Easy reading - sound theology

[Tom Stuart]

I think one of the things that we have learned through this debate about homosexuality is the theological and biblical illiteracy of our congregations.  It is what I have experienced across the Mid-Lachlan Mission Area, and I notice a reference to it in a resolution of the NSW Synod.   It is not a new realisation that the easy reading material that fills so much of our Christian Bookshops is the Christian version of “get rich quick” crap.  Most of it seems to be some version of “providence theology”. The vast majority of people in the congregations where I minister find the more serious theological material inaccessible.  It is too hard. I am wondering what books people have found that are easy to read but draw on the rich tradition of faith that is concerned about the priorities of Jesus ministry, opening the grace of God to everyone, a priority to the poor, subverting domination systems, and finding hope in the hopeless.  These may be in the form of novels, or parables, children’s books, videos, faith sharing books.  I feel I need to provide some guidance in selection of reading material around here so that I don’t spend all my time battling on Sunday with all the garbage that genuinely committed Christians have been reading through the week!! I’m sure these books are out there.   Tom   [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.milman.uniting.com.au Ph: 6862 5502  Mobile: 0427 625 502 14 Bushman St Parkes NSW 2870   'Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable'. I prefer to die living than to live dying! "War is a poor chisel with which to carve out the future." - Martin Luther King, Jr     I've stopped 187 spam messages. You can too! One month FREE spam protection at www.cloudmark.com

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