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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.

Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine

[Note: this website does not espouse any particular political stance. The following is reproduced for thought/reflection. Rowland]. Monday, Mar. 07, 2005 History has begun to speak, and it says that America made the right decision to invade Iraq By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Jon Stewart, the sage of Comedy Central, is one of the few to be […]

The Case for Compromise on Abortion

America’s pro-choicers are wielding a new principle that’s tough to argue with By Andrew Sullivan Something very unusual is happening to some Democrats and pro-choice abortion activists in the U.S. They’re getting smarter about their strategy. For years, they’ve harped on and on about a woman’s right to choose, while failing to capture in any […]

Broomleigh Baptist Church

[Note from Rowland: this is *satire* – and close to the bone.] Our Bible Based Policy Against The Unsaved As most churches liberalize themselves and reject the commandments written by God in the Holy Bible, the Broomleigh Baptist Church (Baptist) continues to do exactly what scripture teaches every Christian to do. And that is to […]

Injustice against Palestinians

Apartheid targets Palestinian home-owners inside Israel Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2005 A recent protest meeting held at the home of Ali and Terese Zbeidat. Their house has been ruled illegal and threatened with demolition, despite being built on the family’s land and approved by their local municipality, Sakhnin. (Jonathan Cook) You won’t […]

Ecology and Economy (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Ecology and Economy The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, gave the following lecture on Tuesday 8 March at the University of Kent in Canterbury Ecology and Economy 1. The two big “e-words” (ecology and economy) in my title have sometimes been used in recent decades as if they represented opposing concerns. Yes, […]

Censorship

Read this somewhere Anyone who wishes to censor does so for one of two reasons: either he perceives his audience as incompetent, or perceives himself as incompetent to stand scrutiny.

Freedom for West Papua

Since 1965, the people of West Papua have been calling upon the United Nations to allow them a vote, a referendum upon their nations status. The United Nations has refused these requests. Will the people of the United States help ? Please read the petition available at: http://fandom.net/Petition or http://www.petitiononline.com/free800 Please sign the petition…

Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [27]

Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 027, 4-10 March 2005  ² edited by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues The Howard Government has moved to break up the defiant ATSIC board by sending dismissal notices to at least four of its high-profile […]

Statement of the Ecumenical Women 2000 Coalition

9 MARCH 2005 Statement of the Ecumenical Women 2000 Coalition Delivered at the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Ecumenical Women 2000 is a coalition of Christian denominations and ecumenical organizations at the United Nations focusing on the global intersections of religions, human rights and gender. As a delegation of seventy-five […]

Israeli Arab explodes Mideast ‘lies’

TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND Lebanese woman says she discovered freedom in Jewish state ——————————————————————————– Posted: March 6, 2005 6:52 p.m. Eastern  © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com A Lebanese-born woman who later lived in Israel told a Columbia University forum today the Muslim Arab world’s hatred of the Jewish state is blinding it to reason. Brigitte Gabriel […]