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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.

The Lord Will Provide – Hillsong

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

July something 2002. 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 people converged on […]

Philosophy And Apologetics

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

Things to ponder … SIMON BLACKBURN, professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, read John Polkinghorne’s books, “with their supreme contempt for philosophical reasoning and historical thinking, in despair about humanity’s desperate self-deceptions and vanities and illusions. Everything will be all right in the end, we are washed in the blood of the lamb, […]

The Un And Indigenous Rights

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Guess what, we’re the bad guys … again From the World Council of Churches 5 August 2002 The continuing struggle for Indigenous rights at the United Nations Bob Scott For many years Indigenous representatives dreamed of having their own official place within the United Nations (UN) system, a place where governments would respect their aspirations […]

Aborted Foetus Etc

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DO NO HARM – Australians for Ethical Medical Research Tuesday 6th August 2002. Media Release Doctors say “no need” to buy into Trounson’s dehumanising factories – yesterday for human embryos, today for aborted foetuses, tomorrow.? Dr Trounson expresses interest in using tissue from aborted babies to complement his embryonic stem cell industry. He says this […]

The Dilemma Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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THE QUEENSLAND BAPTIST The dilemma of embryonic stem cell research In this article, Rev Murray Lean, MB, BS, FRACGP and pastor of Gordon Park Baptist Church, looks at a Christian response to the stem cell debate. When Prime Minister John Howard recently declared his support for embryonic stem cell research in Australia, it caught most […]

An Eternal Perspective On Sickness

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*****any changes made to this article MUST be referred to the author at before publication***** An eternal perspective on sickness It was with interest that I read the article on stem cell research in April’s edition of The Queensland Baptist newspaper and I thought perhaps I could forward some thoughts from a different outlook. Christians […]

Creationism – More

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‘Scientists mistakenly believe they have disproved God’s existence and His creation and have thus made null and void all faith communities which express a belief in the Divine Creator, not the least Christianity. Chris Ho-Stuart wrote: I consider this to be a misrepresentation. Science itself is a discipline shared by many people of many different […]

German Pro Life Activist Released From Jail

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German Pro Life Activist Released from Jail Protestant Theologian Called Abortion Specialist a “Professional Killer” Erlangen, August 6 (idea)  ­ The German Pro Life activist Johannes Lerle, Erlangen, is a free man again. The Protestant theologian was jailed for seven and a half months, because he called an abortion specialist a “professional killer” and “torturer”. […]

Conrad’s Creationism

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http://www.edconrad.com/ He claims man is as old as coal and claims to have petrified tinia bones from coal/slate deposits 300 million years old. An interesting read. Not sure of who is being truthful and who is dishonest. But someone sure is. 🙂 Chris responds: Oh good grief! C*nr*d is notorious. He is completely insane. I […]

St. Augustine On Being Informed

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—————————————————————————- —- Saint Augustine, in the fourth century, in “De Genese ad litteram” says: “It very often happens that there is some question as to the earth or the sky, or the other elements of this world — respecting which one who is not a Christian has knowledge derived from most certain reasoning or observation, […]

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