1st June 2011
Staying sane when everyone else thinks you are mad is a challenge. In this issue of ACCatalyst UCA Minister Dr Robert Brennan gives us hope that in a post-modern West the Christian message will still make sense. That is, we can still subscribe to a thoughtful Christianity with the help of our God. More than this, that our message can make sense to others and that they can be won to Christ. Simon Dent (UCA Minister in Clare SA) provides an example of how we can be confident that God will help us evangelise. His essay was written to accompany a set of evangelism DVDs produced for the ACC Evangelism Commission. Being united with Christ, he writes, it is through His will we are motivated to speak. Ted Curnow (UCA minister and member of ACC Cranbourne Cluster) rounds out the edition with a punchy warning that we should not allow Christianity to fade into a type of emotional nostalgia”. In taking stands in the public square he recommends avoiding the other extreme of an overblown militancy that imagines that our zeal can force God to change the nation. Peter Bentley reviews Clint Eastwood’s latest film Hereafter – a look at near-death experiences and love.
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