Entries Tagged as 'Justice'
To live Justly
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments
“Thus to say that the church must pursue societal justice is certainly
right, but it is not very informative. For justice needs to displayed
and imaginatively construed by a people who have been formed to know
that genuine justice derived from our receiving what is not due us.
Such people serve the cause of justice best by exemplifying in [...]
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My South African Heart - A Review of the book My Traitors Heart and our time in South Africa - Part 3
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments
An easy trap to fall into is to see an evil dominating white South Africa on the black south African victims, fortunately Rian Malan does not allow us to indulge ourselves in simplification. Through the many stories Malan tells he weaves stories in a way which gives you both perspectives, make you understand both points [...]
Tags: Justice · My Life · The World · travel
My South African Heart - A Review of the book My Traitors Heart and our time in South Africa - Part 2
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
This post has 3 parts, comments will be closed until the 3rd post. I was interested to see how racial integration was approached within the Christian community and asked our host who would be taking us to her Church whether blacks and whites attended the same church, she assured me immediately that blacks were very [...]
Tags: Justice · My Life · The World · travel
My South African Heart - A Review of the book My Traitors Heart and our time in South Africa - Part 1
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments
In retrospect after reading this post it would be better to say that these posts are more of a collection of thoughts from the book ‘My Traitor’s Heart’ as I don’t make comments systematic enough to warrant the title of review. This post has 3 parts, comments will be closed until the 3rd post. [...]
Tags: Justice · My Life · The World · travel
I said this before Bono but nevermind
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments
I said this as soon as both the UK and US government discovered some spare change with which to bail out private institutions whilst neglecting their aid promises. It doesn’t really matter who said it, I’m glad at least that someone with a louder voice (if not a a worse dress sense) has said [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Justice · The World
Racist Theology?
October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Race: A Theological Account: J. Kameron Carter: Books
Appended to the end of my already long, must-read books is the above Race: A Theological account. Fortunately I am able to taste of the book through various blogs who have mentioned it and particularly Jesus Creed who have run a series on it. My interest [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips · Justice · Theology Thoughts
Is Theology actually useful for the Church?
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments
I was recently asked quite a common question so I thought I would share my two cents and see if any of you had any thoughts on the subject. The Question was really more of a statement which wanted an answer: "Sometimes I wonder what use theology is for real people in real churches" [...]
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Stories from ground zero: South Africa Xenophobic attacks
June 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Floyd and Sally McClung share stories from what is happening on the ground in south africa here.“There was Alvin from Angola, whose brother was killed on Friday, and who was so traumatized by the guilt of leaving the body to save himself, he could barely speak. There was Maria (not her real name) from the [...]
What is True Generosity in the face of Xenophobia?
May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Many of you will have heard about the xenophobic attacks which have been taking place in South Africa, largely against displaced african people groups already living in serious poverty. I stumbled across Tom Smiths blog through Scot McKnight yesterday and came across this superb quote about the true nature of generosity: True generosity consists precisely in [...]
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Childrens Ministry and doing things anyway
May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We had dinner with our friends Graeme and Kate Young the other day, it was nice to catch up with them. Graeme is probably one of the most ‘experienced’ Christians I know, if that is indeed a catergory distinction and is one of the few Christian ministers who has taken seriously and continues to explore [...]
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