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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.

Shakespeare And The Kjv Bible

By and others ⋅ April 14, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems I’ve been called upon again to drag out my books one more time before the holidays… so here is a summary of what I was able to find about the King James Version: The only connection Shakespeare has to the KJV is that he was alive when it was published in 1611. (No […]

Jesus’ Face ;-)

By and others ⋅ March 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.rejesus.co.uk/community/voting/votes/faces_jesus.html

Dangers Of Fundamentalism

By and others ⋅ March 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Pedants and partisans Terry Eagleton argues that fundamentalism is characterised by a dangerous reverence for words Saturday February 22, 2003 The Guardian There are two things desirable for fighting fundamentalists. The first is not to be one yourself. The US government’s war on the movement is somewhat compromised by the fact that it is run […]

Getting The Center Of Faith Right

By and others ⋅ March 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Sunday, 2 March 2003 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org What or who do you put at the center of your faith? Some people put the Bible at the center of their faith. The books of the Bible were written over a thousand year period by many different authors. These […]

Fundamentalism

By and others ⋅ March 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a netfriend: This response is also at http://www.onemansweb.org/jan/studies/funds/rough.html, where the formatting will probably make it easier to read. Rough around the edges One Man’s Web > Fundamentalism > Rough around the edges March 2 200 The following comes from a news group I’m on: “Inerrant means incapable of being wrong. You guys don’t make […]

Do Miracles Of Healing Happen Today?

By and others ⋅ March 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

One netfriend: Do miracles of healing happen today? This is more than an academic question. It is a question which is vital for the religious practitioner because it affects the horizon of hope in which people live. Let me give a typical scenario. Someone is diagnosed with a cancerous tumour. The tumour is treated with […]

Just War Theory And The Bible

By and others ⋅ March 1, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Time for War? WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? In any discussion of war, it is unlikely that ‘the Church’ (i.e. the mass of Christians) will speak with ‘one voice’ on the matter. That is because of two complementary aspects of the Bible’s teaching. On the one hand, the Bible teaches that people powerfully pursue their […]

Van Gogh And Bob Dylan

By and others ⋅ February 27, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a netfriend: “Vincent van Gogh: the failed evangelical” … or Why Bob Dylan doesn’t go to church I’m reading a book about evangelicals… who they are, where they came from, why they might be important, what they believe. The book by evangelical scholar, Stan Grenz a Canadian baby boomer: “Renewing the Centre” I heard […]

Fundamentalism And U2

By and others ⋅ February 24, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

The new fundamentalists are very, very dangerous. To quote a preacher, “I had a sneak look at the back of the book” so I know that the good guys will win in the end. In the meantime, the bad guys are in control and religion has become an industry – something that has more in […]

Fundamentalists And Liberals

By and others ⋅ February 24, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

From a netfriend: Believe me, I am just as critical of so-called “liberalism” in theology. Let me draw an analogy. In the world of science we have science and science-fiction. In science-fiction people let their imaginations run wild, albeit informed by some scientific notions. However, if you want to do real science you must operate […]

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