An attempt to hijack Christianity by Jim Wallis Last week, I wrote about the “Justice Sunday” event held at a Louisville, Kentucky, mega-church. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Prison Fellowship’s Chuck Colson, and Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler were joined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist […]
-“Ninure Saunders” wrote in -message > -> I have been celibate for 24+ years. I intend to remain celibate. Someone responded: – -Then why propagate the homosexual lifestyle as acceptable to God? Ninure’s response: What do you mean by “homosexual behaviour”? Getting up in the morning and going to work? Shopping for groceries? Buying mother […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon at the 60th anniversary of Christian Aid at St Paul’s Cathedral ACNS 3973 | LAMBETH | 29 APRIL 2005 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon at the 60th anniversary of Christian Aid at St Paul’s Cathedral Tuesday 26 April 2005 St Paul’s second letter to Corinth is about how the world […]
It’s time for China and Japan to stop provoking each other and behave sensibly By Bill Powell Posted Monday, April 18, 2005; 20:00 HKT My wife and I were in a department store last week not far from where we live in Shanghai, the red-hot center of China’s booming economy. And business, at least in […]
Sightings 4/28/05 God’s Graffiti — Jeremy Biles There’s been quite a stir a few blocks from my apartment on Chicago’s northwest side. According to many of the neighborhood’s pious, the Blessed Virgin Mary has manifested in a most unlikely spot. On the concrete wall alongside W. Fullerton Ave., in the underpass beneath the Kennedy Expressway, […]
BIRTH: shocking double standards Ros Phillips, research officer for Festival of Light Australia, is shocked at the double standards of SA media. They have not uttered a peep to warn parents of the adult-child sex theme of Nicole Kidman’s new film BIRTH, now screening in Adelaide cinemas during the school holidays. “The SA community is […]
(Submitted by Mark Tindall) ….. What is Homophobia? Homophobia is defined as fear, loathing and hatred of homosexuals and/or homosexuality. A homophobe is a person who believes homophobic beliefs. Homophobes generally fit into four levels of homophobic attitudes: REVULSION In this most extreme expression of homophobia, homosexuality is seen as a crime against nature. Gays […]
(From Mark Tindall): 1. Aversion to gay or homosexual people or their lifestyle or culture. 2. Behavior or an act based on this aversion. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd ed., 1992) Irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed., 1993) n. 1. unreasoning […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 034, 22-28 April 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News & opinion Aboriginal & indigenous affairs Indigenous children who drop out of school will be forced to do a TAFE course under a radical Howard Government […]
(From Mark Tindall): None of the proofs for God’s existence work. Have a read at http://www.philosophyonline.co.uk/pages/proofs.htm In summary …. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the most far-reaching consequences of the rationalism of the Enlightenment was the undermining of basic Christian faith among the educated classes. The effect was unintended because the project of many Enlightenment philosophers was […]