Over the last twenty to thirty years the reformation doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone has been subject to reformulation by different figures. The Church of Rome and the Lutheran Church produced a joint statement about justification in the 1990’s. As much as I can tell, the document affirms that if certain …
Ted Kluck loves Jesus. Ted Kluck loves the Church. Ted Kluck also loves sport. The Reason For Sports (2009, Moody Press, 154pgs) enjoys the subtitle ‘A Christian Fanifesto’. Very cleverly it disguises the fact it is series of twelve largely unrelated essays, some adapted from columns that Kluck has written for magazines. Kluck seeks to …
Here at the Mount Gambier cemetery, right at the top of the driveway, stands a large wooden cross, standing three meters high, made of two posts bolted against each other. It is central, imposing, but it’s made of wood. It will not last forever. I wonder, because my mind wonders such things, that if the …
Fairfax journalist Annabel Crabb wrote a wry article about our unapologetic Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. Read it here. As an old Melburnian the link is to the Age website. Sorry for those who avoid such places. Crabb makes the observation that having been a figure of enthusiastic contrition for the failings of those who had …
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