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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.

Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation

By and others ⋅ June 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

[One of the best and most competent recent summaries of the research…] ‘Enduring change to an individual ¢â‚¬â„¢s sexual orientation  is uncommon. The participants in this body of research  continued to experience same-sex attractions following  SOCE and did not report significant change to othersex attractions that could be empirically validated,  though some showed lessened physiological arousal to  all sexual stimuli. Compelling […]

Islam and Christianity: getting the differing perspectives right

By and others ⋅ June 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Archbishop of Dhimmitude? A press release from Lambeth The following press release from Lambeth Palace, issued on Tuesday June 14, has some positive features, including its concern for religious freedom and religious rights.   However it has grave weaknesses, quite apart from the mis-naming of the OIC (it is the Organisation for the Islamic Conference, not […]

CONSERVATISM AND HATRED

By and others ⋅ June 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Naming Hate If  you tell me that being who I am is sinful and that I must repent of who I am to be worthy of God….    If you use these views to spread fear and self loathing amongst people like me, causing much anguish among and contributing to self-harm by and violence against me […]

Attitudes towards Abortion among American Religious Groups

By and others ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

*Sightings* 6/13/2011 — Martin E. Marty Life is short, and if you want to spend what ¢â‚¬â„¢s left of it examining the results of the latest poll of attitudes towards abortion, follow the link to the Public Religion Research Institute and receive the unsummarized set of findings. If you have other uses with that time and […]

Egypt: Salafis’ Agenda behind Christian Persecution

By and others ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

WEA-RLC Research and Analysis Report ————————————————————- June 13, 2011 A recent spate of violence in Egypt, mostly incited by conservative Salafi Muslims after President Hosni Mubarak ¢â‚¬â„¢s downfall, has left over 24 killed, more than 200 wounded and three churches destroyed. The perception of threat to the Christians is so severe that many of them are […]

Prisoners in the State of Victoria, Australia:

By and others ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Prisoners in the State of Victoria, Australia: 90% of males, 80% of females haven’t completed high school; 60% of males 76% of females were unemployed when imprisoned; Indigenous Australians are 14 times more likely to be imprisoned; 50% of prisoners have two or more ‘social disadvantages’ (homelessness, psych issues, unemployment, intellectual disability etc.); 87% of […]

Love is an Orientation (Andrew Marin, IVP, 2009)

By and others ⋅ June 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Update   (March 2013): Andrew and Brenda has just visited Melbourne. I was privileged to chair a meeting we convened for church leaders and others. I also heard them both speak at St Martins’ Collingwood. (See below for my notes from these two occasions. They are two very special people). (I didn’t include this bit, from […]

Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community

By and others ⋅ June 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community (Paperback) “Love is an Orientation” could have been written by many of us. My last 18 years as out gay man, being involved in of the many diversities of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community and 22 years living totally within a Christian […]

Islam and Women’s Rights

By and others ⋅ May 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

OIC Fatwa on Domestic Violence and the Rights of Women in Islam In April 2009, the Islamic Fiqh Academy made a ruling entitled  ¢â‚¬ËœDomestic Violence ¢â‚¬â„¢. This is a highly significant document which reflects a high-level consensus of leading Muslim scholars in the world today. It was clearly issued in the context of criticisms of Islam […]

Palestine: pray for Justice and Peace

By and others ⋅ May 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Joint action for just peace is the theme for the “World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel” 29 May-4 June. The WCC is calling for churches to plan their focus around 3 principles: * Praying with churches living under occupation * Educating about actions that make for peace * Advocating with political leaders using […]

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