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STIMULUS: The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought and Practice

Volume 24 / Issue 2 / 2017

Contents

Joy

Editorial 

by Mark Keown

While Christmas is the silly season and it can drive us up all sorts of walls, it is also a great time to remember Jesus and to have a bit of fun. I mean, who doesn’t like opening presents? (Even if some are of little earthly use).

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Guidelines for Contributors

by Stimulus

Stimulus welcomes the submission of material for Publication.

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An Anointed Ministry: Insights for Pastoral Practice from Third Article Theology

by Greg Liston

“Why do churches wound their leaders?” “Being a senior minister is the hardest job in the world!”

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Ecological care

Laudato Si': A Plea from Pope Francis to Protect "Our Common Home" - A Sympathetic Critique

by Jonathan Boston

Humanity has a serious problem.[1] We have failed to love, cherish, and protect God’s creation.

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Fence

Hearts and Minds: Inside and Outside the Fences

by David Crawley

Spirituality, Sheldrake suggests, is one of those subjects “whose meaning everyone claims to know until they have to define it.”[1] 

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Synergeo: For the Sake of our Tamariki....Let us Remember.

by Wendy Fowler

“They made history, we forgot it,” James Belich.[1]

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Fern sunrise

Io-urutapu: the Māori Supreme Being

by Jonathan Arthur

The great Waikato chief and first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, is reported to have believed that nothing in the Christian faith is at variance with the esoteric beliefs of his people.[1] 

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Praise

The Voice: Isaiah 6

by Geoff New

"The whole earth is full of his glory"

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Lament (A Psalm)

by Jonathan Hoskin

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Video: Public Lecture with Dr Ian Paul

Ministry Corner

by Stimulus

In March 2017, Ian Paul visited Laidlaw College.

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Youth Mission Trip

St Imulus

by Stimulus

To say that the recent cancellation of the youth group’s mission trip to Tonga was disappointing is to court understatement. 

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Video: The Shack (2017 Movie) Official Trailer – ‘Believe’

Vision : The Shack

by Ian Waddington

Starring: Sam Worthington (Avatar, Teminator Salvation, Hacksaw Ridge), Octavia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures) 132 minutes, M Cert

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Eschatalogical Relationships and Jesus in Ben F. Meyer, N. T. Wright, and Progressive Dispensationalism

Book Review: Eschatalogical Relationships and Jesus in Ben F. Meyer, N. T. Wright, and Progressive Dispensationalism

by Peter Carrell

J. Richard Fountain

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Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language Under Siege in the Nineteenth Century

Book Review: Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language Under Seige in the Nineteenth Century.

by Moeawa Callaghan

Paul Moon

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Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context (2nd Edition)

Book Review: Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context

by Derek Tovey

David P. Gushee & Glen H. Stassen

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The Life and Times of Martin Luther

Book Review: The Life and Times of Martin Luther

by Derek Tovey

Meike Roth-Beck; Translated from German by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Klaus Ensikat

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Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation

Book Review: Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation

by Gillian Townsley

Edited by Teresa J. Hornsby & Deryn Guest *

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Unlocking Revelation: 10 Keys to Unlocking the Bible's Final Words

Book Review: Unlocking Revelation: 10 Keys to Unlocking the Bible's Final Words

by Reuben Munn

Laurie Guy

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