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Link Highlights | June 2019

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from June 2019

Parliament, rugby and walking the line

Friday, 28 June 2019

| John Kidson

In claiming adherence to a higher authority, ScoMo and Izzy would be judged in two 'higher' courts. But they, like all of us, are called to follow the lead given to us by Jesus, to tread carefully the fine balance between grace and truth.

Link Highlights | May 2019

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from May 2019

Why is this happening to me?

Wednesday, 29 May 2019

| John Kidson

How do we answer the question: ‘Why do we suffer?’ Is there even a correct question? And does the answer change if we have terminal cancer? God doesn't want us to suffer, but suffering allows him to work out his good plan in our lives.

Book Review: Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

| John McKinnon

What if the Book of Romans, rather than a timeless systematic theology, is really a pastoral letter to those living at the heart of the Roman Empire that seeks to disarm the violence of that first-century power?

Link Highlights | April 2019

Tuesday, 7 May 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from April 2019

Book Review: The Qur’an and its Biblical Reflexes – investigations into the genesis of a religion

Tuesday, 7 May 2019

| Ian Hore-Lacy

How does the Qur’an relate to the Bible? Is there any real substance in the similarities between the two? Mark Durie argues that, though the Qur’an was clearly influenced by Judaism and Christianity, it embodies a new, distinctive theology.