Apologetics
Sermon by Rev. John Saunders on Aborigines
From Rev. Rod Benson (12/2/08): ‘Please find attached the full transcript of a sermon, “Claims of the Aborigines,” preached by Rev John Saunders on 14 October 1838. Saunders was apologising 170 years ago….’ ***** “Claims of the Aborigines,” a sermon preached by the Rev John Saunders, Bathurst Street Baptist Church, Sydney, 14 October 1838 From […]
Australian Parliament says ‘Sorry’
PARLIAMENTARY YEAR BEGINS IN CHURCH AND WITH AN HISTORIC APOLOGY Whilst not attracting as much attention as the Indigenous contribution to the opening of Parliament nevertheless the start of the new Federal parliamentary year was marked with an ecumenical church service hosted by the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Forrest (Canberra) yesterday […]
What the Archbishop Actually Said
Here’s the first part of his address – the part in which he explains what he said, didn’t say, and intended to say last week. This is the transcript of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams’ presidential address at the opening of the General Synod. ‘The prevailing attitude…was one of heavy disagreement with a […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s views on Sharia Law
First, from an informed friend: I have never had such a reaction in terms of e-mails and personal approaches on a single topic as in the past few days, to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s lecture and interview. Rather than write my own response, I enclose below a good and clear rebuttal by Melanie Phillips. She […]
The A B C and Sharia Law: a response
Click here for printable version Barnabas Fund Response to the Archbishop of Canterbury`s recommendation to apply Islamic law in the UK Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, argued in a lunchtime radio interview on Thursday 7th February that the adoption of Islamic law, /shari`a,/ in Britain is unavoidable. In the evening he gave a […]
Mormon Head of State? Martin Marty asks ‘Why Not?’
Mormons and Idiosyncracy — Martin E. Marty Now that Governor Romney is off the campaign trail—we don’t do any * Sightings* of candidates on the trail—we can, without commenting on him or the part his church and faith played in his demise, do a retrospective on the Mormon-hate that blighted air waves, the internet, and […]
Slave Trade Today
The scale of the problem worldwide: * An estimated 2.4 million people, 1.2 million of them children, are trafficked each year generating $7 billion a year, * It is one of the world’s 3 largest illegal trades alongside arms and drugs, * This trade buys and sells people for as little as $30 for life, […]
Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis
Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis: Survey By REUTERS Published: January 30, 2008 LONDON (Reuters) – More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain’s leading polling groups. The survey, conducted by Opinion […]
The Hazards of Citizen Journalism in China
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 By SIMON ELEGANT Zhou Shuguang’s brief but spectacular career as China’s first roving citizen reporter on the Internet ended abruptly last December after he was punched in the throat by an angry policeman in the northeastern city of Shenyang. Zhou’s offense: investigating a bizarre pyramid scheme involving ants and aphrodisiacs. The […]
The Persecution of American Christianity
By Harry T. Cook A number of our Founding Parents were undeniably religious . . . after a fashion. Many of those among the political elite were deists, which means they were not theists – not an unimportant distinction. Deists are by nature mostly agnostic, not so all-fired sure of the “truth” of their belief […]
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