Comments on: A hit out at prosperity doctrine http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/ musings from those on the journey Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:02:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Greg the explorer http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148528 Greg the explorer Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:18:12 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148528 I posted te following over at SoulSojourn: Very thoughtful and inspired words - love the stuff from your comment posters as well. It was Social Justice Sunday this past Sunday (the only day of the year we Anglicans think about it!…joking); the theme was making indigineous poverty history. Jonothan Inkpin and Graemme Mundine (avaibale from the NCCA web site) produced a paper entitled The Lazarus Demand that explores the story of Lazarus and Jesus calling him out of the tomb and commanding his friends to unbind him in terms of indigineous poverty: <blockquote>‘Unbind him, and let him go’ is a challenge made to all of us, and especially to those who have power and wealth: which, in the context of Indigenous Australia, means most non-Indigenous Australians. Use, and let go of your power, says God. It is not enough, says Jesus, for the Word of God to be proclaimed and for Lazarus to respond. The Lazarus Demand is not for an individual alone, but for the renewing of the whole community. It is not merely an initiative of divine compassion. It involves human action and human compassion. It calls for new relationships, involving rights, respect and reconciliation.</blockquote><blockquote> A rethinking of our responsibilities as Christians with our money is definitiely in order. Ugliness is not what we look like to ourselves or to one another -but what we look like to God when in the words of St Ambrose: we who are rich come to church not to give to the poor, but to take from them</blockquote> I posted te following over at SoulSojourn:

Very thoughtful and inspired words - love the stuff from your comment posters as well.

It was Social Justice Sunday this past Sunday (the only day of the year we Anglicans think about it!…joking); the theme was making indigineous poverty history.

Jonothan Inkpin and Graemme Mundine (avaibale from the NCCA web site) produced a paper entitled The Lazarus Demand that explores the story of Lazarus and Jesus calling him out of the tomb and commanding his friends to unbind him in terms of indigineous poverty:

‘Unbind him, and let him go’ is a challenge made to all of us, and especially to those who have power and wealth: which, in the context of Indigenous Australia, means most non-Indigenous Australians. Use, and let go of your power, says God. It is not enough, says Jesus, for the Word of God to be proclaimed and for Lazarus to respond. The Lazarus Demand is not for an individual alone, but for the renewing of the whole community. It is not merely an initiative of divine compassion. It involves human action and human compassion. It calls for new relationships, involving rights, respect and reconciliation.

A rethinking of our responsibilities as Christians with our money is definitiely in order. Ugliness is not what we look like to ourselves or to one another -but what we look like to God when in the words of St Ambrose: we who are rich come to church not to give to the poor, but to take from them

]]> By: christina http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148361 christina Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:30:51 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148361 Thanks for updating the link Phil! I must confess, I got the tipoff for the post (the link for Time magazine) from Hamo's blog - there has been a bit of discussion there too.... Thanks for updating the link Phil! I must confess, I got the tipoff for the post (the link for Time magazine) from Hamo’s blog - there has been a bit of discussion there too….

]]> By: stu http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148360 stu Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:06:01 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/09/22/a-hit-out-at-prosperity-doctrine/#comment-148360 i really wanted to send this blog post from one of my favourite 2nd Testament Scholars, Ben Witherington III, to someone but didn't know who or how. But here's an opportunity for a nutshell refute of prosperity gospel by a serious scholar: http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2006/09/just-in-time-god-wants-you-wealthy.html ta. i really wanted to send this blog post from one of my favourite 2nd Testament Scholars, Ben Witherington III, to someone but didn’t know who or how. But here’s an opportunity for a nutshell refute of prosperity gospel by a serious scholar:

http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2006/09/just-in-time-god-wants-you-wealthy.html

ta.

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