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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 is a Fundamentalist?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ August 3, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

From Peter Cameron’s “Fundamentalism and Freedom” (Doubleday, Sydney: 1995) pp 36 -42 The word ‘Fundamentals’ in this context – in the sense of certain doctrines or elements which are foundational to Christianity, and in the absence of which it would cease to exist or at least no longer be recognisable as Christianity-was first used in […]

Stott on Inerrancy

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 29, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

“Commenting on the Lausanne Covenant phrase ‘without error in all that it affirms’, Stott writes: ‘Not everything included in scripture is true, because not everything recorded in scripture is affirmed by scripture.’ It would be naive, he argues, to declare that ‘every word in the Bible is true’. Consider, for example, the Book of Job. […]

‘Prophetic Word for Australia’ and some responses

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 27, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Below is the text of a ‘prophecy’ I circulated to friends, and some of their responses. Any comments? ~~~ These days most pastors will have someone come to them with something like the following… What wisdom do you have in response? Shalom! Rowland Croucher ~~~ [From a Pentecostal pastor-friend]: I have just received this word […]

What Is Secular Humanism?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 20, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Secular Humanism is a term which has come into use in the last thirty years to describe a world view with the following elements and principles: a.. A conviction that dogmas, ideologies and traditions, whether religious, political or social, must be weighed and tested by each individual and not simply accepted on faith. b.. Commitment […]

John A T Robinson on the Second Coming of Christ

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 19, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

John A T Robinson “The parousia is clearly understood, not as a separate catastrophic occurrence, but as a separate pervasion of the daily life of the disciples and the Church. The coming is an abiding presence.” [Jesus and His Coming (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1967), p .176] “Coming – presence” (Parousia) of Christ should not be seen […]

Alternate beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 19, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Alternate beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection by some liberal & mainline Christians …….. There is a near consensus among liberal, and some mainline theologians, that: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were not written by Jesus’ disciples but by person or persons whose names are unknown. Neither Paul nor any of the Gospel writers […]

Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ July 13, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Theological Dialogue ACNS 3847 | ACO | 28 JUNE 2004 Photographs for this item are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/38/00/acns3847.cfm The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue Canterbury, United Kingdom, June 2004 [ACNS] The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in the International Study Centre, Canterbury Cathedral, in the United Kingdom, from Monday, 21 […]

Pharisees Ancient and Modern

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 29, 2004 ⋅ One comment

Being an itinerant (‘hit-run’) preacher has some advantages. I remember a Sunday evening service in a conservative church in rural Victoria, Australia. They had big black Bibles and severe expressions… And they knew their Bibles, and were proud of that. It was a smallish group, so I decided to engage them in dialogue: ‘Who knows […]

New Bible translation

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ June 25, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

from http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39114 New Bible translation promotes fornication Archbishop of Canterbury praises version for ‘extraordinary power’ Posted: June 24, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A brand-new translation of the Bible – praised by Britain’s archbishop of Canterbury, that nation’s senior Christian voice – flatly contradicts traditional core Christian beliefs on sex and morality. Titled […]

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