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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.

Is there a true religion?

By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. If the discussion of a true religion is to be meaningful, it must have an objective starting point. In a sense it must parallel the scientific method. We cannot start with a given factor. The starting point must be one that all people can have and assume. It cannot be […]

The Sneeze

They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium. With rich maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt. Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears. This class would not pray during the commencements — not […]

Raw Nerve

http://www.theeighthday.org.au/mt/gdh/archives/CensuradoMTV_1.pps This ad clearly touched a raw nerve in the battle against terrorism. It is powerful in its simplicity. Just follow the link…

Muslim Council Of Britain Asks For Quran To Be Exempt From Religious Hatred Law

RELIGIOUS HATRED LAW UNITED KINGDOM 11 July 2005 MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN ASKS FOR QUR’AN TO BE EXEMPT FROM RELIGIOUS HATRED LAW Muslim leaders in the UK have raised with a Home Office Minister the possibility of the Islamic scriptures being exempted from the proposed new law banning incitement to religious hatred, which is being […]

The Decline of Military Chaplaincy

The Decline of Military Chaplaincy — Martin E. Marty Sighting military chaplains these days demands strong binoculars — chaplains are distant and few — as well as measures of attention that most citizens lack. But to focus in on a sample: Forward offers a cover story called “Military Services Hit Hard by Chaplain Shortage.” It […]

Free speech farce

Andrew Bolt 24jun05 PREMIER Steve Bracks promised four years ago to give us “racial and religious tolerance” if we gave up our free speech. What fools people were to believe him. You could see the “tolerance” his vilification laws gave us this week when two pastors became the first to be punished, after criticising the […]

The Heterosexual Revolution

Note to the easily-shockable: as with all our articles, this is to encourage mature thinking, even though you might not agree with all of it. Rowland. ~~~ The Heterosexual Revolution The New York Times Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor The Heterosexual Revolution By STEPHANIE COONTZ Olympia, Wash. THE last week has been tough for […]

Christians in (Australian) Politics

Christians in Politics: an unknown, misunderstood past and a bright future ’ Stuart Piggin, BA, Dip Ed, BD, PhD, AKC, DLitt is Master of Robert Menzies College and Principal of the School of Christian Studies. His paper shows how Christians such as John Newton and William Wilberforce were politically involved and connected with Australia. He […]

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on global poverty

ACNS 4002 | ENGLAND | 08 JULY 2005 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s address at St Paul’s Cathedral Photographs for this article are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/00/acns4002.cfm By Robert Bergner, Communications Intern On the eve of the G8 meeting, UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, addressed more than 2500 people yesterday evening at St Paul’s Cathedral in […]

Homosexual marriage

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/national/05church.html?th&emc=th United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage By SHAILA DEWAN Published: July 5, 2005 ATLANTA, July 4 – The United Church of Christ became the first mainline Christian denomination to support same-sex marriage officially when its general synod passed a resolution on Monday affirming “equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender.” Rev. John […]