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The Epistle of Alen to the Australian Churches
I have this idea in mind and in order or not to see if it would be effective I want to gage interest if you will here on this blog. What I have in mind is a modern experiment in textual criticism. Basically what I want to do is write a letter and make a [...]
Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Introduction One of the most interesting developments within the Church is the focus on Mary. There are numerous theories as to how this all came about but one of the more common ones is that the church was infiltrated with pagan concepts that took over and eventually caused a dramatic shift and change in its [...]
The Development of Theology in the Early Church
Introduction A few week ago I posted on some of the hierarchical developments that progressed until it became the Roman Catholic Church. This week I want to focus on some of the development of theology and emphases in certain thoughts that led to the Roman Catholic position that we know of today. Baptismal Regeneration I [...]
Christianities?
Introduction Note: Before getting into the post I want to clarify a few terms. When I say “orthodox” I don’t mean it as in the view held by the Orthodox Church but I use it in the sense of it being what is “true”. When I say “heterodoxy” or “heterodox beliefs/systems” et cetera I am [...]
Conflict Develops People
One of the things I’ve realized as I’ve been studying church history is that oftentimes the conflict and persecution the early church went through helped develop it doctrinally, spiritually and practically. I realize all of these are intertwined to a great extent but I’ll break down what I mean through this post. It’s easy to [...]
The Path Paved With Good Intentions
I’ve been at college full time for a couple of weeks now and it’s been a great experience. One of the classes I really enjoy is church history and we’ve covered the history of the church up until the reign of Pope Leo I. As we’re going through our textbook one of the course requirements [...]
Musically Challenged
Is music moral? In other words can music be either moral or immoral? That is the question that a lot of us have asked ourselves. Some of us may believe music is amoral and others believe it to be moral and even within these 2 categories we can have various shades of stances. This is [...]
When Everything is Crashing Around You
I think I’d have a mental breakdown if I was in Job’s position yet he blessed God at the end of chapter one after all he lost and went through. A lot of people cursed God and died for much less than what Job went through. We should examine ourselves and see how we’d go [...]
God’s Will™
Introduction I’m throwing my thoughts out here so to speak, but what do you think of when you think about “The will of God™“? Many Christian, both young and old have a continual struggle “discerning God’s will for their lives™“. They may spend a lot of time praying and seeking counsel and reading the Bible [...]
Heritage Bible Display
Yesterday on my way to work I dropped by the Heritage Bible Display in Parramatta. They have a nice collection of Bibles there and I thought I’d share some info (and photos!) of the ones that particularly caught my interest. They had numerous Bibles on display, most of them English translations and several foreign language [...]
Resources
I was just thinking today that I have more books now than I will ever get a chance to read. On top of this all I have a wealth of online resources to add to this that I’ll never get a chance to go through it all. In saying that though I’d like to give [...]
Materialistic Society
It’s never enough. Not enough money, not enough time off, not fast enough transport, not a fast enough PC, not enough books, not enough games, not enough music, not enough friends, not enough time to yourself, not good enough health and so on. Our thirst is never quenched. Even “Christian” themed items become another idol. Not [...]
