Rowland Croucher
When Push Comes to Shove
July 1, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 9: 51-62 Today’s gospel reading begins on an ominous note: When the days drew near for Jesus to be taken up . . . as if what has gone before must now yield to the thing that is to come, as if there can now be no […]
Australian Census 2006
Sense on the Census The 2006 National Census data has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a number of interesting details. What is also interesting is the way the media has put a spin on certain parts of the Census material. Going by some media reports, you would think that the […]
Ex-gay ministry leaders apologize
3 former leaders of ex-gay ministry apologize They cite psychological harm they caused gays as the ministry, Exodus International, meets in Irvine. By Rebecca Trounson, Times Staff Writer June 28, 2007 Three former leaders of Exodus International, often described as the nation’s largest ex-gay ministry, publicly apologized Wednesday for the harm they said their efforts […]
Dawkins: Response by Alvin Plantinga
The Dawkins Confusion Naturalism ad absurdum. by Alvin Plantinga ~~~ The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin Richard Dawkins is not pleased with God: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction. Jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic-cleanser; […]
Quotes
“We see not with but through the eye” William Blake “Yesterday a drop of semen… tomorrow a handful of ashes.” Marcus Aurelius “Humour is the shortest distant between two people” Victor Borge “How we spend our days of course is how we spend our lives” Annie Dillard “If you do not raise your eyes you […]
A Political Shift for Southern Baptists?
Sightings 6/28/07 — James L. Evans For the past three decades Southern Baptists have been, for the most part, faithful political conservatives. Like other believers on the religious right, culture war issues have made them reliable supporters of the Republican Party. This party loyalty has been especially evident during the annual Southern Baptist Convention, with […]
Mother-in-law
After a long trip, a woman walks into her daughter’s house where she is greeted by her son-in-law David. “So,” he begins, “how long do you want to stay for this visit?” “However long you want me,” she responds. “What!” he exclaims, “You don’t even want to stay for a coffee?”
Movie Review: Crude Awakening
Movie Review Crude Awakening. By Jim Reiher “Oil is the excrement of the devil”. So began the documentary that looks at the world’s dwindling oil supplies, the nature of modern warfare, and the future for a world that has an insatiable appetite for more and more oil, and a declining supply of the same. As […]
The Great Global Warming Swindle
The film “The great global warming Swindle” is to be aired on the ABC at 8:30pm on the 12th of July, 2007. This film was first aired on Channel 4 in Britain several months ago and attracted a great deal of controversy due to its claims that global warming is not caused by human activities, […]
Entrance Exam
A Christian, a Muslim and a Buddhist die and arrive at the Gate of Heaven. An angel (or deva) stops them and asks, “Why do you come here? Can you tell me the reasons why you are allowed to enter Heaven?” The Christian replies, “My ancestors disobeyed God, and I sinned all my life: I […]
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