Apologetics
Top 5 Books on Social Justice
My Top 5 Books on Social Justice by Tony Campolo Christianity Today 1-03-2008 Rich Christians in An Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity Ron Sider Continues to make the evangelical community aware of what the Bible says about our responsibilities to the poor, and calls Christians to do something about it. * * […]
Muslim Britain is becoming one big no-go area
This is a response from a former Islamist to the comments of Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali in the UK, re the failure of the UK’s model of multiculturalism to manage Britain’s religious diversity effectively. ========= From The Sunday Times January 13, 2008 A bishop caused uproar last week by exposing ghettos of Islamist extremism. But Muslims […]
The Holocaust: lest we forget
A respected friend wrote: ‘A friend just sent me this. I am very cautious now about forwarding on such things but having had the most sobering experience of standing in a gas chamber in Poland where thousands died I feel compelled to pass this on.’ Rowland. It appears ‘Ike’ was right. It is a matter […]
The Pro-Life Supreme Court – Not!
“The Pro-Life Supreme Court – Not!” With no fewer than five Roman Catholics in the high court’s majority among the nine, you would think that their church’s official pro-life position would make them as reluctant to countenance capital punishment as to permit reproductive rights exercised by abortion. Yet there they were, calmly mulling over how […]
The Dishonour of white man’s dreaming
Geoffrey Gibson December 27, 2007 THERE is a lot of confusion about whether we should say that we are sorry for the wrongs of our past. In dealing with this, I would like to refer to the observations of Hannah Arendt in her book Eichmann in Jerusalem, which is a moving case of intellectual honesty […]
A Leap of faith (Religion in Australia)
A leap of faith Barney Zwartz December 22, 2007 MARIE Unkles and her family don’t talk about God a great deal, “but God isn’t a hard word to use in the house”. She is a semi-regular church-goer, and her children are a bit more erratic, but they will certainly all be at St Joseph’s in […]
Summary of the Dawn Rowan Saga
Summary of the Dawn Rowan Saga: 1981: Dawn appointed manager of Christies Beach Women’s Shelter, Adelaide 1983: A behind-the-scenes sabotage of Dawn and the Shelter begins 1987: Police and Corporate Affairs ordered by Dr. John Cornwall, Health and Welfare Minister to investigate (ie. find something illegal) in the shelter. These investigations cleared the shelter of […]
Believing in Jesus and running for office
Note: I don’t agree with a lot Harry writes (below, for example, I’d omit Thomas and put John in its place) but he gets me thinking, and I for one am not threatened by that! Rowland Croucher). ***** By Harry T. Cook The candidate who runs on his or her belief in Jesus – or […]
Democracy
Britain has too many flaws to lecture about democracy Thursday, January 03, 2008 By Simon Jenkins Democracy is looking sick just now. At the start of 2008 Churchill’s nostrum that it is the worst form of government “except for the others” is being tested close to destruction, assassinated in Pakistan, sabotaged in Kenya, massacred in […]
Creation Vs. Evolution debate
To the question: Should we have an Evolution Day to debate Creation vs. Evolution here are three well-informed comments: * My concern about this sort of exercise is not the content of the debate but the side effects of the debating. People looking on won’t see the importance of the matter in relation to their […]
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