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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.

The Middle East: Some Dangerous Ideas…

1. ‘The Israelis can do no wrong’, (and given the 20th century’s Nazi holocaust and the 21st century’s Iran’s et al’s threats of another holocaust you can’t blame them for over-reacting to real or imagined threats to their survival…) 2. ‘The rage of Hezbollah/Hamas/Arabs in general is justified’ (because of the contempt with which Jews […]

Israeli pilots ‘deliberately miss’ targets

Fliers admit aborting raids on civilian targets as concern grows over the reliability of intelligence Inigo Gilmore at Hatzor Air Base, Israel Sunday August 6, 2006 The Observer At least two Israeli fighter pilots have deliberately missed civilian targets in Lebanon as disquiet grows in the military about flawed intelligence, The Observer has learnt. Sources […]

The Iraqi Constitution and American Democracy

Sightings 8/3/06 Good for the Gander? The Iraqi Constitution and American Democracy — Brett T. Wilmot Whether you are liberal or conservative, believe that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was justified or not, most of us probably can agree that the establishment of a democratic government in Baghdad would represent a significant improvement over […]

The Religion of Peace?

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23128 By Andrew G. Bostom FrontPageMagazine.com | June 28, 2006 During the discussion period after a recent talk by the courageous secular Muslim “apostate” Wafa Sultan, Judea Pearl, father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (who was barbarously murdered by pious Muslim terrorists), alluded to the Koran’s “verses of peace”—which certain votaries of […]

Yielding to yoga?

by Rod Benson Reverend Rod Benson is Professor of Christian Ethics at the NSW Baptist Theological College and the Director of the Centre of Christian Ethics at Morling College. In one of my previous churches, I discovered to my surprise that one of the organists, an octogenarian and foundation member of the church, had spent […]

The Silent Human Conscience

What should I tell my daughter when bombs fall and the great nations say nothing? by Riad Kassis | posted 07/24/2006 09:45 a.m. The following article is part of our ongoing effort to provide a variety of Christian perspectives on the Israel-Lebanon conflict. How should I respond to my seven-year-old daughter when she is terrified […]

The battle Israel has lost

Desolation won’t bring any peace By Julie Flint Monday, July 24, 2006 Let’s call a spade a spade. This is a turkey shoot in Lebanon, every bit as much as a war on Hizbullah “terror.” Unable to see its enemy clearly, the Israeli armed forces are flattening, quite literally, a wide swathe of South Lebanon. […]

Another Point of View: Evangelical Blindness on Lebanon

The academic dean of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary is angry at evangelical Christians, Israel, Hezbollah, the U.S., and the international community. by Martin Accad | posted 07/20/2006 09:30 a.m. Note: When covering international crises, such as the current fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Christianity Today takes care to listen to evangelical Christian leaders in […]

The Middle East Crisis

The President’s Dangerous Ignorance Matthew Yglesias, Source: Middle East On-line, 2 Aug 2006 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=17159 The president’s ignorance would be amusing if it weren’t so dangerous. Instead, it is quite possible that the United States and the world will be led further into a Middle East cataclysm by a US president who doesn’t know what is […]

‘Who Is My Neighbor’ in the Lebanon-Israel Conflict?

Further reflections from the academic dean of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon. by Martin Accad | posted 07/25/2006 09:30 a.m. “And who is my neighbor?” an expert of the law asks in fury, annoyed with Jesus’ message and behavior that frustrates every notion of conventional “righteousness” (Luke 10:29). Jesus embarks on one of […]