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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

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.

Sartre & God

Quoting from Sartre in Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre’ (Translated by Patrick O’Brian; Penguin; London:1984) p 436 – 443 … interviews with Sartre just before his death [DB = De Beauvoir S = Sartre] ********************************************* DB: Among these friends were there any who tried to persuade you – I don’t say convert […]

Pomos Vs. Mods

L E A D E R S H I P W E E K L Y Your Practical, Digital Guide to Christian Leadership From Leadership journal and ChristianityToday.com —————————————————————– Web site: http://LeadershipJournal.net/ AOL Keyword: Leadership Journal Thursday, February 13, 2003 POMOS VS. MODS: THE SMACKDOWN ————————-Advertisement————————— INTRODUCING LIFE TOGETHER SMALL GROUP CURRICULUM Get a FREE […]

Theological Themes In Harry Potter

Jeanette Matthews finds rich theological themes in J.K. Rowling’s popular children’s books. One only has to formally study literature at school or university to realise that many great stories – secular and religious – have points of contact with the story of Jesus revealed in the Christian scriptures. At all times through the ages some […]

Suffering, Pain And U2

From a netfriend: Like I have repeatedly said the problem of evil, pain, suffering has not been solved by anyone. I answer as honestly as I can above. Read Job. God doesn’t give him a decent answer. God kills his family. If this is really the work of God then we are ALL in big […]

Cellular Memory And The Lord’s Supper

Cellular Memory and the Lord’s Supper (by Kim Thoday) Dr. Paul Pearsall, a psycho-neuro-immunologist (try saying that with a mouth full of marbles!) has written a book entitled The Heart’s Code. Pearsall postulates a relatively new scientific theory. He maintains that although the heart’s physiological function is to pump blood through our lungs and then […]

Rewriting The Bible For Women

with Rachael Kohn on Sunday 17/08/2003 Summary: It’s what Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza of Harvard Divinity School has been doing for more than 30 years. In a rare interview, the Grand Dame of feminist biblical criticism explains why she’s remained at the radical end of biblical interpretation. Guests on this program: Elisabeth Sch ¼ssler Fiorenza is renowned […]

Conflict Management 101

August 21, 2003 A sermon preached at Bradley Hills Church, Bethesda, MD, July 21, 2003 By the Rev. Susan R. Andrews Moderator, 215th General Assembly Reprinted from Perspectives, the electronic magazine of the Office of the General Assembly Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 A few years before the Berlin Wall fell, Dr. Seuss wrote a parody of […]

Wholeness From The Parts

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-169 (Leadership Issues) WHOLENESS FROM THE PARTS by J B Phillips In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it difficult seriously to imagine that anyone could be called not to be an evangelist. The man of vision and imagination finds it difficult to see the value of those who do no more […]

Why Do People Join Religious Cults?

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-166 (Topical sermon) WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN RELIGIOUS CULTS? Jude 1-25 by Rod Benson You might ask why we should spend valuable time on religious cults and non-Christian religions, and it’s a good question. Australian society is multicultural and pluralist, recognising and embracing a wide variety of ethnic cultures within its structure, […]

Postmodernism

what you mean by “post-modern”? Literally “after modernism”. A good introduction at http://www.design-training.com/art/postmodernism.html This is part of that link …… Postmodernism Postmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define, because it is a concept that […]