Apologetics
A Pastoral Response to the Homosexuality in the Church [1]
Rev. Matt Glover Lilydale Baptist Church October 2010 The following was written as part of my theological studies and in response to the pain and suffering I have seen in my journey with the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender) community. All the stories told are taken from current literature, however I hope to continue […]
GOD AND EVOLUTION: A NEW PROPOSAL
By Sarah Coakley ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 1 NOV 2010 COOPERATION, AS AN EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT, IMPLIES NO FACILE MORAL OPTIMISM. COOPERATION CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD, IN ITS TRANSFORMED HUMAN STATE, TO VERY GREAT GOOD OR VERY GREAT EVIL. I want to examine what I see as the three most profound problems for Christian theism since […]
Porn has hijacked sexuality and is destroying men
Gail Dines October 14, 2010 Porn addicition is a serious issue, with a generation of men accustomed to graphic images. A generation raised on hard core has trouble with the real thing. In a recent radio interview the host suggested that since I didn’t like porn, the solution was to not look at it. If […]
Whistleblowing: Secretly Gay Politicians who vote against reform
(What does a closeted gay politician do when he’s representing a right-wing ‘family values’ party? I saw this on SBS TV, and would recommend it, when it’s released into cinemas. Rowland). Interviewed: Outrage Director Kirby Dick Posted by: Adam Black on Tuesday 2nd November, 2010 Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick was in Washington DC […]
Gay teens: It Gets Better!
First watch this (and listen with the ears of your heart): Then this (again, put your prejudice to one side): The ‘It Gets Better’ Project: http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/
The Grim Future for Women in Afghanistan
*Sightings* 10/28/2010 *Religious Language and Women ¢â‚¬â„¢s Rights in Afghanistan* – Helena Zeweri Taliban officials have been engaging in secret talks with the Karzai government to converge towards a prospective peace deal, according to a * Washington** Post *report. In another report in the *Toronto Star*, Jennifer Rowell, head of policy and advocacy for Care International […]
Christian Violence
*Sightings* 10/25/2010 *Christian Violence *- Martin E. Marty ¢â‚¬Å“Christians kill too! ¢â‚¬ is the topic this week as frightened and angry Americans keep raising the temperature of Islam-versus-Everyone-Else controversies. In his new book *Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda, *Timothy Longman writes that in three months in 1994 more than one-tenth of the population of Rwanda was […]
CONSPIRACY THEORIES
“Inside the Brain of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” by Jonathan Kay — amounts to a useful brief on “the thinking that pervades much of the Muslim world,” thereby informing a more balanced appreciation of this oft-neglected topic within the field of Christian apologetics. Kay begins by acknowledging that it is not all that unusual for accomplished people […]
North Korea
*How will North Korean Succession affect Christians?* October 21, 2010 One of the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s most secretive, isolated and authoritarian regimes, North Korea, is expected to have a change in the leadership. Does this mean anything for the persecuted Christians in the communist nation? North Korea has never had democracy. Since its formation in 1948, the […]
God, Haiti and tectonic plates
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com I recently came across a book called Creation Untamed by Terence Fretheim which puts forward a convincing argument about how we can reconcile natural disasters with a loving God. The book starts by suggesting what Genesis really says about the creation. The automatic assumption by the vast majority of Christians […]
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