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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.

Aboriginal Reconciliation

Some notes of a talk I gave in various places after a pilgrimage to Flinders Island. by ROWLAND CROUCHER Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let us go out to the field.’ And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, […]

Life Worth Living (Miroslav Volf)

Life Worth Living: Christian Faith and the Crisis of the Universities Miroslav Volf ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS30 APR 2014 PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION CHRISTIANITY CAN MAKE TO THE FLOURISHING OF UNIVERSITIES IS TO BUILD ROBUST HUMANITIES PROGRAMS IN WHICH THE QUESTION OF LIFE WORTH LIVING FIGURES PROMINENTLY.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.CO It appears that universities – at least, the world’s […]

Towards an ideas-rich society…

How many ideas does it take to change a culture? Knowledge will always be power, but the way it is understood and used is undergoing revolutionary change Good ideas rarely happen in isolation. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters Edwina Throsby Wednesday 30 April 2014  Most ideas we encounter in daily life are of little consequence: “I have […]

Christians, Muslims in the double vision of Miroslav Volf

Christians, Muslims in the double vision of Miroslav Volf Richard Shumack ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 27 MAY 2011 IF CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CAN REJECT BOTH VIOLENCE AND DISENGAGEMENT AND WALK THIS DIFFICULT ROAD TOGETHER, THEN DISAGREEMENT CAN LEAD, ULTIMATELY, TO TRUTHCREDIT: MATTHEW PERKINS (ABC LOCALSEE ALSO Related Story: A truly Islamic state would protect ChristiansROWAN WILLIAMS 10 MAR 2011 Related Story: The culture of […]

Engaging the flood of controversy over Noah

by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com  There has been a lot of controversy over the Noah movie, mainly from Christians. The controversy has been around the fact that the movie doesn’t follow the biblical story in many ways. In fact it has a bit of a Lord of the Rings feel to it, particularly with the inclusion of the rock-like […]

Children’s complaints to the UN could embarrass Canberra, but should be heard

April 20, 2014 Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan Illustration: Jim Pavlidis Is the Australian government scared of children? There can be no other explanation for why we have refused to sign on to the new system that allows children to bring complaints of human rights violations to the UN. Australia, along with almost every other […]

What Hitchens got wrong: Abolishing religion won’t fix anything

Hitchens believed atheism would end world conflict. But the world’s wars are about politics, not religion SEAN MCELWEE Christopher Hitchens (Credit: Twelve Books) Religion has once again become the “opiate of the people.” But this time, instead of seducing the proletariat into accepting its position in a capitalist society, it lulls atheists into believing that abolishing […]

C.S.Lewis’ Marriage and the Gay Marriage Controversy

March 31, 2014 What C.S. Lewis’ Marriage Can Tell Us About the Gay Marriage Controversy Why “welcome and wanted” is a biblical response to gay and lesbian couples in evangelical churches. by Ken Wilson Note: There’s a problem with the word-wrap below. Until I can fix it the original article is here: http://www.faithstreet.com/onfaith/2014/03/31/what-c-s-lewis-marriage-can-tell-us-about-the-gay-marriage-controversy/31512 ~~ I’m […]

Asking the Right Questions

The top Google articles… Are You Asking The Right Question? Forty years ago, someone asked a profound question that fundamentally changed how we communicate with each other every day. At the time, I was nine years old living in South Africa. When our family visited my grandfather’s farm for the holidays, the telephone we used was […]

Gender Identity: 57 different varieties!

NEWS University gender identity survey offers a mind boggling 57 different options but none are simply male or female TIM BLAIR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH APRIL 22, 2014 Norrie has won a High Court decision that paves the way for there to be three classifications of gender/sex — male, female, and other. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp […]