’t . . . → Read More: the abc’s of tolerance 23 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, philosophy, politics belief, conflict, culture, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, life, morals, peace, philosophy, politics, spirituality The Romans 1:1-17 targum wasn’t enough… …I had to post this one as well… Again, I advise reading these two simple verses in an easy-to-read translation before reading the targum… In case it’s not obvious, Walsh is anything but a typical ‘republican-style’ Christian… If this doesn’t stir your heart, check your pulse… . . . → Read More: brian walsh: targum of Romans 12:1-2 27 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, politics, theology brian walsh, christianity, consumerism, creation, culture, discernment, ethics, faith, god, gospel, grace, humanity, interpretation, jesus, kingdom of god, life, peace, politics, spirituality, suffering, targum, theology |
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