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Apologetics

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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Iraq War News

From a friend: It is strongly anti the war, and so pro-war folk will no doubt question its sources and accuracy, (which they are more than entitled to do – just as they should with pro-war information, statistics and data). The original is also quite lengthy, so I have just cut and pasted a few […]

Church Apologies for past sins

http://www.religioustolerance.org/popeapo1.htm

Solidarity for a Change

*April 1, 2007* ** ** *Solidarity for a Change* ** ** *By Harry T. Cook* The first time someone called me a “Communist” was 41 years ago when I was involved with the fledgling Pentwater (Mich.) Education Association in what turned out to be a hopeless enterprise of trying to obtain modest salary increases for […]

Casino Debate

ACNS 4274 | ENGLAND | 29 MARCH 2006 Archbishop of Canterbury – contribution to House of Lords casino debate The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, spoke yesterday in the debate on gambling and super casinos in the House of Lords. The Archbishop of Canterbury, along with the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the […]

Secular Muslims are creating signs of hope

A Breath of Islamic Fresh Air Secular Muslims are creating signs of hope: don’t knock them, says Peter Riddell From the Church Times In a striking example of self-analysis, about 500 delegates, including both practising and nominal Muslims, attended an inaugural “Secular Islam Summit” this month in St Petersburg, Florida. The summit culminated in a […]

Archbishop of Canterbury – Church must be ‘safe place’ for gay and,lesbian people

ACNS 4272 | LAMBETH | 28 MARCH 2007 Archbishop of Canterbury – Church must be ‘safe place’ for gay and lesbian people The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the churches of the Anglican Communion must be safe places for gay and lesbian people. His comments come in a welcome to an […]

Same-sex,blessings

ACNS 4273 | CANADA | 29 MARCH 2007 Anglican Theological Commission clarifies provenance of same-sex blessings resolutions The Primate’s Theological Commission, a group appointed by the Anglican Primate to consult on theological matters, has released a clarification concerning resolutions on the blessing of same-sex unions approved earlier this month by the church’s governing council. The […]

Abolitionists Remembered

ACNS 4271 | ACO | 28 MARCH 2007 Abolitionists Remembered in Westminster Abbey Ceremony International congregation gathers to pray – “set all free” By the editor Historic Westminster Abbey hosted a service today to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The occasion spoke of the reality of how Britain […]

Domestic violence and alcohol

Domestic violence This is sad. A Port Augusta cleric says domestic violence has increased since public drinking was banned 15 months ago. David Wright, Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, says agencies are finding it harder to help people because alcohol-related problems have been pushed indoors. March 2007

Poverty and power: Some half-time analysis

analysis Soundings No. 53 – 28 March 2007 Poverty and power: Some half time analysis John McKinnon We have reached the half-way point of the program to halve global poverty by 2015. Members of the United Nations, including Australia, agreed to this target at the Millennium Summit in 2000. The half time score is not […]