Rowland Croucher
Ambiguity and Science
Friend one: You have a choice, you can be certainly wrong or ambiguously correct. I abandoned the first 35 years ago. Being pretty much right makes it much easier to understand the world than being completely wrong and trying to make sense of it. Friend two (a University science/mathematics lecturer): That last sentence deserves preservation […]
Interview with Thomas Friedman (brilliant!)
Tony Jones speaks to columnist Thomas L Friedman Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 01/05/2007 Reporter: Tony Jones Tony Jones talks to columnist and author Thomas L Friedman about the major changes facing the world. Transcript TONY JONES: Now to our guest and as you saw earlier, Thomas Friedman is a passionate advocate for climate change solutions. […]
Imagine no oil!
Imagine No Gasoline A bold energy solution for President Bush Jonathan Rauch | July 10, 2006 Dear President Bush, Your Social Security initiative is dead. Your immigration reform is divisive. Tax reform is a yawn. Iraq is a mess. Fairly or otherwise, you are widely viewed abroad and at home as a leader who disdains […]
Christian Neo-Fundamentalism
Christian Neo-Fundamentalism | Theology By Thomas Scarborough The Christian fundamentalist has been defined negatively as “a militantly anti-modernist evangelical” (Ferguson & Wright 2005:266), and positively as one who has “a firm commitment to certain ‘fundamentals’ of the Christian faith” (Grenz, Guretzki & Nordling 1999:54). Usually Christian fundamentalism is understood as referring to the type of […]
Prayer Focus Update
Prayer Focus Update May 2007 Issue 127 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent via email, is […]
Religion and Morals
* FOR MANY, RELIGIOUS BELIEF DOES NOT CARRY THROUGH TO MORAL BEHAVIOUR A study of almost 20,000 Australians has revealed that most who hold religious beliefs have strong negative attitudes towards watching X-rated films, cheating and sex before marriage. However, unless they had a very strong faith, their attitudes didn’t appear to stop them doing […]
A Study in Word and Deed: eulogy for Sir Alan Walker
A Study in Word and Deed. A Eulogy at Rev. Sir Alan Walker’s Thanksgiving Service, Wesley Centre, Sydney, February 11, 2003. By Harold Henderson Pastor First United Methodist Church Reddick, Florida, USA. Friends; we are here today to thank God as we celebrate the life of Alan Edgar Walker – a life which has touched […]
Barack Obama
Visit the ISIC website 27th April 2007 In the last months, U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama has shunned public attention on his Muslim background, and repeatedly deflected questions about his family and childhood association with Islam. Apart from passing mentions in each of his memoir-type books, /Dreams From My Father/ and /The Audacity […]
The Murders in Turkey
Subj: Turkey: German Seminary investigates Malatya murders GERMAN SEMINARY INVESTIGATES MALATYA MURDERS The following report from Martin Bucer Seminary (MBS) Bonn, Germany, was compiled by Titus Vogt, MBS Dean of International Programs. The English translation was done by Thomas K. Johnson, Ph.D., MBS Professor of Apologetics and Ethics. Elizabeth Kendal WEA RLC ————————————————— THE LAST […]
Turkey – An Election, a million marchers and a mass murder
Soundings No. 57 – 1 May 2007 An election, a million marchers and a mass murder by Rod Benson Events in the Republic of Turkey have attracted recent media attention. Three events raise important questions for Turkey’s political future, for the small minority of Christians who live and work there, and for every community threatened […]
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