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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 Truth?

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

“woz” <> wrote in message . > > “Graeme Hunt” < [> wrote in message > . > > On Tue, 14 May 2002 09:22:59 GMT, “Mark Tindall” > > <> wrote: > > > > >I check for truth first. > > > > Mark …. define truth. > > > > > Jesus […]

Buddhism And Christianity

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

This prayer request (that the Spirit will move in the hearts of people going to hear the Dalai Lama) seems to be based on the assumption that the Dalai Lama is on the opposite side to us in the great spiritual struggle for the hearts and minds of the people in our society, and that […]

Are We Alone?

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

CS Lewis’s Space trilogy proposes an intersting hypothesis Basically CS Lewis surmises that there is life beyond Planet Earth and that God is known to all life within the universe but that Earth is special for it was where God came and lived as one of the inhabitants of the planet. In otherwords Earth is […]

Diversity

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

And my two cents’ worth is that Raymond Brown and others have suggested there are at least seven (or is it nine?) major versions _in the New Testament_ of what it means ‘to follow Jesus’… Yesterday I preached on Pentecost, and suggested that if we ask Paul and Luke to tell us what the Holy […]

Tongues (Again!)

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Christian Graus wrote: >*sigh* Are you saying that God is a liar because a counterfiet is >possible for people who look at natural rather than spiritual things ? No, he is hinting that pentes are incorrect if they say alll MUST speak in tongues as a sign that they are Trew Kristyuns. “Do ALL [Christians] […]

C.S. Lewis On Jesus Christ

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

 ³I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a […]

Free Will

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~ wrote in message . ~> What’s the big deal? If god didn’t want this to happen, it would happen. ~How ~> could it be otherwise? Unless, of course, you believe he’s setting back ~> watching the drama unfold. Maybe he’s amused by it all. After all, ~what’s more ~> humorous than christian killing christian. […]

John Spong

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

If I Have Seen the Future of the Church, I Do Not Like it There are people who think that Europe or North America are the most secular parts of the world. But I would submit that this “honor” is held by New Zealand and Australia. Recent polls in New Zealand indicate that 84 percent […]

Costello Vs. Jenson

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

Following is a copy of the full article written by Tim before it was edited to fit space requirements in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. It might be helpful in the discussion… ————- Dr. Peter Jensen has expressed a common nostalgic view doing the rounds in many church circles. This is the loss […]

Robert Funk’s Jesus

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

http://www.westarinstitute.org/Polebridge/Title/Credible/credible.html Robert W. Funk, founder of Jesus Seminar, finds “A Credible Jesus” in his new book on Jesus’ vision for today SANTA ROSA, CA – SANTA ROSA, CA – In A Credible Jesus: Fragments of a Vision, published this month by Polebridge Press, Robert W. Funk, founder and director of the Jesus Seminar, works out […]

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