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Zadok
Perspectives
Issue 96
Election
2007: what would Jesus do at the polling booth?
Picking
Almonds by
Alison Sampson
In God's economic system, the one we don't follow,
there is enough for all as long as we share and don't take more
than we need.
Dominion
or Companionship? by
Peter Crabb
There is no arguement that the natural world, at
least parts of it, has an essential utilitarion function, to provide
us with our material needs, especially food and shelter. But when
the focus of concern is little more than God's material providence
for human beings, we diminish our God and our faith.
Bringing
the Christian influence to bear on both personal morality and
social justice issues by
Jim Wallace
To help further the gospel and create a more just
society, there is a need for Chrstians to reject the artificial
dividing line between personal and social issies.
What
does the Lord require of you? by
Jessie Taylor
From the moment I first glimpsed the 10 foot steel
pickets, crowned with razor wire, the things I saw crystallised
my purpose in studying law, focused a vaguely defined humanitarian
impulse, and threw the biblical imperatives to pursue justice
and mercy into sharp relief.
Christian
perspectives on the indgenous crisis by
Chris Marshall & Mark Brett
Heavy handed intervention will not only provoke
traumatic memories of how things used to be done in the past,
but also exacerbate a sense of hopelessness, even in communities
that may tolerate intervention if they can see that community
welfare is likely to be improved.
Christianity,
the vote and social change by
Dave Fagg
Refusing to vote is not a good in itself, but a
means by which I can publicly remind myself and others that political
responsibility means more than voting.
The
Holy Spirit and politics by
Jim Reiher
Each person has something within them that is from
the Holy Spirit. Each individual follower of Jesus has a special
gift or act of service or work to do that is their special thing,
that is from the Spirit. And for some people it will be a political
service.
What
about making poverty history? by
Ben Thurley
What a difference eight words can make. It was
Jesus after all who said that "You will always have the poor
with you", just eight words and I happen to know some (although
happily not too many) who think that Christian involvement in
the Make Poverty History campaign is problematic, possilby foolish
and even a bit blasphemous.
Why
are you doing this? Politics and religion, politicians and ministers
by
Rev Dr Robert McFarlane
My answer is autobiographical as much as ideological.
It can be summed up in one word: Tampa.
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