Apologetics
Advocacy and the Academy
*Sightings* 11/15/07 — Alain Epp Weaver “University of St. Thomas stones Nobel Peace Prophet Desmond Tutu: Please Take Action!” So began an e-mail I received early this October from Friends of Sabeel-North America, an advocacy group working for justice and peace in Palestine-Israel. The dramatic headline evoked biblical punishment and the trope of the unwelcome, […]
The Party’s over and Liberals will soon be history
Steve Biddulph. November 29, 2007 The [Australian] Liberal Party is in trauma. The corporate sector is attempting to calm its nerves, and even the victors in the Labor Party cannot quite believe the seismic change in the landscape of power. But the ramifications of last Saturday may be much greater than just one election won […]
Anthony Venn-Brown’s ‘A Life of Unlearning’
Review: Anthony Venn-Brown’s ‘A Life of Unlearning: a Journey to Find the Truth’, 2nd edition, New Holland Publishers, 2007. The Church has wrestled with a dozen major paradigm-shifts in its history. The first had to do with accepting Gentiles. The Protestant Reformation was built on the radical proposition that we are saved by faith purely […]
Baptism by Torture
*Sightings* 11/29/07 — William Schweiker Religious practices have often been tied to violence and torture, but this connection is often hidden within public discourse. That is the situation now in the United States with the debate about waterboarding, the religious meanings of which have yet to be articulated and explored. The candidates in the current […]
Muslims’ Open Letter to Christian Leaders
29th November 2007 RESPONSE TO OPEN LETTER AND CALL FROM MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS, 13 OCTOBER 2007 Introduction To mark the end of Ramadan this year “An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders” was published, dated 13^th October 2007. The letter was addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and 26 other named […]
Work-related deaths in Australia
With the death of Bernie Banton from an asbestos related disease this week, you might give some thought to including in the intercessory prayers at your church, on Sunday, all of those workers who have died or continue to suffer from work related diseases. Some of the statistics behind the suffering include: * 700,000 Aust […]
Australian Election
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * A NEW SEASON OF INCREDIBLE CHANGE ARRIVES ———————————————– A NEW SEASON OF INCREDIBLE CHANGE ARRIVES Did God get a surprise by the result of last weekends election result? Of course not! Did the people overrule God’s perfect will in the way they voted? No they didn’t. Whilst the results of […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s video message for World Aids Day
Churches must be brave, imaginative and honest in the face of HIV and Aids 28th November 2007 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that churches need to be brave, imaginative and honest in the fight against the spread of HIV and Aids. In a message for World Aids Day [Saturday 1st December], […]
Tolerance
‘Selective tolerance is not tolerance at all’ Justice Michael Kirby (Judge on Australian High Court, declared homosexual)
Baptists and Reproductive Donor Rights
Baptist Union of Australia Baptist Union of NSW JOINT MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 29 November 2007 Baptists support reproductive donor rights National and state Baptist leaders have supported new legislation allowing reproductive donors to restrict their sperm or eggs to recipients of specific religious, ethnic or cultural groups. The Rev Dr Ross Clifford, President […]
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