The year 2009 marks the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin’s birth in 1809, and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his best known work “On the Origin of Species”. Those whose sympathies lie with the theory of evolution might be expected to make much of these anniversari…
Scarcely any experience in life gives more joy than the birth of a child. Parents, grandparents, family, friends and indeed all the ecclesia rejoice at this new life, innocent, still, full of promise.
Praise at the birth of the Saviour
So the first instance of praise in the chronology of the N…
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Obeying the injunction to “forsake not the assembling of yourselves together”, as the body of Christ, we form into groups for convenient worship and establish ecclesias. Our ecclesia becomes our spiritual home. Within the ecclesial family we have a haven from the world, a place of solace, and of…
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We are not surprised by reports of anti- Semitism in places such as Europe or the Middle East. In Europe the rising trend of anti-Semitic behaviour and violence can in part be accounted for by growing Muslim populations in many European countries. But Hitler and the Nazis did not need any Muslim the…
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The daily readings for 6 January bring together the beautiful sequence of Psalms 14, 15 and 16. This series of David’s psalms, though each is complete in itself, has an instructive flow of thought. In Psalm 14 we have set before us the inherent evil of all mankind. Psalm 15 answers the inevitable …
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The preamble to the Basis of Fellowship set out on pages 13–15 of the Unity Book includes the following : “… a clear basis for ecclesial unity has now been formulated… The basis arrived at and which is offered as a means to ecclesial association is as follows”. We should not be surprised t…
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When we turn to the subject of prayer, we do so with some ambivalence, conscious as all of us are of our own inadequacies in this area of intimate communication. We all understand keenly the desire felt by the disciples to learn from the Master how to pray acceptably. Like us, the apostles had befor…
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This rather lengthy heading in fact is the wording of Item B4 under heading B: Curriculum – Policy, Guidelines and Procedures as part of the Policies document of the Non-Government Schools Registration Board for South Australia.
The document and this particular policy made …
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“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night … till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6–7)
On Sunday, 7th August, Mark Duggan was shot dead by officers of the Metropolitan Police firearms unit in…
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Question:
John says that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”(1:1). He continues in verse 14 and identifies “the Word” as Jesus, “ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,( and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of …
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