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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.

Wounded Healers

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings 2/22/07 Wounded Healers — John G. Stackhouse, Jr. By now we’ve all heard the latest about Ted Haggard, former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and former head of the National Association of Evangelicals. Brother Haggard — and, as a fellow Christian, he is my brother — was found to have […]

The Story of Mel White

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Mel White is an ordained minister of a Metropolitan Community Church in the United States. You may not have heard of the Metropolitan Community Church, but if you were to walk into one of their services you’d find it very much like a Baptist one. The faith would be solidly evangelical. The people around you […]

Putin: It’s religion and nuclear weapons that protect Russia

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country’s internal and external security depends upon two things – its traditional religions and its nuclear forces. “These themes are closely connected because both the traditional faiths of the Russian Federation and Russia’s nuclear shield are two things that strengthen Russian statehood and create the necessary conditions for […]

Anglican – Roman Catholic relations

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Clarification on Anglican – Roman Catholic relations Anyone who has seen the news articles about a proposed reuniting of Anglicans and Catholics should read the clarifying press release below, put out by the two chairpersons of the Commission concerned. Note that the stated goal is full communion, not union. And anyone who’s wondering about the […]

A Tale of Two Americans

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A Tale of Two Americans By: Justin Whelan Wednesday 21 February 2007 Two very different Americans are arriving in Australia this week. The reception each will receive, and the messages they have for Australia, could not be more different. Dick Cheney is the Vice-President of the United States. By all accounts, he is the main […]

Where do churches get all the ashes?

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Where do churches get all the ashes? http://tinyurl.com/2v792l By Francisco Vara-Orta Los Angeles Times Wednesday, February 21, 2007 – Page updated at 12:00 AM LOS ANGELES – Some churches abandoned the practice because of the fire danger. Some responded to air-quality laws. At Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, a parishioner who for years made […]

Mormon for U. S. President?

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings 2/19/07 Romney’s Religion — Martin E. Marty We who began “sighting” religion in American public life a half-century ago had to open a file on “religion and presidential candidates” when “Ike” ran against “Adlai.” Presidents Roosevelt and Truman were very religious, but Roosevelt’s form of mainstream Protestantism was seen as inoffensive, and Truman disdained […]

Imagine there’s no heaven

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Imagine there’s no heaven … BARNEY ZWARTZ BOOK REVIEW: The God Delusion, By Richard Dawkins, Bantam Press, $35 Richard Dawkins may be a brilliant scientist but Barney Zwartz reckons that in his full-frontal assault on religious belief he shows that he is not qualified to discount the existence of God. AS A FORMER philosophy tutor, […]

Shock and Agape

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings 2/15/07 — Spencer Dew Banners currently hanging from several Australian churches feature the words “Jesus Loves Osama” against a camouflage background. These splashy “advertisements” have been generating headlines, stirring the public, and drawing comment from political and religious leaders. Prime Minister John Howard claimed to “understand the Christian motivation” of churches hanging this banner, […]

Horror movies

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ One comment

http://theofantastique.blogspot.com/search/label/Sacred%20Terror From Mark: This was a great article! Some highlights for Christians …….. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Douglas Cowan and Sacred Terror …. Doug Cowan: Quite apart from film studies, which asks a very different set of questions, the three most obvious perspectives are dismissal, theological, and psychological. That is, there are those who simply dismiss cinema horror […]

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