Refugee Crisis By MARTIN E. MARTY SEPT 21, 2015 The floods of ocean waters in tsunamis occasioned by earthquakes and the floods of humans as refugees occasioned by deathly regimes, revolutions, and food-and-shelter shortages, dominated recent headlines. What their topics have in common is a profound awareness that no one has effective ways frontally to […]
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Throughout history the three major branches of the Christian Church – Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant – have disagreed on many things, but they have shared a rare point of unity in their antipathy towards the ‘Christ-killing’ Jews. For two millennia this anti-Judaism/anti-Semitism was fuelled mainly by three New Testament passages: Matthew 27:25 (‘his […]
True and Generous Forgiveness’: Pope Francis’s Message of Mercy to Abortion Survivors Austen IvereighABC RELIGION AND ETHICS3
An extended review of One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life, edited by Bruce Ware and John Starke (Wheaton: Crossway, 2015), pp. 265. By KEVIN GILES Wayne Grudem says that for twenty-five years he has believed that how the Trinity is understood
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Why Big Tobacco is after our children August 26, 2015 Mike Daube There are signs the tobacco industry will fight to the bitter end to make sure nothing gets in the way of their goal of profiting from death and disease. Big Tobacco is fighting back against Australia’s world-leading plain packaging, and as ever children […]
Opposing same-sex marriage a denial of the greatest commandment The Revd Wayne Walters (