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South Korean Catholic and other churches
South Korea’s Catholic Church: Poster Child for a Fresh Pontificate by TIMOTHY S. LEE Thursday | Sept 4 2014 When Pope Francis visited South Korea in mid-August, he participated in the Sixth Asian Youth Day, consoled parents of teenagers who had perished in a capsized ferry, expressed solidarity with women who had been forced into sexual […]
My Muslim religion has problems that need fixing
Date August 29, 2014 – 12:00AM Glenn Mohammed Under attack: The Muslim community is quick to stand up and use its democratic right to protest against being singled out. I am an Australian, I am a Muslim. I am an Australian Muslim. The recent actions of the group known as Islamic State have put my […]
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Some notes from a Progressive (Evangelical) Christian Viewpoint
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Some notes from a Progressive (Evangelical) Christian Viewpoint Note from Rowland: This article has been published in Gesher, the official journal of the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria), Vol. 4 No. 5, November 2014. As I write, today (14/7/2014) the story of a gay man who ¢â‚¬â„¢s just come out of his painful […]
Karma: what does it really mean?
Instant karma ¢â‚¬â„¢s gonna get you Wednesday 2 July 2014 Kerry Stewart IMAGE: THAI BUDDHIST POURS WATER ON A STATUE OF THE BUDDHA AS A ‘MAKE MERIT’ OFFERING IN BANGKOK, THAILAND (PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Buddhists and Hindus are facing challenges due to a misunderstanding of karma, and the related concept of rebirth. In Asia, some are reassessing their beliefs […]
Chinese Christians’ Message for the West
Christians in China Have a Message for the West: Don’t Focus on Our Oppression, Focus on Our Values by PAUL H. B. CHANG June 26 2014 Like many Chinese Christians of his generation, Brother Bai had a stirring autobiography shaped by China ¢â‚¬â„¢s tumultuous 20th century. He told me matter-of-factly that he had been imprisoned twice […]
The Challenge of First-World Re-evangelization
Tuesday, 3 June 2014 | Charles Ringma The ¢â‚¬Ëœworld ¢â‚¬â„¢ of global Christianity has changed radically. In the 1800 ¢â‚¬â„¢s 80% of all Christians were Westerners. Today 70% of all Christians belong to what we call ¢â‚¬Ëœthe majority world. ¢â‚¬â„¢ And not only have we become the minority, but the church in the West is not doing all […]
Christians, Muslims in the double vision of Miroslav Volf
Christians, Muslims in the double vision of Miroslav Volf Richard Shumack ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 27 MAY 2011 IF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CAN REJECT BOTH VIOLENCE AND DISENGAGEMENT AND WALK THIS DIFFICULT ROAD TOGETHER, THEN DISAGREEMENT CAN LEAD, ULTIMATELY, TO TRUTHCREDIT: MATTHEW PERKINS (ABC LOCALSEE ALSO Related Story: A truly Islamic state would protect ChristiansROWAN WILLIAMS 10 MAR 2011 Related Story: The culture of […]
The Pope and the Future of the Catholic Church: a very important article…
What Pope Francis means for the Church in the modern world Frank BrennanABC RELIGION AND ETHICS13 NOV 2013 POPE FRANCIS IS NOT WATERING DOWN THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH. RATHER, HE ADMITS HONESTLY THAT WE HOLD IN TENSION DEFINITIVE TEACHINGS AND PASTORAL YEARNINGS, HELD TOGETHER BY MERCY AND FORGIVENESS.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Note from Rowland: This is ‘in house […]
A Talk to Salvation Army Seniors
Good morning friends. The location for this event – in the Crossway Church auditorium, and 50 metres from the Australian World Vision HQ – is all somewhat ‘deja-vu-ish’ for me: I spent nearly two decades working for a previous incarnation of these two institutions… My first contact with a Salvation Army person was with Mrs […]
OUR FATHER’S WORLD: how well do you know it?
For your church’s/group’s/family’s next ‘trivia’ night. (But these are not trivial…) According to Operation World (Jason Mandryk, WEC 2010, 978 pp.) there are 14 countries beginning with ‘A’. Here they are, with a significant/interesting fact about 12 of them: 1 Afghanistan: 48,000 mosques, not a single Christian church building; population 30 million; wars in the […]
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