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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.

Methodist Leaders To Bush: Repent

By and others ⋅ June 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy claim president’s policies ‘incompatible’ with church teachings ——————————————————————————– Posted: June 6, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern  © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A group of leaders from President George W. Bush’s denomination, the United Methodist Church, have signed a magazine ad asking the chief executive to “repent” of what they consider policies “incompatible” with Christian teaching, reports the […]

Laskar Jihad In Australia

By and others ⋅ June 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

LASKAR JIHAD IN AUSTRALIA FROM, CRY INDONESIA MEDIA WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 2003 CONTACT: IAN FREESTONE, 0417 252958 News reports that the Laskar Jihad have been operating within Australia are concerning, but not surprising. The Australian Newspaper reports that an airport shuttle bus driver in Sydney was active in recruiting for the organisation. This report follows […]

Atheism

By and others ⋅ June 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

(By a net-friend, Chris Ho-Stuart) I decided in 1996 to add a brief personal introduction to this essay. I am often mistaken for a Christian. The people I love best in the world are Christians. I was for many years a Christian myself. With the growth of the net, some people who know me personally […]

When Governments Lie

By and others ⋅ June 8, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Standard Operating Procedure By PAUL KRUGMAN June 2003 The mystery of Iraq’s missing weapons of mass destruction has become a lot less mysterious. Recent reports in major British newspapers and three major American news magazines, based on leaks from angry intelligence officials, back up the sources who told my colleague Nicholas Kristof that the Bush […]

Nigerian Primate Severes Communion With New Westminster

By and others ⋅ June 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

1) http://acinw.org/ ACINW NEWS RELEASE World’s Largest Anglican Province Severs Communion with Bishop and Diocese of New Westminster Archbishop Akinola Says New West decision “flagrant disregard”for Anglican Communion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 June 2003 VANCOUVER, CANADA – The largest Anglican Province in the world and its 17 million members, 81 Bishop, and 10 Archbishops, have […]

First Same-Sex Blessing In New Westminster Met With Mixed Reaction

By and others ⋅ June 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

reaction May 30, 2003 2003-120 First same-sex blessing in New Westminster met with mixed reaction by Jane Davidson (ACC-News )The blessing May 28 of a same-sex union in the Anglican Church of Canada’s diocese of New Westminster has been met with both joy and dismay. Less than a week after the rite of blessing of […]

Science And Religion

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dr Grayling’s main warning is DON’T BE RELIGIOUS. In the battle between science and religion, he thinks, science always wins: it did in the 18th century enlightenment, it did in Darwin’s wars with the Creationists, and it will go on doing so as geneticists sort out every conceivable problem with the human body. http://www.spectator.co.uk/bookreview.php3?table=old&section=current&issue03-05-31&id=1581

God-Talk And The Matrix

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-107 (General Information) GOD-TALK AND ‘THE MATRIX’ by Terry Mattingly The words of the scripture are clear: everything changes when someone is born again. “Before his first or physical birth man was in the world of the matrix. He had no knowledge of this world; his eyes could not see; his ears […]

Modernity & Postmodernity

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

What is distinct about postmodernity in relation to modernity? What features of modernity have survived into the postmodern era? What is the significance of your conclusions for the mission of the Church? Introduction The ancient world, including Greece and Rome, was accustomed to plurality of belief. There were innumerable pagan cults with differing, and sometimes […]

Homosexual Age Of Consent

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a Netfriend: One of the first things I learnt in the first of my only two law subjects at Uni is that a law that is not consistently applied is a bad law. I’m still hooked on the bit of information, and who said it I can’t remember, that the majority of sexual abuse […]

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