Apologetics
The God Delusion and Alister E McGrath
He is a former atheist who studied physics and biochemistry, Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, and in recent times he’s been a leading critic of Richard Dawkins and his runaway best-seller, The God Delusion. Alister McGrath has just been in Australia helping the Evangelicals brush up on their arguments against The God Delusion. […]
God vs Science (Francis Collins vs Richard Dawkins)
God vs. Science Time, Sunday, Nov. 05, 2006 By DAVID VAN BIEMA There are two great debates under the broad heading of Science vs. God. The more familiar over the past few years is the narrower of the two: Can Darwinian evolution withstand the criticisms of Christians who believe that it contradicts the creation account […]
Making Real Decisions About Halloween
The Evangelical Mind Richard Mouw Christians don’t automatically need to oppose it, but they should be concerned. Someone remarked recently that Halloween has become our national Mardi Gras, and I believe it. You don’t have to do much careful research to conclude that the Halloween season has gotten longer in recent years and that the […]
Personal morality vs social justice
FAITH AND POLITICS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SIN OF SODOM No doubt the church is increasingly interested in public policy issues. About 700 churches across the country participated in the Rudd-Howard webcast in August this year, where the two political leaders were asked where they stood on a range of moral and justice issues. […]
Solar Energy
Solar takes off with US power supply deal By Matt Peacock The coal and nuclear industries have long asserted that baseload power cannot be supplied by renewable energy. That mantra is oft repeated by Australian politicians like federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “You cannot run a modern economy on wind farms and solar powers. It’s […]
Watchmaker animation
Whether you’re a creationist or evolutionist – or, like me, you let God choose the way things are made, and are agnostic about the methods (I wasn’t there)…. Anyway, this is good, worth watching. Aimed at kids: ***** This is an exceptionally well done, brief animation. http://www.kids4truth.com/watchmaker/watch.html
Priests Jailed for Protesting Fort Huachuca Torture Training
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102407S.shtml *By Bill Quigley * Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He served as counsel for Frs. Vitale and Kelly. For more about their trial, see http://tortureontrial.org. T r u t h o u t | Report — Wednesday 24 October 2007 Louis Vitale, 75, a […]
South Africa: 2.5 million oprhans by 2010
By Mercury reporter Little children are not supposed to die before grownups, but a staggering number in South Africa do, because they are left without proper care by a society overwhelmed by the rising need for social welfare. In many state-funded child welfare centres, social workers – who are among the worst paid professionals in […]
Time to march again my friends!
(A speech which spread like wildfire around the Internet). Dr. Robin Meyers – Oklahoma University Peace Rally November 14, 2004 As some of you know, I am minister of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, an Open and Affirming, Peace and Justice church in northwest Oklahoma City, and professor of Rhetoric at Oklahoma City University. […]
Global Warming
A warning we ignored 35 years go Neville Nicholls August 31, 2007 MANY people think that our concern about carbon dioxide and global warming is a modern preoccupation driven by the attention of high-profile personalities, politicians and green activists. But Al Gore did not discover global warming. Nor did Tim Flannery, Peter Garrett, Greenpeace or […]
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