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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.

Does the New Testament Call Jesus God?

By and others ⋅ March 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Note from Rowland: I believe this is an excellent article addressing a very important question. Note that Dr. Vincent Taylor is not denying the Divinity of Christ (and, interestingly, capitalizes personal pronouns relating to Christ, a practice which is not customary among contemporary progressive/liberal – and even most conservative – scholars). For more on this […]

The Problem With Hell

By and others ⋅ March 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Note from Rowland: For more on this important topic see articles on hell – http://jmm.org.au/catalog/keyword/h-5.htm and universalism – http://jmm.org.au/catalog/keyword/u-3.htm ***** Hell is potentially a hot topic, and I approach it with some fear & trepidation. Yet it is an incredibly important topic, as, in its typically accepted form, Christians anticipate that many (possibly the majority) […]

Honest to God

By and others ⋅ March 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

John A T Robinson “Honest to God” (SCM Press: 1963) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traditional Christian theology has been based upon the proofs for the existence of God. … the proposition behind it is that there is an entity or being ‘out there’ whose existence is problematic and has to be demonstrated. Now such an entity, even if […]

My Confession: I Deny the Resurrection

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

…Someone asked if my theoretical position led me to denying the Resurrection of Christ. This question allowed me the opportunity to communicate clearly and concisely my thoughts on the subject, which I repeat here. Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone […]

Bushfires are not the judgment of God

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Many people will be aware of the comments by Pastor Danny Nalliah of Catch the Fire Ministries concerning the Victorian bushfires. He had a dream back in November in which he saw Victoria on fire and that God told him that Victoria would be judged for the Government’s decision to de-criminalise abortion. Pastor Danny sees […]

Ten virtues for theological students

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Monday, 2 February 2009 The ancients understood education as inculturation (pa?de?a) into a life of virtue (a?et?). The main point of my recent satirical post was to suggest that theological education should similarly be understood as formation in virtue, rather than (as is too often the case) an inculturation into the vices of academia. In […]

The Peculiar Life Of Sundays

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Robert Dessaix; 14/2/09; The Peculiar Life Of Sundays;   Stephen Miller;   Harvard University Press. A few weeks ago British rationalists sponsored advertisements on buses urging Britons to stay in bed on Sunday mornings because “God probably doesn’t exist”. If Stephen Miller is to be believed, they were barking up the wrong tree. Christians have been lolling […]

Knowing Jesus (James Alison)

By and others ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Knowing Jesus (James Alison) S P C K 1998 What does it mean to ‘know Jesus’? Conservative Christians answer with a formula – ‘receiving Jesus as your personal Saviour, and witnessing for him in the world’, or a dogma (Jesus is God) and/or as an experiential relationship (Alison calls this the ‘intimist’ approach, from the […]

Bishop N. T. Wright on the Bible and Ecumenism

By and others ⋅ February 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Attending a synod of bishops in Rome, Anglican bishop N. T. Wright reflects on the role that reading, praying, and studying Holy Scripture can play in forging deeper relationships across “denominational” divisions: Three months ago I had the privilege of being the Anglican Fraternal Delegate at the Synod of Bishops in […]

Being Christian in a sceptical climate

By and others ⋅ February 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

News Brief by Simon Barrow 4 Feb 2009 Of late I’ve spent a fair bit of time talking to humanist and secularist groups about religion and public life. Since Ekklesia’s agenda is based on commitment to a post-Christendom vision of the Christian faith which is about empowerment and example, rather than manipulation and domination, we […]

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