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Resistance Thinking Faith
It is through the Jesus lense the Resistance Thinking seeks to explore truth about the world in which we live. In this faith section you will find articles, news and reivews that will help you explore the complexities of the Christian faith.
We will cover a broad range of topics, including: theology, church, leadership, devotions, classic Christian literature, prayer, everyday faith, apologetics, church history, Christian living, Old Testamnet, New Testament, creation, fresh expressions, epistomology...the list could go on and on!
If there is any topic you would like the Resistance Thinking team to go to work on please shoot us an email. If you have any work that could help us all to be more effective 'Resistance Thinkers' please send it in for our team to review.
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." CS Lewis
Please browse through the articles below
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:51 |
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Article by Cameron Spink
Reports have littered news websites that Noah's Ark, mentioned in Genesis, has been found on one of the peak's of Mount Ararat in Turkey. This is encouraging for Christians as it provides us with some evidence confirming the biblical story. This discovery can have great effect confirming the historical integrity of the Bible to the world.
This, however, should be unnecessary for already present Christians. Having a faith is about something more than a decision based on the physical evidence in front of us. We are Christians because of God's grace which is not dependent on proof.
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Read more... [Remnants of the Ark]
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 20:39 |
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The Age, Barney Zwartz, July 11, 2007 "KEVIN Rudd's Christian faith is less offensive to non-Christian voters than John Howard's, according to an online poll of more than 3000 Australians. The survey also found that the Christian vote was more likely to be motivated by issues of morality, care and compassion, that Protestants were more likely to vote for the Coalition while Catholics tended to favour Labor, and that many Christians lacked the courage of their convictions at the ballot box. In Australia — in contrast to the United States — profession of faith can handicap a candidate, according to Graham Young, founder and chief editor of leading politics website On Line Opinion, which ran the survey. "However, in Rudd's case, the non-religious are more forgiving of his Christianity than they are of other politicians, while Christian voters prefer him to his colleagues and competitors," Mr Young said. "In contrast, John Howard is marked down by the non-religious for his Christianity, but not proportionately rewarded by Christians." Mr Young said this preference did not necessarily carry over into voting intentions...." To continue reading click here: the age - rudd spared by voters on faith |
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:37 |
Bill Muehlenberg, 14th April 2010
"There are plenty of forces arrayed against Christianity, many of them working overtime to see its demise. There are never-ending challenges and threats to the Christian church from without. But sadly the greatest threat may come from within.
I refer to the widespread apathy and indifference of so many believers. While the church is besieged on every front, and losing battle after battle, how many Christians simply don’t know about the war they are in, or simply don’t even care?
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Read more... [Our Own Worst Enemies]
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 23:42 |
Vietnam Christian Dies After Torture For Refusing To Recant Faith
reports BosNewsLife News Center, July 2007
A young Hroi ethnic minority man who refused to recant his Christian faith reportedly died from injuries received while under official interrogation, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, July 3.
Compass Direct News, a Christian news agency, said Vin Y Het, in his early 20s, died April 20, but details only emerged in recent days. He apparently leaves behind a pregnant wife and two small children.
Het, from Son Hoa district in the costal province of Phu Yen, allegedly died from internal injuries after interrogators beat him several months earlier for refusing to deny his Christian faith. It was not immediately clear which law enforcement agency was involved in the incident, but local police often play a key role in reported attacks.
After becoming a Christian in September 2006, local authorities summoned him to their offices and pressured him to sign a document denying his faith, Compass Direct News reported, citing sources in the region. When he refused, they had him savagely beaten, the news agency said.
Click here to continue reading: at spcm.org |
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 14:01 |
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Article by Cameron Spink
I was immensely encouraged this weekend for many reasons, not least of which the occasion of Easter. Easter is a great reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus. A sacrifice that Jesus didn’t have to do. A lot of times I forget what the Easter message is about. I think it is about me and how God has sanctified me and my fellow Christians. Jesus’ sacrifice, however, is about God. It’s about God’s power, mercy and justice. The fact that I am saved by Jesus’ death is merely a by-product of God’s power.
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Read more... [The Forsaken Christ]
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:41 |
Episcopal Priest Suspended Over Muslim-Christian Identity
Christian Post, July 07, 2007
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, the Episcopalian who made headlines after she told the Seattle Times that she was ''100 percent'' Muslim and Christian, must now take a year from her position at Seattle's St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. A priest who claimed last month to be both Muslim and Christian has been suspended for a year, according to reports.
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, the Episcopalian who made headlines after she told the Seattle Times that she was ''100 percent'' Muslim and Christian, must now take a year from her position at Seattle's St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral after 23 years of priesthood.
Redding told the Times that she was “deeply saddened” by the decision, but would abide by the ruling of her bishop, the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf.
Many believe "the last thing the church needs to deal with at this time is this type of doctrinal dispute,” she said, possibly referring to the current clash within The Episcopal Church over homosexuality and the authority of Scripture.
“I wish it could've been at a more convenient time, but as far as I know I am responding to God's will and God's timing," she added.
In a front-page article last month in the Times, Redding said she had been a practicing Muslim for 15 months after being profoundly moved by an introduction to Islamic prayer.
She told the newspaper that since entering Islam, “I have been, by my own estimation, a better teacher, a better preacher and a better Christian."
Many, however, strongly disagreed with her claims, including the bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island who made the recent ruling.
Redding should "reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam," Wolf wrote in an e-mail to church leaders, according to the Associated Press. Because Redding was ordained by a former bishop of Rhode Island, she remains subject to discipline by that diocese.
As a number of highly-respected theologians have pointed out following last month’s coverage on Redding, the Christian belief in the divine being and savior Jesus Christ is incompatible with Islamic teaching of Jesus as a prophet.
Christianity’s foundation is built on the understanding of Jesus Christ as the son of God who is fully human and yet fully divine, explained the Rev. Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and one of America's pre-eminent Evangelical leaders.
The Christian faith also points to Jesus’ death on the cross and His resurrection as the only way for mankind’s salvation, he added. Islam, on the other hand, “explicitly denies” that Jesus Christ is the son of God, that He died on the cross and resurrected from the dead, acknowledging only Jesus as a great prophet, His virgin birth, and His future role in judgment.
“These are merely the most obvious foundational contradictions between Christianity and Islam,” Mohler wrote on his blog. “Furthermore, these most obvious contradictions are affirmed by all major Christian denominations and both historic branches of Islam.”
Dr. Emir Caner, dean of The College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, described Redding’s faith conviction as “an extraordinary illustration of what has become Postmodern Christianity in America.”
Postmodernists are characterized for criticizing the conventional and embracing contradictions.
“It is a logical impossibility for someone to be both a Muslim and Christian since they stand in direct opposition to each other on such crucial theological issues as the cross, resurrection, and salvation,” Caner, a former devout Muslim, said to The Christian Post.
And Chuck Colson, founder of the Christian ministry Prison Fellowship, commented that “there’s so much wrong here that I scarcely know where to begin,” in response to Redding’s dual faith.
Colson pointed out that religion is not only about “feelings,” but being Christian is about believing in undeniable truths such as original sin, the Trinity and the divinity of Christ.
“Redding is simply an extreme example in the Episcopal Church,” concluded Colson in a commentary last month.
Currently, The Episcopal Church is experiencing a number of divisions within the American church body and facing a possible split with the worldwide Anglican Communion over its pro-gay stance, which the majority of Anglican leaders have called a departure from Anglican tradition and a violation of Scripture.
The Anglican body in the United States has been given until Sept. 30 to unequivocally pledge not to consecrate another openly gay bishop or authorize official prayers for same-sex couples. If Episcopalians fail to agree to the demands, they risk losing their full membership in the communion.
At: Christianpost.com (click here) |
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