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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.

F F BRUCE: The Real Jesus

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve been devouring the easy-to-read books by this man (he wrote more than 40) for over 50 years. I’ve heard him speak only once (to a remarkably small meeting in Melbourne, sometime, I think, in the 1980s). He’s a far better writer than speaker. A quick check of the John Mark Ministries website and my […]

German Protestant head says a European Islam needed for dialogue

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

A European form of Islam needs to develop before a meaningful interfaith dialogue can take place on the continent, the new leader of Germany’s 24 million Protestants has said. “We are only at the beginning of a serious inter-religious discussion on a theologically high level and that is because there are problems with finding counterparts,” […]

Make a Difference (A Practical Guide to Lobbying) by Guy Barnett

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Senator Guy Barnett is an ideal person to write a ‘how to’ manual on lobbying Australian governments. He’s done it professionally (as a lawyer, operating out of Melbourne and Washington DC, and later running a government and public affairs business based in Hobart and Canberra). And as a Federal Liberal senator since 2002 he’s been […]

UN General Assembly Votes To Allow Gays To Be Executed Without Cause

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

November 22, 2010 Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people were once again subject to the whims of homophobia and religious and cultural extremism this week, thanks to a United Nations vote that removed ¢â‚¬Å“sexual orientation ¢â‚¬ from a resolution that protects people from arbitrary executions. In other words, the UN General Assembly this week voted to […]

Buddhism and Violence

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

*Sightings* 11/22/2010 * Buddhism and Violence* – Martin E. Marty Buddhism and Islam came off as the two ¢â‚¬Å“faith communities ¢â‚¬ to whom other Americans feel least warm, according to a Faith Matters survey of 2007. Robert Putnam and David Campbell ponder this in *American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, *which *Sightings* has visited […]

Gay Marriage – an oxymoron?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If marriage is so good, why not invite everyone in? November 21, 2010 IT DIDN’T take much for a wave of pro-gay marriage sentiment to echo through the socially liberal wing of the Labor Party. A Greens motion that politicians should ”gauge their constituents’ views” on gay marriage (which you’d have thought was their job […]

What’s Left?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 22, 2010 ⋅ One comment

November 20, 2010 Going Against the Grain Rejected. Muted. Belittled. Disrespected. Shamed. Persecuted. Ignored. Ridiculed. Shunned. Severed relationships. Loneliness. Isolated. Shut out. Not heard. Invalidated. These words describe what it’s like when you find yourself not relating to the Republican Christian Right but still consider yourself a Christian. It’s what happens when you don’t conform […]

Humanity has one minute left (David Suzuki)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

David Suzuki: Legacy Tour Posted on October 25, 2010 According to David Suzuki last night at the Opera House, humanity is in the 59th minute, and we ¢â‚¬â„¢re on a suicidal path of economic growth. He gives us an example from science ¢â‚¬“ a test tube full of bacteria ¢â‚¬“ to illustrate the non-negotiable laws of […]

Religious Freedom (November 2010)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ November 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Wed Nov 17, 2010 By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – The United States voiced concern on Wednesday over deteriorating religious freedoms in many parts of the world, including several European countries where “harsh measures” limiting religious expression have been put in place. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the latest State Department report […]

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