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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.

Sexuality – A Make Or Break Issue For The Church

SEXUALITY – A MAKE OR BREAK ISSUE FOR THE CHURCH On a visit to New Zealand earlier this year The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev Peter Jensen, spelt out to New Zealand evangelicals why he believes human sexuality is correctly the issue at which Anglican churches should consider breaking fellowship. Archbishop Jensen told a […]

Church Militant: Ann Coulter on God, Faith, and Liberals

Note from Rowland: Although I disagree with a lot of what she says, I like her ‘spunk’ and intelligence! ~~~ Church Militant: Ann Coulter on God, Faith, and Liberals The conservative pundit explains why liberals are ‘godless’ and why she considers herself a good Christian. Interview with Ann Coulter Ann Coulter, a constitutional lawyer turned […]

One more time: Baptists and Clericalist Language

(From another list): UC clergyperson: The Australian Uniting Church Code of Ethics makes it clear that it applies to all ministers (and a range of other people) whether they are in an approved placement or not. Rowland: (From the sidelines in this interesting discussion…) (I’m serious): who are these ‘other people’ who are *not* ‘ministers’? […]

How to tell if you’re a fundamentalist

Quiz : How to tell if you’re a fundamentalist Simply answer the multiple-choice questions, and total up your score at the end. You will be rated depending on how many A, B or C answers you gave (just like those wacky magazine quizzes!) ————————————————————————– 1. Your daughter announces that she has lost her faith in […]

Sydney Anglicans

I have mixed feelings about Sydney Anglicans. They belong to the largest evangelical Anglican diocese on the planet, and one of the two wealthiest. When I served as a Staffworker/evangelist with the InterVarsity Fellowship (later The Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students – AFES) for three years (1968-70) I often spoke at their churches and youth […]

Saying What We Believe

(~) Saying What We Believe We believe in God, who created us free and walks with us in the struggle for liberation. We believe in Christ, crucified again in the suffering of the poor, a suffering which calls out to the conscience of people and nations, a suffering which ends in resurrection. We believe in […]

Saying What We Believe

(~) Saying What We Believe We believe in God, who created us free and walks with us in the struggle for liberation. We believe in Christ, crucified again in the suffering of the poor, a suffering which calls out to the conscience of people and nations, a suffering which ends in resurrection. We believe in […]

The Interpretation of Scripture

By James D. Smart Notes from the review in The Expository Times, June 1962, pp. 257-8. The mystery and unique character of the Scriptures: their ‘ability to hide their meaning, sometimes for long periods, from even the most intelligent and earnest [interpreters], and then suddenly to disclose their meaning with revolutionary consequences… The Church has […]

Nigerian Anglicans: the latest

Communiqu © from the Episcopal Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Episcopal Synod held at All Saints’ Church Wuse Zone 5 Abuja from Tuesday 27 – Wednesday 28 June 2006 The Episcopal Synod of the Church of Nigeria met under God at All Saints’ church Abuja from 27th – 28th June 2006 with His […]

What Happens When Babies Die? [1]

From Rowland: I got this email this morning (sometime May 2006): Hi! My name is _ _ _ _ and I am the youth leader at _ _ _ _ Baptist Church. On Sunday at Bible Study some of the girls asked “where do babies go when they die?” My belief has always been that […]