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U K Christian magazine interviews senior Hamas leader

UK Christian magazine interviews senior Hamas leader By staff writers 20 Jun 2008 A respected Christian monthly magazine has published an in-depth interview with Khalid Mish’al, widely regarded as the most senior figure in Hamas, the Islamist resistance movement that two years ago won a landslide victory in the Palestinian general election – and is […]

Apologetics: discussion-starters

http://www.assembly.uca.org.au/resources/?a=31379

Interfaith Dialogue

(Note from Rowland: although this is a universally-read website – most of its visitors are Americans – sometimes something local comes up which ought to be replicated elsewhere. This is one such item.) JCMA Backgrounder: June 2008 Melbourne is evidently one of the leading cities in the Southern Hemisphere for interfaith work. Winning the bid […]

Muslim polygamy in Australia

Allow polygamous marriages – sheik June 24, 2008 MEMBERS of Australia’s Islamic community believe polygamous marriages should be recognised to protect the rights of women. Sheikh Khalil Chami of the Islamic Welfare Centre in Sydney’s Lakemba today said polygamous marriages, although illegal, existed in Australia and should be recognised. “… Not an open door but […]

Loving homosexuals

In one of Phillip Yancey’s books… He was watching a gay march somewhere in USA, where a group of Christians took part. They came to a point where some fundamentalists started hurling abuse at them. The gays turned to the fundamentalists and started singing “Jesus loves you, this we know, For the Bible tells us […]

Climate Change – Brilliant A B C Debate

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2008/2280736.htm

Christianity in UK ‘could die out within a century’

Christianity ‘could die out within a century’ By Laura Clout Last Updated: 2:40PM BST 20/06/2008 More than half of Britons think Christianity is likely to have disappeared from the country within a century, according to a survey. Research by the Orthodox Jewish organisation Aish found that just over a third of people thought religions like […]

What is obscene these days?

By Chris Summers BBC News It’s 2008 and sex seems to be everywhere. So who holds the line between permissiveness and obscenity? What is obscene these days? And how do those people entrusted to make these calls cope with the harrowing work? “People think ‘what a great job – you sit and watch porn all […]

Let’s stop trying to turn girls into probationary sexpots

* Tracie Winch * June 23, 2008 I’VE just learnt to be an A+ kisser. I’m also totally in the know about hooking up, performing oral sex (with or without braces) and girl-on-girl pashing. I’ve read the sealed section too and know that 58% of readers lost their virginity between age 10 and 15. This, […]

Science and the Bible

(A reflection offered to an Australian Baptist church). It’s been lovely weather here lately, hasn’t it? Not only during the day but also at night. The night sky has been fantastic this week – I often go for a short walk in the evening and the Milky Way this week has looked fantastic stretched across […]