I am the Alpha and the Omega

 
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 
Look, he is coming with the clouds,
      and every eye will see him,
   even those [...]

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Muslim Followers Of Jesus?

From The Global Conversation, a collaborative partnership between the Lausanne Movement and Christianity Today.
Can one be a Muslim and a follower of Jesus? Tens of thousands believe so, and in this discussion Yale University scholar Joseph Cumming describes the furious debate their example has fueled. The question of following Jesus while remaining within a practicing [...]

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‘The Naked Gospel’ - Andrew Farley

About the Naked Gospel
As a university student, Andrew Farley found himself physically and emotionally addicted to street evangelism and Bible study. Yet despite his fervid behavior, he knew something was missing. That something was an understanding of the gospel that is stripped of the compromises and cliches of the modern church. The Naked Gospel finds [...]

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Learning About The Early Church Fathers

Here are some fantastic audio resources from Theology Network about the Apostolic Fathers and the Early Church Fathers.
 
Introducing The Apostolic Fathers
Introducing Justin Martyr
Introducing Irenaeus
Introducing Athanasius
Introducing Augustine
 
And also:
Introducing Martin Luther
Introducing John Calvin

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The Emerging Church

At the end of 2007, this story aired on Twin Cities Public Television out of St Paul/Minneapolis (a PBS station). It provides direct interviews with several emergent leaders including Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren and Tony Jones as well as some sound commentary on the emergent movement by several evangelicals who have been tracking the emergent [...]

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Luther (2003 Movie)

Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) stars as Martin Luther, the brilliant man of God whose defiant actions changed the world, in this epic film that traces Luther’s extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the people’s liberation. Regional princes and the powerful Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip on 16th-century Germany.
 
But when Martin Luther issues [...]

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Did Paul Invent Christianity?

John Dickson from the Centre For Public Christianity discusses with respected New Testament scholar Dr Darrell Bock the claim that Paul was true author and inventor of Christianity.
 
 
 
For more from Darrell Bock about Jesus as he is presented in the New Testament, listen here.

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The Uniting Church In Australia - Champions of Religious Pluralism

From the website of the Uniting Church in Australia’s Relations With Other Faiths:
 
Interfaith Peace Service celebrated at St. David’s Uniting Church
On Monday the 21st September 2009 in St. David’s Uniting Church hall (Sydney), in the presence of more than 200 people, a most noteworthy example of truly fine multifaith/cultural activity was witnessed in the form of a [...]

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Thoughts on Liturgy and Worship

I know this is my third post in a row from Michael Spencer, aka the Internet Monk, but the Monk is really speaking my mind at the moment. Michael is an avowed Protestant, but defines himself as “post evangelical” and he has some interesting thoughts about where Western evangelical Christianity has got it wrong, particularly [...]

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Luke’s Gospel - Investigating The Man Who Is God

Love Mark Driscoll or hate him, you have to hand it to the man for his committment to expository preaching and detailed teaching from the Bible. Mark has embarked on a detailed sermon series from the Gospel of Luke and expects that this will take three years - you heard it - three years! And [...]

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