G K Chesterton on Daring Orthodoxy
“People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy…”
– Mark Thompson has a terrific quote from G K Chesterton — read it all here.
Gerald Bray on interpreting Scripture
“The first question we must ask of every biblical text is simply this — what does it tell us about God? What does it say about who he is and about what he does?
The second question is: what does this text say about us human beings? What are we meant to be and what has gone wrong?
The third and final question is: what has God done about this and what does he expect of us in the light of what he has done?…”
– Read the rest of the short interview at Between Two Worlds.
“A great turning of hearts must begin”
“In the lead up to the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change 7-18 December, CEO of World Vision Australia the Revd Tim Costello and US author Brian McLaren have co-written the following prayer…”
“This is the moment, God, when a great turning of hearts must begin. So through this prayer, we of many traditions who follow Christ — joined by friends and neighbors of many faiths – unite our hearts in a cry for change.”
No, it’s not a prayer for gospel repentance or the salvation of the nations through Christ.
– It’s available via Anglican Media Melbourne. (Photo: brianmclaren.net.)