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Table
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An Act of God? |
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Steve Tripp |
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| While surveying the disaster zone an Indonesian Christian woman referred to it as God's wrath on the Islamic people of Aceh. Hadn't she noticed that often the only buildings left standing were the mosques? Hadn't she seen that child’s pushbike lying rusting, buckled, with its trainer wheel reaching out as if begging for help on behalf of its previous owner? Is this how God acts? |
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Enough Is Enough? |
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Mark Forman |
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| Sometimes I wonder about Jesus. I know he was wise and all that, but I can’t help thinking he could have been a little more tactful when talking to rich men. I could be wrong, but it seems financially short-sighted to refuse to allow a very wealthy man to join the discipleship community. |
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Reinstatement |
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Stephen Looi |
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Aliens and Strangers in the World |
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Steve Graham |
The concept of being aliens and strangers is a very important element of a Christian worldview – but interestingly, it means virtually the opposite to what many of us assume it means. |
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Small Groups |
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Michael Hanson |
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PROSACC: Profound Revelations of SACC |
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Steven Muir |
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The Cup and the Bread |
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Mark Strom |
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Simplicity and Complexity |
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Sheila Pritchard |
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Power and Relationships |
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David Crawley |
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Communication |
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Judith Brown |
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| The rise of monotheism is often associated with patriarchy and violence. Christianity, in particular, has been painted as irrevocably linked to notions of domination and control. Are Christians really to blame, then, for the ecological crisis? The answer is probably 'sometimes' – but more by neglect than intention. |
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From the Beginning |
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Ian Purdy |
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Film Review: Ae Fond Kiss |
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Tim McKenzie |
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Issue 69
Aliens and Strangers
Power and Relationships Small Groups Tsunami – an Act of God? Neither to the Left nor the Right Christian Notes from a Polluted World 
As Christians, if we can’t learn to laugh at ourselves then we will only be laughed at. The pride with which we stick to our particular ways of doing things, refusing to examine ourselves, only serves to make us look untrustworthy, distant and selfish . . . . Sometimes I get the impression that “to seek first his kingdom” is to be interpreted as “seek first the preservation of our own ego, our own traditions, our own cultural baggage, and, oh yeah, by the way, God is number One!
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