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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.

Jesus – An Islamic Perspective

By and others ⋅ June 14, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

If Jesus is god or the son of God then why…….. In the Name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful To my fellow People of the Book and fellow siblings of Adam, I would like to draw your attention to the following facts in the hope that you may see the truth. For your own […]

Buddhist wars

By and others ⋅ June 9, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

One netfriend wrote: Just curious, how many wars have been fought between or among members of the various factions within Buddhism? And another: Bloody fights among Buddhists is a theme on reality TV in the US. They love to beat each other senseless. So much for the peaceful religion. What a crock. And a third: […]

Mithras

By and others ⋅ June 7, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

One netfriend wrote: Read about the mythology of Mithras and Osiris in just about any book or general web site devoted to world religions or mythology and you will see the similarities. .. Another responded:. No, don’t do this. There is any amount of twaddle online. May I suggest that you look at what ancient […]

And you thought Buddhists were peaceful :-)!

By and others ⋅ June 6, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Street-fighting monks defrocked after dust-up (From this morning’s (Melbourne) Age newspaper (2nd June 2005): BANGKOK. Five Thai Buddhist monks have been defrocked and fined after a brawl with monks from a nearby temple. The street fight was the culmination of years of antagonism between monks from the two temples who had often exchanged curses, insults […]

Major Religions of the World

By and others ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Ranked by Number of Adherents (Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.) 1.. Christianity: 2.1 billion 2.. Islam: 1.3 billion 3.. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion 4.. Hinduism: 900 million 5.. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million 6.. […]

Global Good News Book Review

By and others ⋅ May 16, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Global Good News | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. The title of the book, Global Good News, would appear to be a misnomer. The authors refer to “the cosmic Christ”, “a forgiven universe”, a “cosmic worldview”, “the whole cosmos” – even “advanced extraterrestrial civilizations”. Perhaps this should have been named “Inter-Galactic Good News”! Global […]

The New Ecumenism and Christian Witness to Society

By and others ⋅ May 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Dr. Thomas Oden, chairman of the IRD Board of Directors, addresses the audience at IRD’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, DC. http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=470745&ct=416129, found on 20 Apr 2005 [NOTE: This is a revision of the Address given on the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, Oct. 1, 2001, omitting IRD […]

Guidelines for Christian-Muslim Dialogue

By and others ⋅ May 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=470745&ct=416181, found on 20 Apr 2005 Alan Wisdom Within the Church, Christian-Muslim relations have been largely the concern of a small group of specialists. All that changed on September 11, 2001. Who are Muslims? What do they believe? What are the differences among Muslims? Can Christians and Muslims live together peacefully in the same society? […]

Keeping a Christian Image

By and others ⋅ May 3, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

By Miss Weisha Lau Chiu Asian Correspondent Recently I was visiting in Thailand on Church business. I met the young lady pictured below. She was very proud of being a good Christian (“pride goeth before a fall”). Being a good Christian, it is so very important, not only to be saved, but also to look […]

Global Missiology For The 21st Century

By and others ⋅ April 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:15 AM GLOBAL MISSIOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY | BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough This is a weighty tome. It also has a weighty price. However, it would be a book well worth having. It emerges from the Iguassu Missiological Consultation, held in Brazil in October 1999 – a conference […]

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