• The Reign of God or The Cross?

    What is the centrality of the the Christian faith.  Is it the cross? Is it the reign of G-d? From what I understand for most christians the the cross is the centrality of their faith, but what was the centrality of Jesus’ faith? What was the ultimate for Jesus?
    For Jesus the cross was an act [...]

  • Shalom & Salvation

    Is salvation actually the right term too use in regards to us be restored into relationship with God? I think not. Some of the stuff i have been reading lately has made me stop and think and caused me to rethink the standard definitions of some of the basic tenets of our faith. I realise [...]

  • Shalom & the Atonement part 1.

    WHERE IS THE GRACE?
    “Seldom did Christians pause to recognize the ogre into which they had turned God. A human father who would nail his son to a cross for any purpose would be arrested for child abuse. Yet that continued to be said of God as if it made God more holy and more worthy [...]

  • What Liberation Theology is

    Liberation theology is a distinctive and controversial school of thought in the theology of the Catholic Church. It explores the relationship between Christian theology and political activism, particularly in areas of social justice and human rights. According to Phillip Berryman, liberation theology is an interpretation of Christian faith through the poor’s suffering (i.e., their struggle [...]

  • What is Shalom

    The Hebrew word SHALOM is understood around the world to mean peace. But peace is only one small part of the meaning of the word SHALOM. Here in Israel, even though we don’t have much in the way of peace, we use the word SHALOM on a daily basis. We use it [...]

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Theological basis of human rights

London, February 18-21 1976 The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, meeting in Uniting General Council in Nairobi, 1970, called for a study of the Theological Basis
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Relational Failure

Relational Failure At the core of our being is relational purpose. Humans were created for three relationships: with God, with each other and with creation.
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God the ultimate parent

The previous posts on the impassibility and immutability of God lead to the next obvious question: How does God exercise power in the world in
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Relational Theology

Relational Theology is unique and distinct because it is not based on traditional Greek philosophical concepts or ideas, but on ideas based on the Bible
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  • Radical Christianity

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    The Comprimise of the Church

    Christianity is a religion that is at war. We are at war with principalities and powers, with governments and with a secular world. Christians can no longer live their lives in a bubble, protected from the world and participation in

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    Holiness and Sin

    I have been thinking a lot lately about the approach that the Church and Christians have to biblical concepts and themes and about the difference between the words of Christ and Paul. I have severe problems with some Pauline theology such

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    Radical Christianity

    Christian anarchism is based upon the answer of Jesus to the Pharisees, when He said that he without sin should be the first to cast the stone, and upon the Sermon on the Mount, which advises the return of good

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  • Biblical Human Rights

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    Theological basis of human rights

    London, February 18-21 1976 The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, meeting in Uniting General Council in Nairobi, 1970, called for a study of the Theological Basis of Human Rights. Between 1971 and 1975 many of the member churches, some officially and

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    On the understanding of human rights

    On the understanding of human rights The theological approach to human rights Recommendations Agreed findings In offering the findings of the group as a contribution to ongoing work in the wider oikoumene, the participants recognized the obvious limitations of a discussion within a relatively

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  • Relational Theology

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    Hiatus

    I have been busy the last few months looking at why we believe what we do, and have come to the conclusion that I don’t buy what the church is selling. Examining some of the doctrine that is marketed as

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    The Reign of God or The Cross?

    What is the centrality of the the Christian faith.  Is it the cross? Is it the reign of G-d? From what I understand for most christians the the cross is the centrality of their faith, but what was the centrality

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    Realtional Theology Boundaries

    What all of these names and movements have in common is a relational way of seeing themselves and their world. In contrast to a modernist tendency (found among both liberals and conservatives) to break from the past and tradition, this

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  • Poverty

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    Media Whores

    is absolutely appalled at christians using the make poverty history campaign a vehicle to media whore themselves out. The MPH campaign rocks, but people building and marketing themselves up through it sickens me. When the rubber hits the road and

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    Poverty & Justice

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    Poverty in Australia

    The life expectancy of indigenous Australians is 20 years less than for other Australians. It is similar to Bangladesh, yet Australia is ten times richer. About a quarter of a million Australian jobseekers have not had substantial work

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  • Justification

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    Three Views on Justification

    Luther- Forensic Justification Righteousness outside of sinner (alien righteousness) Imputed, legal declaration works not cause of justification works appropriate response to justification *Concerened with perfect standing before God Bucer- Double Justification Thre are two justifications: First is the justification of the ungodly; gracious forgivness of sin (equal to “justification” today). Second is the

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    Double Justification

    Martin Bucer  developed a theory of double justification. The primary justification is purely forensic, involving the forgiveness of sins and the imputation of righteousness; but along with this primary justification comes the gift of the Spirit, who produces good works

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  • Catholocism

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    Apostolic Succession

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    Faith Basics

    The Seven Sacraments: 1. Baptism   2. The Holy Eucharist   3. Confirmation     4. Penance      5. Holy Orders 6. Holy Matrimony     7. Unction (annointing) of the Sick Three Theological Virtues: 1. Faith    2. Hope      3. Charity The Four Cardinal Virtues: 1. Justice            2. Prudence        3. Temperance        4. Fortitude The

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    The Reformed Society of Jesus

    Who are the Reformed Jesuits? The Reformed Society of Jesus is a Reformed Catholic international religious order that welcomes both men and women to share in the journey of the Order. Members of the Society of Jesus (or Jesuits) might be

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    Liberation 101:3 What is Praxis

    Praxis is an old and much-used philosophical term employed by nearly every major Western philosopher, including Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel, and Karl Marx. Because of its long history, praxis has a variety of definitions, almost all of which describe a relationship between theory and practice. While the assumptions in these definitions range [...]

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    Liberation 101:2: Option for the Poor

    Opting for the poor has a long tradition in the Judeo-Christian religions. Other religions, including Islam, also express special concern for the poor. One of the common themes of the Hebrew Bible is God’s special concern for the widows, the strangers, and the orphans. The Hebrew prophets called for justice, with a particular emphasis on [...]

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    Liberation 101: 1

    Gustavo Gutiérrez proposed a theology of liberation in a 1968 address at the CELAM conference. This it seems is the first use of the term anywhere. Soon after, Gutiérrez was deeply involved at Medellín, advising the bishops. Moreover, his work with students gave him intimate acquaintance with their hopes for a new kind of future. [...]

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    Steps to Social Justice

    Participatory action research is a term used to describe a community-driven research method of working for or with community members to explore issues of importance to them. This bottom-up approach is in direct contrast to traditional research, which often originates from an etic or outsider perspective and is driven by an outside researcher’s agenda. In [...]

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