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Pentecostals and Christian Unity
It was good to read the following report from the Global Christian Forum about a significant gathering of Latin American Pentecostal leaders to discuss the issue of Christian Unity. There are clearly...
View ArticleTalking Jesus research (UK) – first of its kind – relevant to NZ
NZ Christian Network’s sister organisation in UK has just published the results of a research project described as the “first of its kind”. The research was conducted by Barna Group on behalf of the...
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What Happens When We Lose Faith in the Transcendent?
In 2011 I spoke at the national interfaith forum on State and Church. Four years on, these comments seem even more relevant today than they were back then. Part 1 is a response to a paper presented...
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Contradictions and Women in the Bible
Tim Bulkeley One of the biggest obstacles to the biblical call to unity is the shallow or superficial reading of scripture. There’s still plenty of scope for disagreement even among specialists who are...
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Pew Research – America less religious and religious groups more accepting of...
Pew Research Center’s 2014 Landscape Study on religion in America contains some interesting findings. Among them, and relevant to NZ in the context of ongoing debates about same-sex marriage, is that...
View ArticleWhy “Reading the Bible Faithfully” matters
There are some things which are basic in our Christian lives – things like prayer, Bible reading, worship, witness. NZ Christian Network organised two major discussions recently – one on marriage and...
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NZCN|Media Release – Churches urged to organise submissions on euthanasia issue
Media Release 24 November 2015 NZ Christian Network is urging churches and individuals concerned about the possibility of euthanasia being legalised in New Zealand, to make submissions to the Health...
View ArticleHealth Select Committee Inquiry Submission on Euthanasia
Subject: Health Select Committee Inquiry Submission Email: health(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)parliament.govt.nz Date: Tuesday 26 January 2016 On the...
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A Letter to the Church about Islam and ISIS
From Glyn Carpenter, NZ Christian Network February 2016 (including a Muslim’s Response to Critiques of Islam) Janet Daley has called ISIS a ‘death cult’ Every time there is an international terrorist...
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The Nature of a Christian Voice
We live in a world that is saturated in information, misinformation, and conflicting voices. Seeing God’s will done ‘here on earth as in heaven’ involves having a Christian voice in public debates and...
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