Comments for St. Augustines Anglican Church, Neutral Bay

Comment on Proverbs – Women by Sibyl

Sibyl — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:37:49 +0000

The two types of women in Proverbs, Wisdom and the wanton adulterous foolish women can also be seen to represent the faithful orthodox church and the heretical apostate church respectively.

Comment on Engage Conference by Kirstie

Kirstie — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:31:29 +0000

I went to this conference last year, and it is without doubt the most relevant and challenging conference I have ever been to. If you are a professional in your 20s & 30s, this is a must-attend conference for you! Looking forward to spending an awesome weekend with all those who can make it.

TIckets go on sale on Tuesday (18th May) and are available at the special early bird rate of $105 including morning teas and lunch on Saturday. After 30th June, the price goes up to $130, so get in early!!!

Comment on Glenn Whitehead by Ken Randall

Ken Randall — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:31:37 +0000

Yes, I agree, vale. I did not know you all that well at school, although we were in the same class in first year, and had at least one class in common in second year. Then it was only last year that I caught up with you on Facebook. Then there was not a great deal of correspondence. The last time I wrote on Facebook was after you were no longer with us, which is a bit ironic. You did not mention that you were ill. You are absolutely right that there is a God in Heaven. That is the one and only thing that actually matters.

Comment on 10Q – 1:Amputees by davidould

davidould — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:31:05 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Peter. I note what you’re saying but the specific challenge related in the post is what I was responding to. If there is a supplementary complaint that healings are always debatable then, fair enough – but that wasn’t the argument being made on the website to which I responded.

Comment on 10Q – 1:Amputees by Peter

Peter — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:22:25 +0000

I think you post missed the point of “Why won’t God heal amputees?”. Christians claim miracles of healing where there could be a known natural cause, but indisputable miracle healings never seem to happen.

Comment on 10 Questions from the Atheists by Anne

Anne — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:43:55 +0000

Flattery will get you everywhere….?

The video (which I could not get to the end of as I was about to throw my computer at the wall) played on the listener’s ego by frequently flattering them as “intelligent and college educated”. The technique is an effective one as it leaves the listening thinking that if they disagree then they are stupid.

However any intelligent listener would have quickly realised that the whole video is built on a rhetorical trick of NEVER actually providing the Christian answer to ANY of the questions, yet presuming to know exactly what answer had formed in the mind of the “educated” Christian listener. That answer is then dismissed as irrational: “It makes no sense, and you know it”. But the answer was never given. How easy it would be to win a debate if your opponent never gets to voice their answer to your arguments !

There are definitely answers to all of his questions. But will that conversation end up being a fruitful or an inane one ? It occurs to me that Jesus was continually confronted by the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law trying to trip him up with convoluted questions. He answered some, but also at times chose not to answer. Seeing through their ploy, He instead asked them a question, one which highlighted their deceitfulness. I think we can learn a lot from His approach when considering some of these questions. To engage in debate on some of these issues would be to risk denying the Gospel it’s real force. It would feel to me like trying to drive a Ferrari around a dodgem track.

Just a thought.

Comment on 10 Questions from the Atheists by Kirstie

Kirstie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:52:09 +0000

Find_Replace “Because God is imaginary” with “Because we live in a fallen world where sin and the effects of sin are rife”

Comment on 10 Questions from the Atheists by kate

kate — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:41:10 +0000

interesting video.

I wonder whose definition of ‘rational’ he is working from? Clearly its his own and anyone who differs is just plain wrong, not to mention stupid.

“Our world only makes sense when we understand God is imaginary”. In other words – eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. How does that help the starving children?

Comment on PubChurch by Jeffrey Dohnt

Jeffrey Dohnt — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:41:01 +0000

I’d love to make it to at least one of these events! Book me in!

Comment on Mark 9 – Do You See What I See? by David Ould

David Ould — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:40:10 +0000

Thanks k-t,

Yes, I think you’re right – we can be prone to stereotyping and also unaware of how our culture is shifting, particularly in age-brackets that we’re not in ourselves.

What should women be cutting off? I’ll leave that to the wisdom of the women. Speak up, please, ladies.