Apologetics
Muslim violence closes hundreds of Thai schools
November 26, 2006 Hundreds of schools in Thailand’s restive south will shut their doors in response to increasingly vicious attacks by suspected Muslim insurgents against teachers and schools, an official said on Saturday. The closure, which begins Monday, affects all 336 primary and secondary schools in the province of Pattani, where two teachers were fatally […]
Islamic fears kill off children’s thriller
Murray Waldren and Jodie Minus November 25, 2006 A LEADING children’s publisher has dumped a novel because of political sensitivity over Islamic issues. Scholastic Australia pulled the plug on the Army of the Pure after booksellers and librarians said they would not stock the adventure thriller for younger readers because the “baddie” was a Muslim […]
A Different Perspective on Climate Change
Hi Rowland, Thought you might find this interesting, given the articles on your website. Certainly a different perspective to what you read in the newspapers, from the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT . However, let me add as a precursor that if the current hype around Global Warming is just that, […]
Obscene subsidies must end
Simon McKeon November 17, 2006 Poverty in Africa, where US policy keeps cotton prices 20 per cent lower than they should be. I AM glad it is not my job to tell a fifth generation American cotton farmer that, from a world perspective, he is hopelessly uncompetitive, and that there is no justification for his […]
The Gospel and Economics
When Zaccheus meets the Lord, his response is recorded: Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,”Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much. Then Jesus said to him,”Today salvation has come to this house, […]
Archbishop and Pope share worship
23 NOVEMBER 2006 Archbishop and Pope share worship: ‘our churches share witness and service’ His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth and the Archbishop of Canterbury today shared worship together at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The worship followed a formal Audience in the Papal Library. The service took the form […]
Barnabas Fund Christmas Appeal 2006 – Iraq
As we approach the season of Christmas, and the frenzied preparation and celebration that we anticipate, let us take time to pause and remember those Christians who will not be able to enjoy a peaceful time with their family and friends this Christmas… Fear in Iraq …Christians like the thousands of frightened Iraqis who face […]
Rich industrialised nations must drastically reduce their emissions
WCC says rich industrialised nations must drastically reduce their emissions “Listen to the scientists and the cry of the Earth and address the reality of climate change with the extreme urgency that it demands” is the WCC’s call to delegates at the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 2) and to […]
Prostitution
From a netfriend: Certainly adultery and fornication is a sin. But how, or why, does a woman make a choice for such a horrible life? Usually this order: Abuse when young by a trusted male figure. Leading to home troubles/being kicked out/running away. Leading to street life when young. Leading to drugs leading to using […]
God And Climate Change
——————————————————————————– Christians and Climate Change – Australian Evangelical Alliance A Public Statement from the Australian Evangelical Alliance Inc There is now no reputable science which denies either that climate change is happening or that a large part of global warming is human-induced. Moreover, the matter is of great significance to Christians because we trust in […]
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