george wieland – ‘mission with the strategic god’

Dale — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:13:05 +0000

George Wieland (Biblical Scholar and Lecturer at Carey College) gave this message at the Baptist Assembly this year.

You can download it by clicking here (right click and select the ’save as…’ or ’save file as…’ option).

(Thanks to Palmerston North Central Baptist Church for hosting the file!)

kingdom ecology – links

Dale — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:00:41 +0000

Here are some of the web links from Reg Lewthwaite’s recent sermon on Ecology.

(click here to listen to or download sermons)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.html

http://350.org/ (more specifically, http://www.350.org/en/animation )

http://www.myfootprint.org/

Kingdom v. Empire – sense or nonsense?

Dale — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:43 +0000

(This is our 2nd ‘blog’ post – your feedback is encouraged and welcome!)

Recently, we kicked off our evening sermon series (click here for sermons) ‘The Way of the Kingdom’, which will look at various ways in which ‘the Kingdom way’ (the lifestyle formed and informed by Jesus’ life, teachings and Spirit) is worked out in real every-day life in the midst of the ‘empire’ (the lifestyle formed and informed by oppressive systems/structures ancient and modern).

What do you think about this ‘Kingdom v. Empire’ comparison? Does it hold water (logically, biblically, historically, practically, etc.)?

what you should know about darfur

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:57:13 +0000

There is a great summary of the Darfur conflict (click here to view) over at a new humanitarian website ‘The Humanitarian Chronicle‘.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the conflict in Darfur (western Sudan).

Also, for further information, or to get involved, visit http://www.savedarfur.org.

To Creed or not to Creed?

Dale — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:55:25 +0000

(This is our first ‘blog’ post. These are meant to stimulate thought and interaction, so comments are welcome. Thanks!)

In our evening services, we’ve started a sermon series on the Apostle’s Creed. Baptists aren’t known for being a denomination that uses any Creeds. Why do you think that is?

To take things further, it has been said that the Judaism from which Christianity came was less concerned with ‘orthodoxy’ (right belief) than with ‘ortho-praxy’ (right action). What is the value of an itemised ‘list’ of correct beliefs?