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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.

The Jewish Question and Replacement Theology

The Jewish Question – Replacement Theology under critical review May 2005 Some notes from a friend, Mark Tronson (Mark would appreciate your feedback – mark[at]bushorchestra.com 1. A Theological Debate As this trip is associated with my personal Mission to Jewish people, I need to discuss with you a theological debate. To my mind there has […]

How Are We Meant to Understand Genesis? (Ken again)

* Shalom! Rowland Croucher * * http://jmm.org.au/ * (15000+ articles, 3200 clean jokes/stories) Ken [K] A quick response to one part of Don’s response. I’ll give a response to some other parts in a subsequent response. D: Some say, “The Bible is authoritative in matters of faith and practice”. This is dangerously deficient: if we […]

Document on Mary

ACNS 3983 | ACO | 27 MAY 2005 Global Launch of ARCIC Document on Mary Photographs for this item are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/39/75/acns3983.cfm Celebrating the completion of ARCIC’s work on MARY has included launching the book on three major occasions. On May 16 the principal launch took place in the Cathedral of St James (Roman […]

The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)

From a friend THE BATTLE FOR GOD – KAREN ARMSTRONG Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 Ballanti (January 30 2001) ISBN: 0345391691 Customer Reviews …. THE BATTLE FOR GOD is the story of the rise of religious fundamentalism, especially among Christians, Muslims and Jews. The subject is now even more timely than when the book was first […]

Excerpts from The Meaning Of Jesus: Two Visions

Excerpts from The Meaning Of Jesus: Two Visions – Marcus Borg The name Jesus has two referents. On the one hand, Jesus refers to a human figure of the past: Jesus of Nazareth, a Galilean Jew of the first century. On the other hand, in Christian theology, devotion, and worship, the name Christ who is […]

The Light in the Darkness by Marcus Borg

The Light in the Darkness by Marcus Borg Marcus J. Borg is Distinguished Professor of Religion, Oregon State University and author of many books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith; Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not […]

Soren Kierkegaard Online

Entire Books By Soren Kierkegaard Online 1.. Fear and Trembling by S ¶ren Kierkegaard (ENTIRE BOOK) The great mid-nineteenth century Danish poet-philosopher, in this classic philosophical text, explores, through the story of Abraham and his willing sacrifice of his son Issac, the nature of belief. It is in this text that Kierkegaard most clearly reveals his […]

This Hebrew Lord by John Shelby Spong

This Hebrew Lord by John Shelby Spong Published by The Seabury Press, New York, 1974. This material was prepared for Religon Online by Ted & Winnie Brock. Published by The Seabury Press, New York, 1974. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock. Preface This book is not a Christology but […]

Jesus was asked 183 questions

Richard Rohr “Although I have not been able to check it out, two different scripture scholars have told me that Jesus is asked 183 questions directly or indirectly among the four gospels. Do you know how many of these he directly answers? Three! Jesus’ idea of church is not about giving people answers but, in […]

Fundamentalism

From a friend: FINDING BIBLE TRUTH – FUNDAMENTALISM The essence of Fundamentalism is an unconditional acceptance that the Bible is literally infallible and that nothing written in it may be questioned. A fundamentalist will insist that anyone who does not believe this cannot be a Christian. It was a fundamentalist view of the Bible that […]