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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

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.

Stephen Hawking, The Big Bang, and God

Stephen Hawking, The Big Bang, and God ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meet the Author: Dr. Henry “Fritz” Schaefer III Dr. “Fritz” Schaefer is the Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and the director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at the University of Georgia. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize and was recently cited as the […]

A Brief History Of The Universe

adapted from from Stephen Hawking’s “The Universe In a Nutshell” Bantam Press; London:2001) pp. 168 -169 Figure 6.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIME SEQUENCE 0 YEARS – 0.00003 billion years. The big bang and a fiery, optically dense, inflationary universe. Matter / energy decouple. The universe is transparent. 1 BILLION YEARS – Clusters of matter form protogalaxies synthesizing […]

Hillsong

Note to those who might be offended by the negativity in this article: we post negative and positive articles on any conceivable topic, in the interests of mature thinking. We’re not singling out Hillsong/the Houstons for any special treatment. I share some of the reservations about Hillsong in this article, but I also believe they’re […]

Hillsong [2]

The Lord will provide – HILLSONG When young Christians flocked to the Superdome this week, “awesome things happened”. Kelly Burke reports. MASS euphoria, record crowds and large sums of money changing hands: the Superdome hasn’t seen anything quite like it since the glory days of the 2000 Olympics. Every day this week more than 15,000 […]

Wealth and Poverty in America

America’s richest 1 percent now holds more wealth – over $2 trillion more – than America’s entire bottom 90 percent. Should we care? Inequality: Our Heaviest Burden A landmark new book tells why – and what we can do to lift that load off APEX Press Contact: Judi Rizzi New York, N.Y.: A century ago, […]

Roots of European civilization

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:15 AM Ecumenical News International released a statement that began: Geneva (ENI). European church leaders have welcomed the adoption of a European Constitution, but have noted they would have been happier if the document had an explicit reference to the Christian roots of Europe in its preamble. To which a Christian […]

Progressives in the pews

This column was syndicated by Scripps Howard News Service on 06/16/2004 When the Rev. Robert Maddox went to work as Jimmy Carter’s White House faith liaison, one of his main jobs was helping Beltway politicos lose their fear of born-again Christians. The landscape has changed radically in the past three decades. What infuriates Maddox now […]

The Okay to Doubt Series, Part 5

Staying in the Word Today in our final look at doubt, we will look at a couple more ideas for bringing back faith, or strengthening and deepening it. When we are struggling in our faith, it is very tempting to stop reading the Bible on a consistent basis. After all, we don’t feel we are […]

Benny Hinn Placed A Curse

Yes, Lord, I ‘ll do it. I place a curse on every man and every woman that will stretch his hand against this anointing. I curse that man who dares to speak a word against this ministry. (Benny Hinn) http://biblelight.net/Benny-Hinn’s-curse.WMV

Taxation wisdom

THE STUPIDITY OF GREED Here is the real story to lighten the Budget discussion! You’ve heard the cry in the last couple of weeks from across Australia: “It’s just a tax cut for the rich!”, and it is accepted as fact. But what does that really mean? The following explanation may help. Suppose that every […]