The Church has wrestled with a dozen major paradigm-shifts in its 
history. The first had to do with accepting Gentiles. The Protestant 
Reformation was built on the radical proposition that we are saved by 
faith purely on the basis of God’s grace, and that we can trust ordinary 
folks to read the Bible. Then there was slavery, charismatic renewal, 
women in leadership... Conservative groups have recently wrestled with 
issues like dancing, divorce, Sabbath/Sunday-behaviour, dress-codes, and 
rock music.

And now the Big One: Homosexuality    More... 
http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/20558.htm

(Review: Anthony Venn-Brown's 'A Life of Unlearning: a Journey to Find 
the Truth', 2nd edition, New Holland Publishers, 2007.)

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Shalom/Salaam/Pax!                         Rowland Croucher

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