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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.

Bible Origins

Subject: Re: Bible origins Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:10:54 GMT From: Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In article , Richard Kerr wrote: > Robert L. Johnson wrote: > > > > The origins of the Bible can be found at > > http://www.deism.com/biblevotes.htm You may be surprised! > > This page is a monsterous misrepresentation of Crossan's […]

Caffeine Fix For World Poor

Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 15 September 1999 By ADELE HORIN If every Australian sacrificed a cappuccino a week it would put a dent in world poverty, an international conference in Sydney was told yesterday. Mr Julian Disney, world president of the International Council on Social Welfare, said the United Nations had estimated that worldwide access […]

Miracles

Subject: Re: Quotes for today: Miracles Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:15:25 +0000 From: Mary Older Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian In article <3765E113.954B80>, Graham J Weeks writes >I don't believe in miracles – I depend upon them. Raymond Dale > >The rejection as unhistorical of all passages which narrate miracles is >sensible if we start by knowing […]

The Jubilee Line That Works

Debt-relief campaign Jubilee 2000 can now claim its great victory, thanks to Leviticus Will Hutton (Saturday October 02 1999 – The Guardian)  So who said religion was dead and there was no God? Certainly not the 41 heavily indebted poorest countries after President Clinton’s pledge last week to forgo all $6 billion debt owed to […]

Truth

The greatest jihad is to say the truth in front of the king. — Hadith Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. — Mark Twain One of the great difficulties is to keep before the audience’s mind the question of Truth. They always think you are recommending Christianity not because it is true but […]

Reckless Abandon

I do not want you to become sharers in demons (1 Corinthians 10:20). While Christians have been questioning the reality of demonic influence in the church, the world has charged into the spiritual realm with reckless abandon. The Western world is experiencing a massive paradigm shift in its worldview, as best seen in the rise […]

The Days In Genesis 1

Subject: Re: Liberals vs conservatives Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:11:57 GMT From: (St.Athanasius) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Dear Daniel, >I'm not one to take Genesis 1ff literally, but […]

God Vs The Gods

Subject: Re: Praise God for prayers answered? Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 07:06:28 GMT From: (St.Athanasius) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Hi Theo, I said: >The proclamation of the existence of God is strengthened by the >> billions of people that believe in Him. You know that this is not the >> case with imaginary tooth fairies. You […]

What Do We Do With An Adulterous Bishop?

"Risk for a legalistic church" Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 5 October 1999 The Anglicans painted their bishop into a nasty corner, writes CHRIS McGILLION. Most people would be acquainted with the passage in the Gospels in which Jesus says it would be better for a man to have a millstone tied around his neck and […]

Flood: Geological Evidence

C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y by the Editors at ReligionToday.com November 19, 1999 Dramatic new evidence supports the Bible’s account of Noah’s Flood. Deep-sea explorers have discovered a coastline on the floor of the Black Sea, providing evidence of a sudden catastrophic […]