The Historical Jesus: What the Scholars are Saying
A Part 1 – The Identity and beliefs of the Apostolic Church Robert D. Brinsmead Introduction The Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries …
THE GOSPEL BEFORE CHRISTIANITY
The title of this article implies that there was a gospel preached before there was such a thing as Christianity or the Christian Church. This …
Carbon: What is Driving the Strategy to Demonise the Most Amazing Life Sustaining Element?
Attachments Demonizing Carbon Updated – 29Nov18 (362 kB)
An Outline of Apocalyptic Theology from Zoroaster to Al Gore
This Outline traces how a well-defined apocalyptic worldview made its first appearance around 1500 BCE in the teachings of a Persian prophet by the name …
From Retaliation To Unconditional Love: The Grand Narrative of Human Exodus
In this essay, Wendell Krossa (www.wendellkrossa.com) looks at human history in terms of a great Exodus journey from mankind’s primitive animal past. The dawning and …
The Demolition of Religious Mythology
John B. Brinsmead Since the 16th century three great paradigm shifts have seriously called into question the religious traditions of the Christian West. Whilst the …
The End and Abolition of Religion
Author: Robert D. Brinsmead “I have a dream…” Martin Luther King Jr. “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…” …
Overcoming the Alienation of Man and Nature
Author: Robert D. Brinsmead The environmental movement began as a protest against Western culture’s alienation from nature. This alienation was said to have its roots …
A Story of the Promised Land
Australian poet, Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson, tells the story of the old pioneer who says to his kids,
“There is one Bible story I fully understand.
It’s how those ancient patriarchs lived upon the land.”
Just so, I venture to say,
There is a Bible story I fully understand,
It’s how the early Hebrews found the Promised Land.
Here’s my real-life story about finding the Promised Land. It has given me an insight into the greatest human story ever told – the story of the Hebrews’ flight from Egypt (the Exodus) and their subsequent settlement in the Promised Land of Palestine.
Does Nature Know Best? – A Critique of Environmental Fundamentalism
Robert D. Brinsmead (A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Environment Foundation, 2006) In 1971 the Sierra Club published a book by …