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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.

Property scandal

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

A few rich people, many of them aristocrats, own 69 per cent of the land in Britain. As a result, house prices are so high, millions can’t afford to buy a home. The NS launches a campaign to end this feudal system. By Jason Cowley For the past decade I have spent a week or […]

Human Sexuality, Marriage and Church Leadership (NSW Baptists)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 9, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Human Sexuality, Marriage and Church Leadership Published as “Appendix K” in Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT Annual Reports 1998-99, pp. 55-63. PREAMBLE At the June 1998 meeting of the Executive Committee of the Baptist Union of NSW it was decided to appoint a Task Force to consider the question of human sexuality, particularly as […]

Divorce, remarriage and sexuality (NSW Baptists)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 9, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT Official documents relating to sexuality compiled by Rod Benson, 23 August 2004 Statement on Divorce and Remarriage as adopted at the 1983 Assembly A. Marriage (i) Marriage, according to the biblical pattern, is a lifelong and exclusive commitment between a man and a woman, instituted by God for the […]

Bishops oppose ‘misguided and unnecessary’ euthanasia Bill

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 8, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

ACNS 3880 | ENGLAND | 7 SEPTEMBER 2004 Bishops oppose ‘misguided and unnecessary’ euthanasia Bill [Church of England Communications Unit] Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops have joined forces to urge the UK Parliament not to change the law on euthanasia, arguing that allowing assisted suicide would undermine the protection of vulnerable people. In […]

Homosexuality: Compass program on ABCTV (transcript)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 7, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Note: see http://jmm.org.au/articles/13440.htm for the three bits of my interview they used. Rowland. ~~~ Gay Christians Sunday September 5 2004 Summary: Australian Christians who are also gay and out show how they reconcile their belief with their sexuality. Story: Intro: Hello I’m Geraldine Doogue. Welcome to Compass… and to a program that taps into what’s […]

Homosexuality: transcript of Rowland Croucher’s views on ABCTV

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 6, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV program Compass aired on Sunday night September 5th 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s1192915.htm The show was called “Gay Christians”. “Australian Christians who are also gay and out show how they reconcile their belief with their sexuality.” Please note: the filming of the interview with me took a couple of hours. Generally I’m happy with […]

Go All Out, Or Pull Out(of Iraq)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 2, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Iraq: GO ALL OUT, OR PULL OUT A netfriend writes: Friends, this article was inspired by a curious phenomenon of our media that I have noted for many years. On the one hand World War II and its vets are praised for being, respectively, the “good War” and our “Greatest Generation”. Yet, in contrast, the […]

Postmodernism For The Uninitiated

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ August 31, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Postmodernism for the uninitiated © 1999 Clare O’Farrell in Daphne Meamore, Bruce Burnett, Peter O’Brien (eds) Understanding Education: Contexts and Agendas for the New Millennium, Sydney: Prentice Hall. pp. 11-17. ————————————————————————– You may have heard the joke: ‘what do you get when you cross a mafiosi with a postmodernist?’ The answer of course is ‘someone […]

Problems with Noah’s Ark

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ August 28, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Visit “No Answers In Genesis” http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/ Noah’s Ark ….some interesting facts …………….. ******************************* .. the generally accepted size of the ark is 155 metres long, 25 metres wide and 15 metres high and it was to contain three decks, a side-opening door pair and a one-cubit square window at the top. .. . It is […]

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