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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.

War And The Early Church

I guess there are two ways that we can approach this issue. I may refer to one as the the ‘perfect’ will of God as opposed to the ‘allowable’ will of God’. In this discussion I call the pacifist position the ‘perfect’ will of God and the ‘armed response position’ as the ‘allowable’ will of […]

Jihad In America

JIHAD IN AMERICA-PART I ISLAM-A RELIGION OF PEACE? THINK AGAIN! Wednesday, October 31, 2001 Tim Timmons Although there has been a great propaganda flow that pushes the theme that Islam is a religion of peace, this message must be examined more closely before buying into it. In the latest U.S. News & World Report (October […]

Buying St Nostradamus

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-194 (General Interest) BUYING ST. NOSTRADAMUS by Terry Mattingly When American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, a jet- fuel fireball claimed most of its victims before they could even dive under their desks. But as rescue crews worked through the charred halls, word spread of an amazing sign of hope. […]

Salman Rushdie: ‘This War Is About Islam’

Here’s a summary of an excellent article by Salman Rushdie, The Age, Tuesday November 6, 2001: ‘This isn’t about Islam’. The world’s leaders have been repeating this mantra for weeks. The trouble with this… disclaimer is that it isn’t true… Most religious belief isn’t very theological. For a vast number of ‘believing’ Muslim men, ‘Islam’ […]

What Can We Do About Terrorism?

The following powerful article presents an alternative perspective perspective. Note the credentials of the author. ========= ******The author of the following article is: *Dr. Robert M. Bowman directed all the “Star Wars” programs under presidents Ford and Carter and flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam. His Ph.D. is in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering from Caltech. […]

Persecuted Church November 2001

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 142 – Thu 08 Nov 2001 ————————————————- IDOP 2001 (continued): ‘RENEW THEM IN OUR DAY…’ ————————————————- The International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the Persecuted Church is a special time when Christians around the globe unite as one voice in prayer for believers who are suffering for their faith. […]

Pacifist’s Story

by Rachel Beth Miller PENINSULA, Ohio — For 10 years, Tim and Yvette Coil have treasured the encouraging letters that were their lifeline during the Gulf War. Now the former soldier and his wife want to express their thanks. While serving with the U.S. Army in the early 1990s, Tim had come to the conclusion […]

September 11: Conservative Christian American Responses

Finally, The Truth on National TV Billy Graham’s daughter was being interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her “How could God let something like this happen?” And Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said “I believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but […]

The Roots Of Islamic Anger

By PETER BEAUMONT Monday 29 October 2001 The teenagers were teasing us in bad English. “Do you like bin Laden?” asked the one leaning over my chair. “Do you respect him?” he pestered, giggling with his friends. In the barber’s shop opposite the mosque in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of […]

Science And Religion

Harvard conference explores interface between science and religion by Barbara Smith-Moran November 2001 (ENS) Those who minister in a scientific and technological milieu know how difficult it is to induce scientists and engineers to talk about their religion or spiritual expression. While they belong to parishes in the same proportion as other Americans, they are […]