Issue 07 and 08 Topics
Saturday, 22 February, 2003
Here are the topics and some suggestions for articles for our next two issues. The submission deadline for Issue 07 will be the 15th of March; for Issue 08, the 15th of April. If you want to have a go at writing for us (go on!), have a look at our submission guidelines as well.
Issue 07: Who is God?
- What is he like? (His character). Attributes of God: (Pick one to write about. Some might have to be written about at the same time as others. They don't necessarily have to be from this list; I'm sure you can think up more):
- creator
- redeemer
- initiator
- unchanging
- omnipotent
- omniscient
- omnipresent
- faithful
- jealous
- slow to anger
- abounding in love
- merciful
- judge
- avenger
- without sin/unable to abide sin
- sovereign
- father
- living
- God in Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Is it possible to prove that God exists?
- Is God male?
- Does God change his mind?
- Does God have “passions”? (feelings)
- Jesus shows us who God is
- Why don't people like God?
- What do we do with the parts of God that we find hard to swallow?
- Why is it important that we know him?
Issue 08: Tradition
- Tradition as authority
- Place/inevitability of tradition in the Christian church and Christian life
- Church compared to OT temple
- Sacraments: Baptism, Lord's supper and the Eucharist, Confirmation
- External trappings: robes, choirs, incense, prayer book, hymns/choruses
- Creeds and confessions and their place
- Current service models: corporate prayer, Bible reading, sermon, offertory, sung worship, creed, confession, announcements, etc. Why do we do these things as a congregation and should we keep doing them?
- Paul's instructions to Timothy (2 Tim 2:2)
- Learning by example
- Church hierarchy: elders, deacons, wardens, bishops: Do we need them? What do they do?
- Different denominations: What's the difference and does it matter? Lutheran, Uniting, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, Catholic, Baptist, Congregational, Pentecostal
- The ordination of women
- Why go to church at all?
Blinks:
A way of funding writing in the future: pitch and idea and get people to support it.
Place where you can hire play equipment for parties, etc.
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
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