Theoretical Scenario II

Janet is a Christian landlady. She rents out two rooms of her house to a couple of young brothers, John and Fred. Fred has a well-paid job and always pays his rent on time. John, however, has a poorly paid job and makes different lifestyle choices. John’s rent payments have become later and later. For a while, Fred paid on John’s behalf, but recently John’s portion has completely stopped.

On explaining that the brothers risked eviction and court action, Janet comes home one day to find the rooms empty and the brothers gone.

With a substantial debt owed to her, what should she do?

God's Fragile Creation

"... More earthbound Christians, though, are beginning to ponder on the biblical creation story, according to which, God says that humans should 'have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth' ..."

http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/green.html

Does 'dominion' mean that we are entitled to blow the tops off mountains to get at the coal beneath?

[Thanks for this post Apoc29]

Not Enough Explanation

Thanks for all the threads, they are in a queue (a line) ready for posting.
I have modified the blog rules on the right hand side.

Are these rules necessary?
Can any be deleted?
Does any more explanation need to be added?

Church vs MarketPlace

‘The marketplace’ - where we buy and sell. Products, services, religion, education, entertainment, media, arts, security, law, etc. Food for thought:

1. If the church (the believers collective) is not in the marketplace then it cannot be ‘missional’.
2. The church can shape the marketplace, but cannot expect to pull the marketplace into the church, or under its values, since ‘belief’ is a choice.
3. Everybody (believer and unbeliever) must be, and in fact is, in the marketplace, because everybody has bills to pay and/or responsibilities to carry.
4. If the church claims to be a non-marketplace entity, it still remains in it, confusing believers and unbelievers, and continuing to effect competition, supply, and demand, in the areas that it touches.

Here’s an interesting chap, and what he believed, but hey who wants to live in a village with no pub these days?!

Multiple Choice

What did Jesus say?
(A) "be like me"
(B) "follow me"
(C) other