The Church has wrestled with a dozen major paradigm-shifts in its
history. The first had to do with accepting Gentiles. The Protestant
Reformation was built on the radical proposition that we are saved by
faith purely on the basis of God’s grace, and that we can trust ordinary
folks to read the Bible. Then there was slavery, charismatic renewal,
women in leadership... Conservative groups have recently wrestled with
issues like dancing, divorce, Sabbath/Sunday-behaviour, dress-codes, and
rock music.

And now the Big One: Homosexuality More...
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(Review: Anthony Venn-Brown's 'A Life of Unlearning: a Journey to Find
the Truth', 2nd edition, New Holland Publishers, 2007.)

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Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher

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Centrist governments cover all the bases, and conservative politics has
begun to wither away.

The issue of the future, coming down on us now like a steam train, is of
course the environment, the double hammer blows of climate change and
peak oil. Energy, weather and human misery are the factors that will
define our lives for decades to come. You can cancel your newspaper,
those are the only four words you need to know.

So what will be the new polarity in future elections? It's the ecology,
stupid.

More... http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/20573.htm
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Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher

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