Apologetics
Religion and Australia’s political leaders
Here’s an opinion piece from today’s Australian. It was written by editor-at-large Paul Kelly, a veteran political journalist. It offers some interesting reflections on the reporting of Christian matters in the media. 20 March 2010 TONY Abbott is a phenomenon, a former trainee priest who wears his conservative Catholicism on his sleeve; Abbott is an […]
Episcopal Church approves second gay bishop
March 17, 2010 The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship. READ ON
Atheistic And Christian Faiths — A Contest Of Delusions?
March 10, 2010 It will be interesting to see whether this weekend’s Global Atheistic Convention in Melbourne will shed any new light on the atheistic faith and those who practise it. I use the word “faith” because it’s impossible to conclusively prove there is no God, just as atheists assert that no-one can prove there […]
Gay Marriage in California (March 2010)
Sightings 3/11/10 Failing to Talk about Proposition 8 Gregory C. Syler The trial in California to determine the fate of Proposition 8 – that state’s 2008 referendum which defines marriage as a compact between a man and woman – rested in late January, although final arguments and a ruling might not come until later in […]
The Problem of Suffering
A Facebook friend wrote Rowland, have had a lengthy conversation with a friend this afternoon about the places of tension and conflict between God is Love belief and the problem of suffering. How would you approach this one? Response: Hi No one has a definitive ‘answer’. I suggested eight responses here (and one is better […]
Recent Changes in Christian Approaches to Islam
Recent Changes in Christian Approaches to Islam: The full version – http://www.barnabasfund.org This paper is published to promote discussion of a vital issue in the contemporary Church. It is not intended in any way to impugn the Christian integrity of any of the people or organisations whose views are considered or critiqued. Introduction Christians and […]
Europe and Asia
Europe’s Errors By KISHORE MAHBUBANI Monday, Mar. 08, 2010 Europe just doesn’t get it. It does not get how irrelevant it is becoming to the rest of the world. And it does not get how relevant the rest of the world is becoming to its future. The world is changing rapidly. Europe continues to drift. […]
Rape of Women in the Military
Sexual Assaults on Female Soldiers: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell By NANCY GIBBS Monday, Mar. 08, 2010 What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m. to reduce the odds of being raped if they have to use the bathroom at night? Or that a soldier who was assaulted […]
Labels, labels, and more labels
I remember a story told to me once by some old friends. They had brought up their children in Indonesia, and when their children played with children from other nationalities, their parents decided to ask them one day what colour the other children’s skin was. My friends’ children said they didn’t know. They just saw […]
Mosab Hassan Yousef – Convert from Islam to Christianity (by Martin Marty)
*Sightings* 3/8/10 God versus God — Martin E. Marty We are in for another intense round of “God vs. God,” “Our God vs. Their God,” “Good God vs. Bad God=Devil.” The current round comes from many readers of Mosab Hassan Yousef’s new *Son of Hamas, *which reads like a spy novel and whose “gripping” plot […]
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