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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.

What The Revival Centres Believe

Garry and Jill Allen wrote:>> The following quote is courtesy of “Today”, a magazine published by the> Hunter Revival fellowship Inc, picked up by a friend of mine at their> annual conference> “What we believe…> We believe in the infallibility of the Bible.> We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.> We believe the […]

Titanic: Theological And Other Reflections

I visit the cinema about one or twice a year, when my adult daughters tellmeI’ve ‘gotta see it’. I’m not a film-buff and write few film-reviews (thoughsee ‘Dead Man Walking’ on our website). Anyway, last week we saw Titanic. I don’t want to spoil it for you, but Iwondered… What are the necessary ingredients for […]

The Inerrancy Of The Bible

Graeme wrote:>> In view of the attack by rationalistic liberalism in this ng on the> Word of God I am posting the following which is the accepted stance of> amost all biblicists. I did not write it and I do not know who did,> but I certainly agree with it.>> The Inerrancy of the Bible […]

Religion And Spirituality

Anyone want to comment on this (found in someone’s sig)…: Religion is for people who are afraid of going to Hell; Spirituality is for people who have been there and don’t want to go back! Nigel B. Mitchell wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 1998 03:53:07 GMT, (Graeme) wrote: Graeme, I was trying with a friend […]

Implications For The Church As China Approaches The 21st Century

Analysis by Brent Fulton (in China Watch No. 10) Given the Party’s intolerance toward social organizationsthat couldbe perceived as constituting a political threat and its fearthatforeign political forces hostile to China will use religious involvement in China as a means of forcing political change,the Partywill likely continue its efforts to force all Christians tofunctionwithin the […]

Liberalis, Evangelicals & Fundamedalists

Darren R Middleton wrote: > > G’day Folks, > > I thought I might share some of my thoughts on theological tags > in light of their usage on arc. > > Liberal: A Christian who subjugates revelation to reason. > > Evangelical: A Christian who holds the belief reason is fallen > and only […]

Dr Gordon Moyes – The Latest

Uniting Church in Australia (NSW) January 30, 1998 Moyes bounces back The Pastoral Relations Committee of the Uniting Church’s Sydney Presbytery has let the Rev. Dr Gordon Moyes continue as Superintendent of Wesley Mission pending an appeal against a December 10 presbytery decision not to extend his settlement for three years. Dr Moyes, formerly a […]

Newsgroup Posts For February 1998

Subject: Moore college graduates… Robin L. Harwood wrote: > The minister whose name I cannot recollect was a former prominent > lecturer at Moore College yet he had changed his views after > being in this parish It’s very naughty of me to lift this observation out of a larger/interesting post, but I can’t resist […]

Scientology’s War On The Internet

[ Note from Rowland: Someone from the Church of Scientology has contacted me asking for the publication of their point of view on this. See  http://jmm.org.au/articles/14171.htm ] Scientology launches new censorship attack on Internet! Scientology has launched a new censorship attack on the Internet, one designed to clog search mechanisms. By spamming Internet search mechanisms, Scientology […]

A Pome I Rote

From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: a pome I rote Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 05:02:07 GMT GG and OJ were Christians they thought they new it all and when they came to a.r.c they thought they'd have a ball "with Greek declensions numerous and cries of 'no, it's not' we'll show you poor […]