NSW Churches - Advancing a Christian Perspective

New content April 2008

30 April

• Article: David Crawford, "A Bill of Rights for Australia?" (Oct 2001)

29 April

• Prayer: Dear Lord and Father, please help the members of my family (Joy Edwards)
• Prayer: Eternal God, author of harmony and happiness (Michael Saward)
• Prayer: God our Father, we pray for our young people (Episcopal Church)
• Prayer: Heavenly Father, from whom all parenthood comes (Michael Buckley)
• Prayer: Heavenly Father, we pray for those whose marriage (Frank Colquhoun)
• Prayer: Let us pray for our friends (Caryl Micklem)
• Prayer: May the God of love (William Temple)
• Prayer: O God of love and mercy (Massey Hamilton Shepherd jr)
• Prayer: O God our Father, we thank thee for our home and family (R N Rodenmayer)
• Prayer: O heavenly Father, shed forth thy blessed Spirit (Church Guild)
• Prayer: Self-giving God, calling us to tread the path of suffering (Jean Mortimer)

28 April

• Background Paper: Elizabeth Scott, Indigenous ministry and Aboriginal reconciliation (Apr 2001)

26 April

• Prayer: Almighty God in Trinity (Richard Rolle)
• Prayer: Father, we thank thee for our happiness (Helen Waddell)
• Prayer: For all things bright and beautiful (Gail A. Ricciuti)
• Prayer: God our creator, our centre, our friend (NZ Prayer Book)
• Prayer: Lord of all blessing (Hugh Dickinson)
• Prayer: My God, I love thee (Francis Xavier)
• Prayer: Now we must praise the ruler of heaven (Caedmon)
• Prayer: Strong Son of God (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
• Prayer: You are holy (Francis of Assisi)
• Prayer: A wreathed garland of deserved praise (George Herbert)
• Prayer: Be thou a light unto my eyes (John Cosin)
• Prayer: Dear Lord, help me keep my eyes on you (Henri Nouwen)
• Prayer: Deliver me, O God, from a slothful mind (John Wesley)
• Prayer: God almighty, eternal (Francis of Assisi)
• Prayer: Lord, may your will be done (World Council of Churches)
• Prayer: Most high and glorious God (Francis of Assisi)
• Prayer: O come, Holy Spirit, inflame my heart (Michael Hollings & Etta Gullick)
• Prayer: Take, Lord, and receive (Ignatius Loyola)
• Prayer: Thou who art over us (Dag Hammarskjold)
• Prayer: Lord, how do I love thee? (Elizabeth Browning)
• Prayer: Eternal God, the light of the minds that know thee (Gelasian Sacramentary)
• Prayer: O God, the God of all goodness (B F Wescott)
• Prayer: I love you, O God (Miriam Therese Winter)
• Prayer: O Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace (Francis of Assisi - attributed)
• Prayer: O Lord, support us (John Henry Newman)
• Prayer: Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ (Richard of Chichester)
• Prayer: Have mercy on me, O God (Psalm 51)
• Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-13)

25 April

• Review: Rosalind Bradley, Mosaic: Favourite Prayers and Reflections from Inspiring Australians (ABC Books, 2008), reviewed by Rod Benson.

24 April

• Policy: Aboriginal reconciliation (early 1997)
• Policy: Euthanasia (16 May 1995)
• News: REA 162, 17-23 Apr 2008
• Article: Chuck Colson, "Nothing more natural" (21 Apr 2008)

22 April

• History: Bernard Judd, "A short history of the NSW Council of Churches" (1995)
• Prayer: For all things bright and beautiful (Gail A. Ricciuti)
• Prayer: God our creator, our centre, our friend (NZ Prayer Book)
• Prayer: Lord of all blessing (Hugh Dickinson)
• Prayer: Now we must praise the ruler of heaven (Caedmon)
• Prayer: You are holy (Francis of Assisi)

 17 April

• News: REA 161, 10-16 Apr 2008
• Prayer: 30 benedictions added to Selected Christian Prayers
• Prayer: 12 classic and modern prayers added to Selected Christian Prayers (more to come)

16 April

• Article: David Rosen, "Honour killings an expression of immigrant alienation" (19 Mar 2008)
• Article: Keith Suter, "Political donations" (28 Feb 2008)

15 April

• Review: R.D. Gold, Bondage of the Mind: How Old Testament Fundamentalism Shackles the Mind and Enslaves the Spirit (Aldus Books, 2008), reviewed by Tim Callahan.
• NEW WEB FEATURE: Updated section on Prayer - Time to pray (introducint the section), Selected Christian Prayers, Prayer Requests, and Prayer Reources (more to come)

14 April

• Humour: The atheist professor (joke) added to humour page
• Review: Richard Shumack, "Fitna: A Christian response to an anti-Islamic film" (10 Apr 2008)
• Sermon: Rod Benson, "The Bible: Reliable, radical and relevant" (5 Jul 1998)

13 April

• NEW WEB FEATURE: complete list of all our articles and talks, arranged by subject (not including 2CH talks, which you can find here)

12 April

• Links: seven new links added to Links page

11 April

• Article: Andrew Cameron & Tracy Nodder, "Death in the Sudan" (14 Apr 2004)
• Article: Andrew Cameron & Tracy Gordon, "How to be discriminating about anti-discrimination" (8 Apr 2004)
• Article: Andrew Cameron & Tracy Nodder, "Fool’s gold" (31 Mar 2004)
• Article: Andrew Cameron & Tracy Gordon, "Abbott, abortion and Christianity in Australia" (Mar 2004)
• Article: Andrew Cameron, "Terror and the people of God" (Mar 2004)

10 April

• Review: Christopher J.H. Wright, The Mission of God (IVP, 2007), reviewed by Jim Reapsome.

8 April

• Article: Jeff Mirus, "The conversion of the Jews?" (20 Mar 2008)
• Rabbi Yehiel E. Poupko & Stan Guthrie, "Christian evangelism and Judaism" (2 Apr 2008)
• Article: World Evangelical Alliance, "The Gospel and the Jewish People - An Evangelical Statement" (28 Mar 2008)
• Article: Stan Guthrie, "Why evangelize the Jews?" (25 Mar 2008)

7 April

• Article: Mark Durie, "More on loving one’s (Muslim) neighbour" (25 Mar 2008)
• Article: Elizabeth Kendall, "OIC: Eliminating defamation of Islam" (31 Mar 2008)

2 April

• Article: John Dickson, "The Christian vote: help or hindrance?" (Apr 2008)
• Article: Murray Capill, "Ministry spot" (25 Mar 2008)