Well the fires in Victoria have taken up much of my time the past 3 weeks. I have been seconded from my role in drug and alcohol and given the task of cataloging and distributing donated goods at the salvation army's warehouse in central victoria. This has been an interesting experience and I am looking forward to getting back into my normal role. Despite the fire threat still present and the recovery process being ongoing, I have decided to steer this blog towards some controversial topics. There are 3 topics that I will explore in the upcoming posts and the are all interconnected in some way. They are: Homosexuality, Human rights and Hell.
I feel I need to digress at this point. I am not a liberal Christian. I have some quite liberal friends (shout out to fazzell and Awol - you know who you are Craig and Andrew...sorry!) But I certainly am not fundamental. I would probably describe myself as a liberal orthodox Christian. Essentially though, labels mean nothing and we are left with our understanding of scripture, our world context and what we know of the Spirit of God. Through these things my opinions have taken shape, and while I believe many things that drive my liberal friends nuts; such as a litteral physical resurrection, future physical resurrection, Jesus as God etc. I also have strong views on things that would see me disbarded and dismembered from many Christian communities. At the end of the day, we must be driven by the need to fulfill the call of God on our lives, despite prevailing or popular opinion, and thus my views on the 3 H's. Here ends the preamble. Please respond and argue away at the following posts.
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