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Written by Dr Phillip Kayser
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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 Before I try to prove that dressing up for church is Biblical, Ithink I need to deal with another objection that is uppermost in people’s minds. As one person (who prefers to remain anonymous) worded it, “Church finery also opens the door for economic and class distinctions which we've been told to steer clear of.”
But this socialistic thinking is far removed from the Bible. I know, I know. People will immediately quote Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” But if this is an argument for abolition of all economic and class distinctions, then the homosexuals are right, and it is also an abolition of all distinctions in sex. (Hint for those who are out of the loop: So-called “Evangelical homosexuals” claim that since there is no male and female distinction in the church, anyone can marry anyone. “To insist that males must marry only females is to fly in the face of Paul’s obliteration of distinctions.”) But our equality in Christ ( Gal. 3:28) does not remove distinctions of sex, class or social groups. It makes all people equally accessible to salvation and to church membership (notice that the context is baptism – v. 27). The Bible is replete with not only social distinctions, but with clothing that shows such distinctions. It speaks of...
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Written by Mr. Trev McCallum
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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 Through this series on government (one, two, three) I commenced building a foundation for assessing and understanding government across all of life. I have sought to illustrate how a right understanding of government flows from a right understanding and application of the covenant. It has also been argued that government is broader than deliberations in Canberra. God has ordained the governing institutions of the individual, family, church and state. Each of these institutions exercises their interdependent authority under the sovereignty of God. Further than that; authority, roles and responsibilities allocated to and within these institutions are defined in the pages of Scripture. We do not go to natural law or any other source to understand our duties toward God in any of these capacities. The revealed Law/Word of God speaks to all of faith and life. There is a pattern woven through the Bible, consisting of a rich tapestry of types and antitypes. The story is recapitulated over and over again, as the water washes up the seashore. Throughout we read of the covenant keeping God who delights in His people. Last time I asserted that when we understand the covenantal model/flow of the Bible we see that the Law of God reflects His moral character in context of individuality and corporality. In other words, the flow of the Bible is covenantal and this is from God (i.e. 1. the sovereign/transcendent) to us (His people) in order that we might be individually and socially redeemed and re-structured (i.e. 2. hierarchy) to live lives of sanctified obedience (i.e. 3. ethics) to the revealed Law/Word of God in order to glorify and enjoy Him (i.e. 4. mandates) and continually raise up godly offspring (i.e. 5. continuity).
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Written by Mr. Trev McCallum
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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 Tasmanian Attorney-General Lara Giddings confirmed her commitment to legislate professional, assisted killing. According to The Mercury she;
"used her parliamentary Budget reply speech to unveil progressive plans for law reform in Tasmania in the next four-year term of the Labor-Greens government.
It included an unexpected decision to reintroduce a voluntary euthanasia proposal to Parliament, long-awaited plans for a Tasmanian Charter of Rights and yet another overhaul of flawed laws regulating the professional sex industry.
New death legislation is expected to come before Parliament mid next year, aided by an extra $300,000 allocation in last week's Budget for assistance in drafting these complicated new sets of laws. All of the law reforms proposed yesterday by Ms Giddings will be open for public consultation before coming before Parliament. She told Parliament yesterday she was committed to helping Tasmanians faced with terminal illness die with dignity, pledging to work co-operatively with Greens leader Nick McKim on new voluntary euthanasia laws."
Rev Iain Smith wrote an insightful article last year, before this Bill was presented in our parliament. I strongly recommend you re-read his article here.
What I was shocked to find out is that there is an organisation called Christians supporting choice for Voluntary Euthanasia. Their statement of belief reads like this;
We are Christians who believe that, as a demonstration of love and compassion, those with a terminal or hopeless illness should have the option of a pain-free, peaceful and dignified death with legal voluntary euthanasia.
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