July 2010
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From Kakuma to KFC
For 60 years Australian Lutheran World Service has been reaching the world’s poorest people with the love of God. Jonathan Krause introduces us to some of the people touched by that love
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Other Features
In Spite Of Myself
Edmund Bilney is the first Aboriginal person to complete the full ALC pastoral ministry program. He was ordained on 16 May. It was a pinnacle for a man who’s life has been an uphill slog, as John Pfitzner reflects
Gone Too Soon
If a Christian dies unexpectedly, was it God’s plan? This is not a new question. It is a variation of the old question: why do bad things happen to God’s people? The question is asking whether God is the cause of premature death - premature from a human point of view, of course. This is really just one aspect of the larger question: does God cause evil or disaster?
Columns
RADICAL PASTOR
BECOMING LIKE CHRIST
REEL LIFE
CELEBRATING WITH GLEE
STEPPING STONES
THE OLD PUG HUT
HEART & HOME
TAMING TANTRUMS
From Kakuma to KFC
For 60 years Australian Lutheran World Service has been reaching the world’s poorest people with the love of God. Jonathan Krause introduces us to some of the people touched by that love
Other Features
In Spite Of Myself
Edmund Bilney is the first Aboriginal person to complete the full ALC pastoral ministry program. He was ordained on 16 May. It was a pinnacle for a man who’s life has been an uphill slog, as John Pfitzner reflects
Gone Too Soon
If a Christian dies unexpectedly, was it God’s plan? This is not a new question. It is a variation of the old question: why do bad things happen to God’s people? The question is asking whether God is the cause of premature death - premature from a human point of view, of course. This is really just one aspect of the larger question: does God cause evil or disaster?
Other Features
In Spite Of Myself
Edmund Bilney is the first Aboriginal person to complete the full ALC pastoral ministry program. He was ordained on 16 May. It was a pinnacle for a man who’s life has been an uphill slog, as John Pfitzner reflects
Gone Too Soon
If a Christian dies unexpectedly, was it God’s plan? This is not a new question. It is a variation of the old question: why do bad things happen to God’s people? The question is asking whether God is the cause of premature death - premature from a human point of view, of course. This is really just one aspect of the larger question: does God cause evil or disaster?
Columns
RADICAL PASTOR
BECOMING LIKE CHRIST
REEL LIFE
CELEBRATING WITH GLEE
STEPPING STONES
THE OLD PUG HUT
HEART & HOME
TAMING TANTRUMS
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