Apologetics
Malala’s Petition: every child needs a good education…
https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/stand-with-malala-end-the-education-emergency-3# By Malala On 15 June fourteen girls were murdered in Pakistan simply because they wanted an education. Many people know my story but there are stories every day of children fighting for an education. The basic right to education is under attack around the world. We need change now and I need your help to achieve it. You […]
Power and Religion
You’re too powerful by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com  “When religion is too closely linked with power, the problem is not just that religion underwrites oppression, but that the gospel itself is lost. If Christ is just a baby or a dead body, I can keep on living and not allow Christ’s lordship to shed […]
Steven Fry — God Loves You!
(Interesting letter, written by a close friend… Rowland) As I read Stephen Ames’ article in the May edition of The Melbourne Anglican (Stephen Fry — God Loves You!), I tried to imagine I was Stephen Fry, and wondered whether the article would persuade me to abandon or modify my firmly held conviction that “the idea […]
The coming challenge for America: how to bind a nation of mutts
The coming challenge for America: how to bind a nation of mutts Date June 30, 2013 David Brooks The US is witnessing the demise of the old ethnic-racial order. America’s traditional ethnic make-up is changing. Photo: Photos.com Over the past few decades, American society has been transformed in a fit of absence of mind. First, it’s […]
Sex Without Bodies
Sex Without Bodies The church’s response to the LGBT movement must be that matter matters. Andy Crouch 6/26/2013 CRAIG F. WALKER / DENVER POST / GETTY Even as our culture has swiftly moved toward accepting same-sex marriage, the term “homosexual” has already disappeared among those who have taken the time to listen and learn from […]
First ‘three-parent baby’?
World’s first three-parent baby a step closer after UK approval Date: June 29 2013 Julia Medew Britain will become the first country to create babies with the DNA of three people. Parents at high risk of having children with severe disabilities such as muscular dystrophy will be offered the controversial new IVF treatment after it […]
(Some) Churches preach social justice, but (in education) do they practise it?
Churches’ choice: self-interest or Gonski? Date June 29, 2013 James Boyce Peter Garrett and Christopher Pine at the Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College in Burwood, Sydney, debate the funding of education in relation to the Gonski Report. Photo: Janie Barrett The future of the Gonski education reforms is now in the hands of Liberal premiers and […]
Climate Change: a good summary of the issues (for Australia)
Climate change: Abbott must get off the fence Date June 25, 2013 Tim Colebatch Tim Colebatch is The Age’s economic editor. Sooner or later Tony Abbott will have to reveal his plans to tackle climate change. Illustration: Matt Golding The Pulse Live: Politics from Parliament with Stephanie Peatling Tony Abbott never talks about climate change […]
Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries
Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries Barney Zwartz June 26, 2013 The Catholic Church is still impeding police pursuit and conviction of clergy sex offenders, according to a former head of Victoria Police’s sexual crimes squad. Former detective inspector Glenn Davies, who now works with victims of clergy sex abuse, says his experience of working with […]
Atheist ‘preacher’ talks from the heart
Atheist ‘preacher’ talks from the heart Date June 25, 2013 Former preacher Jerry DeWitt leads a secular service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo: Jennifer Zdon/New York Times It was Sunday, and 80 people were drawn together in a hotel ballroom in this Deep South town by a common conviction. Singing and light swaying. An impassioned sermon. […]
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