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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.

Muslim To Muslim

by M.A. Muqtedar Khan The author addressed this memo to fellow American Muslims with the aim of inviting them “to lead the American Muslim community in soul-searching, reflection and reassessment.” What happened on September 11 in New York and Washington, D.C., will forever remain a horrible scar on the history of Islam and humanity. No […]

Can I Love Jesus And Like Harry Potter?

By Darren Cronshaw (Darren Cronshaw preached from this material at Aberfeldie Baptist Church on 13/1/2002. Accompanying powerpoint slides are available. Darren may redraft this material for a college essay in March 2002. He invites your comments to ) INTRODUCTION This week I went to the moves twice. I saw ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher ‘s […]

Poverty In Australia

31 January 2002 Let’s get real about poverty NATIONAL STATEMENT ON POVERTY Thirteen major community sector organisations participated today in a forum to move the debate on poverty beyond a narrow focus on poverty lines. Our experience of people living in poverty convinces us that we need a holistic approach to address disadvantage in Australia […]

Problem Of Pain (C.S. Lewis)

This essay comprises the gist of The Problem of Pain by C.S.Lewis. This apologetic classic ought to be read alongside Lewis’ later work, A Grief Observed [1]. The first book was written from his head, the second from his heart (after his wife died). Make sure you see the film/video about C S Lewis and […]

Harry Potter: Another View

by Pastor David J. Meyer Last Trumpet Ministries International I am writing this urgent message because I was once a witch. I lived by the stars as an astrologer and numerologist casting horoscopes and spells. I lived in the mysterious and shadowy realm of the occult. By means of spells and magic, I was able […]

Australian Racism

IS AUSTRALIA THE LAST BASTION OF RACISM IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD?by Peter Terry On the 10th of November 2001 the conservative led Liberal-Coalition Howard Govt went to the polls after an election campaign which historians will record as a victory on the back of racism and fear. The Howard Govt won the election after a […]

The Problem With Harry Potter

by David L. Brown, PH.D.  © September 2000 & November 2, 2001 E-mail: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 Kids, millions of kids and many adults are just wild about Harry Potter! Here are the statistics. […]

Judaism And Jesus

“israel r t” wrote in message . > The Jewish principle that God is One is incompatible with the > Trinitarian doctrine of Jesus as God and Man ( Homoonousia from > memory) Nearly right. Homoiousia [Gr. homoiousion, of similar substance; contrasted with homoousion, of the same substance]. These two Greek words were the technical […]

Afghan Helping Afghan: Wv Food Distribution

: NewsVision Situation Report : “Afghan Helping Afghan – WV Food Distribution Provides Relief in Kabul” ———————- Forwarded by Kristy Allen/AUSO/WorldVision on 04/02/2002 09:09 AM ————————— NewsVision Situation Report Central Asia: Afghanistan 4 February 2002 Afghan Helping Afghan – WV Food Distribution Provides Relief in Kabul by Robyn Kennedy – Program Manager As the first […]

Science And Theology

Here is the quotation from Eileen Barker I promised. (Ken Smith) writes: >”Rowland Croucher” <> writes: >>A ‘Net friend wrote in message . >>> Rowland Croucher wrote: >>> >>> What a decidedly PC commentary. 🙂 >>> >>> > A ‘Net friend wrote in message >>> > . >>> > > Sean McHugh wrote: >><> >>> […]