Apologetics
Mock the Devil: U2, Christian?
National Review Online, February 27, 2002 Terry Mattingly As the names of those lost on Sept. 11 scrolled up a towering screen, the singer kept reciting a verse from Psalm 51, in which King David pleaded for God’s mercy. “Oh Lord, open my lips,” he said, “that my mouth shall show forth thy praise.” Then […]
Slandering Private Ryan – In Fallujah
Friends–I think it’s an obvious point that American forces in World War II did not have thousands of “activists,” outside politicians, a pro-terrorist U.N. and journalists critiquing their every move at the squad level. Nor were outsiders demanding that GI Joe and Private Ryan “show restraint” or “not use excessive force” in attacking Manila, Normandy […]
Towards A Transformative Democracy
Towards a transformative democracy founded on dignity Sydney Morning Herald There is an answer to a world of empty secularism – and it lies within ourselves, says George Pell. Democracy is never unqualified. We are used to speaking of “liberal democracy”, which as currently understood is a synonym for “secular democracy”. In Europe there are […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily [10]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily A twice-weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 010, 16-18 November 2004 ² compiled by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues The principle of mutual obligation will guide the Howard government’s plans for overhauling the provision of services to indigenous communities and shape its […]
Wowsers
Someone asked: BTW someone gave me the origin of WOWSER: I responded: ‘We Only Want Social Evils Remedied’… Another replied: Whenever the word ‘social’ crops us, the speaker is most likely a socalist or want to be communist. Christianity seeks justice, socalists seek social justice, which is a code word for socalism. To which I […]
Religion and Ethics Australia [9]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily A twice-weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 009, 12-15 November 2004 ² compiled by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues The Howard government’s radical plans to attack “passive welfare” in indigenous communities could place it in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act, according […]
Hypnosis
From Mark Tindall: Hypnosis & Church – Paul McKenna from “The Hypnotic World of Paul Kenna” (Faber & Faber; London: 1993) *[…] my additional comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The key to identifying trance states is in the fixation of attention, either internally or externally. p. 13 Here are some of the most popular misconceptions … ‘Hypnosis is […]
Pat Robertson’s Racehorses
From a Usenet post: “Imagine a world when there are no more crime lords selling prostitutes, selling pornography, selling gambling devices, selling drugs, and stealing from legitimate business.” (Pat Robertson) After reading this interesting quote of Pat Robertson, do not imagine so fast a world without crime lords selling “gambling devices”. When Pat Robertson pronounced […]
The Sin of Sodom
One person wrote: While the Ezekiel passage does give some weight to the debate that lack of hospitality was the sin in Sodom for which God punished the city, it seems to be a bit overstated that “It is the most explicit Biblical attempt to summarise and name the sin of Sodom”. I think nearly […]
The Sin of Sodom
One pastor-friend wrote: A couple of weeks ago The Age Newspaper featured a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s specious contribution to this debate, claiming that lack of hospitality was the sin of Sodom that prompted God to destroy the city. Wow! Let’s all keep our larders full and empty chairs and extra settings available for every meal […]
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