A Gift That Means Something Kevin Simington Have you considered giving a Christmas gift that actually means something this year? After all, Christmas is meant to be a celebration of the birth of our Saviour. Have you considered giving your friends and relatives a gift that points them to Christ? I realise that doing so …
Month: November 2018
Let’s Scrap Church Vision Statements! Kevin Simington Let’s scrap church vision statements! And while we’re at it, let’s scrap mission statements too! “What?”, I hear you say. “Surely not! How would we know what we are meant to do?” Surprisingly, the church on earth existed, and at times thrived, for thousands of years without vision …
Anti-Discrimination Laws Kevin Simington Recent proposals to add exemption clauses to anti-discrimination laws for religious organisations have aroused the ire of the media and of many Australians. Interestingly, these proposed exemption clauses were vaguely promised to religious organisations during the same-sex marriage debate last year, as a means of ensuring that churches and religious organisations …
WOMEN IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP Part IV More Seemingly Restrictive Prohibitions Kevin Simington In seeking to arrive at a balanced, biblical perspective on the role of women in church leadership, we need to come to terms with several of paul’s seemingly prohibitive statements. What are we to make of them? Last week we examined 1 …