Apologetics
A Little piece of astonishing political trivia…
Australia’s second Prime Minister, ‘affable’ Alfred Deakin, served three terms as Prime Minister, 1903-04, 1904-08, 1909-10. During the thirteen years of his involvement in Federal politics, Deakin anonymously wrote commentaries on Australian politics for the London Morning Post, *some of which contained criticism of his own actions as Prime Minister* (my emphasis)… Anyone know any […]
Torture Then and Now
*Sightings* 11/26/07 — Martin E. Marty Torture, including torture by Americans: Who could have predicted that this would be a live topic here in the twenty-first century? We know how to associate torture with the accused and accusing other, with Inquisitors and witch hunters five centuries ago, or with far-away twentieth century totalitarian regimes and […]
Marriage as a Cure for Homosexuality?
From a Christian lesbian friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm9hLVjpZno Video Description This Truth Wins Out video tells the story of four courageous women who married closeted gay men. They had no idea that their husbands were “ex-gay” and the experience was traumatizing. In this exclusive National Coming Out Day video, these survivors warn about the harm done by […]
Iraq’s Mandaeans Desperate For Help
Subj: Iraq’s Mandaeans “Desperate for help” The Quran groups together “Believers, Jews, Christians and Sabians” (or Sabaeans, also known as Mandaeans) as those who believe in God and the Last Day and do what is right (Sura 2:62 and 5:69). Despite that, Shi’ite clerics in Iraq have issued fatwas against the Mandaeans, deeming they are […]
Sudan: Jihad a tradition not stopped by peace agreements
Subj: Sudan: Jihad a tradition not stopped by peace agreements This posting provides an update to the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis posting of Wednesday 3 October 2007 entitled: “Southern Sudan: On the path to war.” That posting may be accessed at . On Saturday 17 November Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir […]
Federal Election retrospect: The Religious Left Strikes Back
Federal Election: The Religious Left Strikes Back By: Tanja Kovac Monday 19 November 2007 The signs were everywhere. Rapturous applause for Peter Costello at a Hillsong convention. A full page pro-PM ad paid by the Exclusive Brethren. Preferences flowing from Family First. In 2004, it was a done deal: God had endorsed the Coalition. In […]
Two (AOG) Statements on Homosexuality
[Note from Rowland: What a difference 14 years can make! Here are two official statements on the same subject from the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in Australia. Note the progress. (And note that some progress is still to be made: use the indexes on this website to find reviews of Anthony Venn-Brown’s […]
Religion in Australia (Gary Bouma)
Friends Professor Gary Bouma I’ve read some of his books but haven’t heard him talk before. He talks like he writes – giving a comprehensive overview of the state of religion in society with regular prophetic challenges to the church to engage society appropriately and in ways that are realistic in the light of changing […]
People Like Us: How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West (Waleed Aly)
A review of Waleed Aly’s People Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West (Sydney: Picador, 2007) 277pp RRP $32.95 Reviewed by Barry Peters. Wesley College has done its job well. This exclusive Melbourne private school has produced another star graduate in the Muslim lawyer Waleed Aly. Accused by an internet blogger of […]
Australian Politics: Christian Soundings
Soundings A forum for analysis and debate on issues of religion, ethics and public policy in Australia and internationally No. 70 – 22 November 2007 Onward Christian voters by Rod Benson Australian voters go to the polls in two days to re-elect their 25th Prime Minister since Federation in 1901, John Howard , or to […]
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