Apologetics
Greed – the Market’s Forgotten Vice
Greed is the market’s forgotten vice Date April 21, 2014 Ross Gittins The Sydney Morning Herald’s Economics Editor Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street… from the American dream to greed untold. Photo: Supplied Where do Easter and business intersect? Well, what about at greed. But what is unique to our age […]
Top 10 tips for atheists this Easter
OPINION THE DRUM JOHN DICKSON PHOTOThere is a dissonance between Christ’s “love your enemies” and Moses’ “slay the wicked”. DEAN LEWINS: AAP Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity, and instead quiz believers about Old Testament violence and hell, writes John Dickson. As an intellectual movement, Christianity has a […]
GOOD QUESTIONS ARE BETTER THAN BAD ANSWERS
[Rough draft of an early chapter in my new book, Questions & Responses, to be published later this year, 2014] ~~It’s 4.05 am April 18, 2014, and I’ve just been awakened by three experiences: a loud sound, a very recent memory,  and a deep feeling of amazement and grief… * The sound of heavy rain – a […]
Pope asks for forgiveness
by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Apr 14 2014 Holy Week in the Western Christian calendar is a time for Christians to confess their sins, ask for forgiveness, and seek to amend their lives. A billion believers will be doing all that in the five days ahead. Some may do it in their churches, some […]
‘Like it or not, global stability depends on American global leadership.’
Neocons: they’re not necessarily a bad thing Date April 10, 2014 Reihan Salam ‘Like it or not, global stability depends on American global leadership.’ Photo: AFP Eleven years ago last week, Baghdad fell to US forces. Donald Rumsfeld, who at the time was serving as George Bush’s defence secretary, famously dismissed the lawlessness that followed the […]
Corrupt regimes are the source of extremism and terrorism
Corrupt regimes are the source of extremism and terrorism September 20, 2006 Removing state support for terrorist groups must be the top priority, writes Colin Rubenstein. AFTER five years, we have avoided some of our worst post-September 11 fears. We have seen Bali, Madrid, London, Mumbai and many smaller attacks by terrorists driven by the […]
What’s wrong with Capitalism: the rising gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us
Capitalism simply isn’t working and here are the reasons why Economist Thomas Piketty’s message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us Thomas Piketty has mined 200 years of data to support his theory that capitalism does not work. Photograph: Ed Alcock for the Observer Will Hutton Sunday 13 April 2014 […]
Women’s lower incomes: how the hell does this still happen?
How the hell does this still happen? Date November 30, 2013 Wendy Squires Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg. Photo: Bloomberg Five grand a year. That’s how much more a male university graduate will earn as a starting annual salary than a woman with the same qualifications, according to a new COAG report. Not bad for simply being born […]
Christianity: a comedian’s view
Christianity may be weird, but it has a quiet strength MILTON JONES HERALD SUN APRIL 02, 2014 Over the centuries Christianity is a faith that has caused a huge splash, writes Milton Jones. Source:News Limited HELLO, I’m a comedian who is here for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I am also a Christian … and if […]
Asylum-seekers: an Open Letter to Scott Morrison
An open letter to Scott Morrison ​Immigration Minister Scott Morrison , who declared in his maiden speech to Parliament that his values and principles are derived from his Christian faith and from Scripture. 6/03/2014 by Linda Cusworth, Christian freelance writer and member of the Combined Refugee Action Group in Geelong ​Dear Mr Morrison, I have […]
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