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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.

Creationism (Again!)

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Gladys wrote: This will be a short reply (1) I need time to go through the previous postings (2) I have a busy weekend ahead of me. The fact is that some books for children written about 1975 indicated that in respect of fossil-finds that they proved the Bible account of origins to be incorrect. […]

Counterfeit Religion

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A wise word from my friend Les Nixon: A FINAL WORD: SPOT THE COUNTERFEIT! One reason Outback Patrol does not try to explain false religions, (to prove the truth of Christian faith), is the same reason that banks don ¹t give their tellers counterfeit money to play with. Instead, Bank Managers place the novice employee in […]

Reform Islam Here: Another View

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a Netfriend: Hello Rowland and others I also share Andrew Bolt’s concerns. It *is* extremely difficult. Despite the claim to the contrary in the article that Stephen forwarded, there *was* evidence that money was leaving Australia last year to fund terrorism. When Indonesia’s Laskar Jihad set up its website, and prior to ‘9/11’, it […]

Anglicans And Stem Cell Research + Redefining Marriage

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Synod overwhelmingly supports motions concerning embryonic stem cell research and the redefinition of the term ‘spouse’ in NSW legislation. ANGLICAN MEDIA SYDNEY MEDIA ADVISORY October 15, 2002 Anglican Synod expresses its opposition to embryonic stem cell research Sydney Anglicans have spoken out against the moral shift in society that has led to public support for […]

Islam: Two Perspectives

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a Net friend: 1. If you want to check out Keysar Trad [as mentioned by Andrew Bolt]’s website, the address is http://www.speednet.com.au/~keysar/ 2 The following article is from today’s Jakarta Post,[23 Oct 2002] the English daily, and is a good counterbalance to the other things I sent earlier, being a moderate Muslim view: ‘Religion […]

Bali: A Contrary View

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a frank point of view on the Bali bombing which probably resonates with the thinking of many Australians. I don’t like the sentiments, but include it here for your consideration… Rowland Croucher 16th October 2002 ~~~ Theres been lots af emails about bali. I was as shocked as anyone at the bali boming on […]

An Ancient Link To Jesus Discovered?

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

CRISIS Magazine – e-Letter October 23, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Friend, It may end up being one of the biggest stories of the year. We’ve all heard of archaeological hoaxes that involve some sort of famous religious relic. For every one that seems to be legitimate, there are at least a dozen elaborate phonies. If I […]

Connecting As A Peacemaker In A World Of Violence

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Address by Dr Tom Frame Anglican Bishop to the ADF National Anglican Conference University of NSW, 22 July 2002 “Connecting as a Peacemaker in a World of Violence” Introduction We live in a violent world. Violence is exploited by individuals, organizations and nations to seize property and secure power. Violence is employed to provoke conflict […]

Criticize By Creating: Art Within

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-209 (General Information) ‘CRITICIZE BY CREATING’: ART WITHIN BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #020925 When I was in Atlanta last June for my granddaughter’s high school graduation, I met a young man with an intriguing theory. His name is Bryan Coley, and he’s the artistic director of a theater company called Art […]

Bali: It Isnt September11

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a Netfriend’s response to http://jmm.org.au/articles/1411.htm Shalom! Rowland Croucher ~~~ Who died at bali??? It was a nightclub in a 3rd world country. A nightclub where indonesions wernt supposed to go but instead rich westen tourists chasing alcahol sex and drugs. These were not noble upstanding people hard at work for their families like the […]

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