Apologetics
TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012)
CHURCHES VS GAYS: WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS IMPASSE? Review/Summary: TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012). Note 1. Disclosure: I (still) call myself an Evangelical. Archbishop David Penman launched my book on Evangelicals in 1986. Before that, in the 1970s I was Victorian media spokesperson for the Festival of […]
Changing Household/Marriage Arrangements in Australia
First: study these statistics. What do they tell us? GRAPHIC:  Changing households Relationship to nominated household member 2011 % change since 2006 Husband, wife or partner in a registered marriage 7,647,044  6.8% Husband, wife or partner, de facto, opposite-sex 1,411,345  18.3% Husband, wife or partner, de facto, male same-sex 33,719  29.6% Husband, wife or […]
The Woolwich Killing: “We must fight them as they fight us.”
Posted: 22 May 2013 02:31 PM PDT Today in Woolwich, England, a man reported to be a British soldier was cut down by two Anglo-African Muslims wielding knives and a machete. One of the killers, speaking in a home-grown English accent, is heard on video to say: “We swear by almighty Allah we will never […]
Are Christians More Like Jesus or More Like the Pharisees?
April 30, 2013 – One of the common critiques leveled at present-day Christianity is that it’s a religion full of hypocritical people. A new Barna Group study examines the degree to which this perception may be accurate. The study explores how well Christians seem to emulate the actions and attitudes of Jesus in […]
“Social Justice”— a term the Religious Right despises… Really?
Sightings Spotlight on the Religious Left by Martin E. Marty Monday | May 13 2013 Almost always Sightings takes off from the sighting of a particular recent news event. This week, for fun and games, we’ll make an exception and address a generic theme: the religious left. Several weeks ago we commented on Jim Wallis, […]
Victoria: the Progressive State
Welcome to Victoria, the progressive state Date May 10, 2013 Gay Alcorn Columnist Politically, socially and culturally, Victorians are a breed apart from other Australians. Parochialism aside, Melbourne isn’t some backwater; it’s Australia’s fastest growing city and, by some accounts, will be its largest in a little over a decade. Illustration: Andrew Dyson. An […]
The Boston Bombings: Dr Mark Durie’s comments
The Boston Bombings and Understanding the Islamic Worldview – Interview with Mark Durie on Christian Worldview Radio Posted: 05 May 2013 03:00 PM PDT This in an edited transcript of an interview of Mark Durie by David Wheaton on Christian Worldview Radio. David Wheaton:   Perhaps you watched the Boston Marathon bombings that killed four people and injured […]
Same-sex Marriage: New Zealand vs Australia
Hopelessly out of tune on same-sex marriage Date: April 19, 2013 Steve Dow Arts writer New Zealand forges ahead with a new progressive law, but in Australia, both sides of politics are bogged down in conservatism. Illustration: Andrew Dyson. In the New Zealand Parliament, they were singing. Yes, singing. A century-old Maori love song, no less. […]
Climate Change: why carbon pricing/trading isn’t working
Wrong way, go back BY:BJORN LOMBORG From:The Australian April 08, 2013 The political responses to climate change have proven ineffective. It’s time for the world’s nations to dramatically rethink their long-term approach. Picture: AP Source: AP I HAVE been involved in the climate debate for more than a decade but I am still amazed at how wrong […]
Syria’s six simultaneous conflicts
April 17, 2013 01:23 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The conflict in Syria has assumed more dangerous dimensions with the latest developments along the Syrian-Lebanese border, where forces with and against both the Syrian government and Hezbollah have engaged in cross-border shelling. This builds on a recent spate of tit-for-tat kidnappings […]
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