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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.

Refugees / asylum seekers – quo vadis?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 25, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Now for a rethink on our response to refugees… Date September 17, 2015 Louise Newman We now have the opportunity to reaffirm our social commitment to children’s wellbeing and make compassion a reality. Illustration: Rocco Fazzari Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull inherits several matters demanding attention, including a complex legacy of distress and damage to asylum […]

Village where girls turn into boys at puberty

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 23, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

The astonishing village where little girls turn into boys aged 12 In a remote village in the Dominican Republic girls become boys at puberty because of a rare genetic disorder Catherine and his cousin Carla photo credit BBC/Jon Sayers By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 20 Sep 2015 In every way, Johnny is physically and biologically […]

Religious Responses to Refugee Crises

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 22, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Refugee Crisis By MARTIN E. MARTY SEPT 21, 2015 The floods of ocean waters in tsunamis occasioned by earthquakes and the floods of humans as refugees occasioned by deathly regimes, revolutions, and food-and-shelter shortages, dominated recent headlines. What their topics have in common is a profound awareness that no one has effective ways frontally to […]

Letter to a new Prime Minister

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 20, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

I was going to write a letter to Australia’s

Japan and the issue of ‘Comfort Women’

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 18, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Japanese Religions and the Issue of

Climate Change, not Terrorism, is the greatest threat in the Middle East

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 17, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

The World

Review/summary: Changing our Mind, David P. Gushee, 2nd ed., 2015

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 10, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Throughout history the three major branches of the Christian Church – Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant – have disagreed on many things, but they have shared a rare point of unity in their antipathy towards the ‘Christ-killing’ Jews. For two millennia this anti-Judaism/anti-Semitism was fuelled mainly by three New Testament passages: Matthew 27:25 (‘his […]

Abortion: Pope Francis’s Message of Mercy

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 8, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

True and Generous Forgiveness’: Pope Francis’s Message of Mercy to Abortion Survivors Austen IvereighABC RELIGION AND ETHICS3

Big Tobacco or Guns and Rockets: which kills more people???

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ September 3, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Why Big Tobacco is after our children August 26, 2015 Mike Daube There are signs the tobacco industry will fight to the bitter end to make sure nothing gets in the way of their goal of profiting from death and disease. Big Tobacco is fighting back against Australia’s world-leading plain packaging, and as ever children […]

LGBTI Equality: a Pot Pourri of articles