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The accidental atheist - Earshot - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Waco: Reflection: Pt 2: Philip Arnold: "To Obey God or Man?" James Tabor - Is This the End Time? Indigenous Studies. Explore theology, history and the practice of ministry from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and world Indigenous perspectives.

Indigenous Studies

Traditionally, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities did not compartmentalise their spirituality, or faith. Communities developed their own theologies but these were not necessarily the same as western ideas of theology. Indigenous life is experiential and therefore theology was practice! In the 21st century, much has changed. We still focus our energies on helping people walk out life in a good way. These degrees are developed in conjunction with, overseen and increasingly taught by Australian Indigenous peoples, has been established to continue the theological education of Australian peoples and the development of Australian Indigenous theological scholarship and practice. 2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT;AMP;KJV - Satan, who is the god of this world, Israel Folau news, Wallabies, church sermon video, rugby.

The embattled Wallabies star has been caught on camera breaking down in tears as he delivered an Easter Sunday sermon to his fellow churchgoers.

Israel Folau news, Wallabies, church sermon video, rugby

The Daily Telegraph revealed the footage on Thursday night, just two days before Folau will take part in a code of conduct hearing as Rugby Australia seeks to terminate his employment. In the battle of his life to save his $4 million, four-year deal with RA, Folau told a tale from the Bible about how three men stood up for their beliefs under the threat of death.

Live stream the 2019 Vodafone Super Rugby on KAYO SPORTS. Every game of every round live & anytime in HD and ad-break free during play. Clobbering the Confusion About 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. I recently received this question from a reader: I’m curious about the verse 1 Corinthians 6:9.

Clobbering the Confusion About 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

My friend and I were studying and noticed that our different versions use different words. He has a KJV and I have a NIV. Jesus speaks my language, he’s not only the God of the white man - Eternity News. By a campfire in a remote Aboriginal community in North Australia in 1945, the story of Jesus was read in the Wubuy language for the first time.

Jesus speaks my language, he’s not only the God of the white man - Eternity News

This special moment has happened many times in the world when receptive people first hear the gospel in the language of their hearts. The power of that historic reading is still recalled by the descendants of those who were there. At that isolated campfire, a group of tribal Aboriginal people heard the word of God and the impact is still felt today. The reader was my father, Len Harris, a lone missionary in Arnhem Land during the dangerous years of World War II, when other missionaries had been evacuated south, away from the war zone. Len was chaplain to the Church Missionary Society missions in the Western Gulf at Roper River (Ngukurr), as well as at Groote Eylandt (Emerald River Mission).

He learned Wubuy as best he could and also began to write it down. “Every day we sat under a tree outside my bark hut. “‘Anaambalaman ana-lhawu,’ I said. How Christians can unpack the baggage of colonialism this Australia Day. Updated 9 May 2019, 2:09amThu 9 May 2019, 2:09am Why do a growing number of people mark Australia Day by going to church?

How Christians can unpack the baggage of colonialism this Australia Day

It seems a novel preference to attending a barbecue, citizenship ceremony or even a political rally. But this practice can be traced back decades to the same period, and even to the same people, as the first Aboriginal Day of Mourning. Church attendance on Australia Day points to the complex relationships between Christianity, colonialism and race — relationships that are still being debated today. 'Aboriginal Sunday' On January 26, 1938, Yorta Yorta man William Cooper and others held a protest meeting to coincide with public celebrations of the sesquicentenary of European settlement. The group demanded "full citizenship rights and equality" for Aboriginal people. In the aftermath, Cooper called on the Christian churches to observe "Aborigines Sunday" around that time every year. In fact, present-day arguments about race and nation retain religious aspects.

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The critics are wrong: religion has a place in the classroom. There is much misinformation about special religious education, or SRE, in NSW public schools, propagated primarily by those who are anti-religion and have an ideological agenda to force their views onto the majority of Australians.

The critics are wrong: religion has a place in the classroom

Yes, the majority. Despite Australians becoming less religious, the latest census data tells us that 70 per cent of Australians still identify with a religious faith. This majority are afforded the freedom to not only practice that faith but encourage their children to adhere to the values and principles of that teaching. No one is forced to follow a religion in this country, and likewise no parent is forced to enrol their child in SRE, which is an opt-in program offered to students for only 30 minutes a week for around 30 to 35 weeks of each year. Yet where SRE is offered in NSW primary schools, 2016 Education Department review found, 71 per cent of parents choose to opt-in.