Apologetics
Unity in Israel
at St George’s Anglican Cathedral, Jerusalem ACNS 3756 | MIDDLE EAST | 27 JANUARY 2004 Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon at an Ecumenical Service at St George’s Anglican Cathedral, Jerusalem [ACNS source: Lambeth Palace] Tuesday 27 January 2004 ‘He has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility’ This is a text used so often at […]
Celibacy?
From a netfriend: Celibacy is a beautiful gift, given to some and not to others. Handled maturely and prayerfully it is a powerful gift which enables a great deal of energy to be devoted to various forms of ministry. I believe it is a good thing and should be valued by our churches to an […]
Southern Baptists and ecumenism
Ecumenical News International News Highlights 20 January 2004 European Baptists ‘deeply hurt’ about possible split in world alliance Sofia (ENI). European Baptists have strongly criticised moves in the Southern Baptist Convention, the biggest Protestant grouping in the United States, to quit the Baptist World Alliance on the grounds that the alliance is too liberal. “Do […]
Sex with animals
A netfriend wrote: The forbidden sexual practices listed in Leviticus 18 would be considered by a lot of people, especially Christians, to all still apply. There is incest and sex with relatives, sex with people married to someone else, sex with animals and sex with a person of the same gender. The only one that […]
A Christian on sex
From a netfriend: I have only been accused of pushing a procreativity line, and I am not a Catholic. Does anyone honestly believe I am so self-deluded that for twenty years after agreeing on tubal ligation we persist in enjoying each other in a manner that I would seek to condemn with such malice as […]
Dear George, are we depraved? (Homosexuality and the Catholic Church)
Note: the views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of John Mark Ministries. They are presented to encourage fuller insights into this complex issue. See our Statement of Faith for our general doctrinal position. January 12, 2004 Monica Hingston, who lives with a woman, is related to Cardinal George Pell to whom she wrote […]
Freemasonry
From friends who operate a prayer ministry: We have found that the vast majority of people coming for prayer ministry have links with freemasonry through their family. These are Christians and the oaths made by the freemason even several generations back have had a powerful effect on the person coming for prayer and their family […]
Pat Dodson on aboriginal affairs
“Aboriginal affairs has to be about rebuilding the Aboriginal nations. It is not just about the populist campaigns, worthy as they might be, to deal with the social ills in our community.” Pat Dodson’s Address To ACTU Congress 2003 21 August 2003 I acknowledge the traditional owners of this part of the country, and I […]
Spirituality beyond the Sabbath
Today, church life isn’t confined inside a building’s four walls, says the Rev. John Hurley, director of evangelization for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He sees spirituality discussed with growing openness in places such as workplace conference rooms where employees meet at lunch for prayer and Bible study. “I think there’s a reawakening […]
God and evil
############################################################## Is god willing to prevent evil but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god? – Epicurus (341-270 BCE) #############################################################
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