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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.

Atheist philosopher becomes a theist

Dear Friends: The following is an exclusive interview that will be published in the Winter 2004 issue of “Philosophia Christi” the journal of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (http://www.biola.edu/philchristi). “Philosophia Christi” is one of the top circulating philosophy of religion journals in the world and we are pleased to offer up the definitive interview on this […]

Quotations From C. S. Lewis

QUOTATIONS FROM C. S. LEWIS: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts” “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind” “All that is eternal is eternally out of date” “I find in myself desires which nothing in this earth can satisfy, the only logical […]

Dr. James Dobson and Gay Bashing

‘Dr. James Dobson and Gay Bashing. December 02, 2004 By: David Palmer Independent Media TV First and foremost, it should be noted that I am not an advocate for or against Gay people; however, I am an ardent and unapologetic believer that every person is entitled to be treated equally and fairly regardless of their […]

Blind faith takes a back pew in wellbeing list

By Linda Morris, SMH Religious Affairs Reporter December 11, 2004 Churchgoers who carefully wrestle with their faith have a greater sense of wellbeing than those who uncritically hold to their beliefs, groundbreaking research has found. The first comprehensive Australian study to investigate the relationship between community wellbeing and religious and spiritual orientation supports a growing […]

Trees for Democracy

By WANGARI MAATHAI Published: December 10, 2004 airobi, Kenya WHEN I was growing up in Nyeri in central Kenya, there was no word for desert in my mother tongue, Kikuyu. Our land was fertile and forested. But today in Nyeri, as in much of Africa and the developing world, water sources have dried up, the […]

C. S. Lewis on politics

C.S. Lewis on politics. Source: Lewis 1966:81. I am a democrat… I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretentions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to the rulers and […]

What a Difference a Preposition Makes (Homosexuality)

What a Difference a Preposition Makes By Tim Wilkins Of the eight parts of speech, the seemingly insignificant preposition may be the most crucial part of a sentence. “A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.” Simply put, whatever an airplane can do to […]

Religion & Ethics Australia Daily [16]

Religion & Ethics Australia Daily A twice-weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 016, 7-9 December 2004  ² edited by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues An end to sit-down money and an emphasis on economic independence and “behavioural contracts” to reduce domestic violence will be promoted by prominent […]

God and Science

God & Science by Rod Jackson Science involves studing nature. Now nature is either ordered or it is disordered. If nature is disordered then there must be an appearance of order for science to proceed. Science assumes the consistency of nature. Scientists developing a theory of gravity might, for example, have 4 different options open […]

Counting Votes in the U.S.

Don’t you just love privatisation and outsourcing!!! Where would all the news come from? Source web page: —————————————————————— http://www.solarbus.org/stealyourelection/articles/20things.html —————————————————————— Did you know…. 1. 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S. http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold 2. There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. […]