Apologetics
Iraq didn’t start Islamist violence
Iraq didn’t start Islamist violence September 11, 2006 It is now widely accepted that Britain has become the epicentre of Islamic terrorism in the West. Why is that? To many people the answer is obvious. It’s about Iraq. That case was made most recently by British Muslim leaders, who wrote to Tony Blair two days […]
Politics and Religion
‘Heads I win, tails you lose’ approach to religion It would seem that it’s OK to have God in politics as long as he’s on the progressive side, says Political editor Dennis Shanahan ——————————————————————————– August 18, 2006 WHEN Bruce Baird declared that he could not support a Liberal Party bill for the first time in […]
Islam makes good citizens
Barney Zwartz LET’S say immediately what it seems Prime Minister John Howard cannot say: to the extent that they follow their religion, Australian Muslims are good citizens. They don’t gamble or drink or steal, they are family-minded, community-minded — particularly within their own ethnic/religious community — and they are civic-minded too. Most of the Muslims […]
One-Raspberry Holocaust
Leader’s Insight: One-Raspberry Holocaust New gifts from the death camps, plus a new book on quitting church to follow Jesus. by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large My youngest grandson (aged 10) and I went to Boston a few days ago and walked a part of the Freedom Trail. Along that path you encounter the […]
From Shakespeare to Sudan
From Shakespeare to Sudan An English professor becomes an unlikely crusader on Darfur. By Clara Germani | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NORTHAMPTON, MASS. – If an issue like African famine and strife was ever ready for American prime time, it was not in early 1999 when headlines and late-night punch lines were […]
Arab Church Leaders Reject Christian Zionism As ‘False Teaching’
(From a knowledgeable friend: ‘It would be encouraging if the same Christian Palestinian leaders could denounce Hamas and Hizbullah’s jihad ideology, which fits their descriptions of ‘racial exclusivity, perpetual war, militarism, colonialism and occupation” far more accurately than Zionism ever has.’) ~~~ By David Dolan CNSNews.com Correspondent September 06, 2006 Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – Following the […]
A View from the political right
(A view from the ‘political right’. Rowland). THE SQUIRREL & THE GRASSHOPPER REST OF THE WORLD VERSION: The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks he’s a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the Summer away. […]
The Islamization of European Anti-Semitism
(From a knowledgeable friend: Note the references to Al-Azhar university. The Imams of Melbourne gave testimony at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal that Al-Azhar University is the authority they turn to do resolve disputed matters in their religion. Thus Sunni Muslims in Melbourne look to Al-Azhar for their authoritative reference point on Islamic jurisprudence. […]
Evangelicals & assisted reproductive technologies
Rapid advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART) have led to a completely unforeseen consequence: the creation of the world’s largest population of frozen human embryos. The challenge for evangelicals is to develop systematic moral reasoning that can be used to understand ART and a wide range of pressing moral issues. Stephen Grabill argues for a […]
Superstition
Herald Sun 6/6/06 If you walk under ladders, never touch wood for luck and make a point of putting new shoes on the table, consider yourself exceptional. A leading scientist says superstition is unavoidable in the human brain. Research shows we are wired to believe in religion and the supernatural, says experimental psychologist Prof Bruce […]
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