Apologetics
Review: Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity
Note: I try to review an important book each week. This is probably the most significant one I’ve ever written.  Rowland September 21, 2012 ~~ Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith, (Harper/ H&S, 2010, 2011). How did this man get such theological erudition but has never attended […]
Islamic rage against US overlooks history of common goals
Date September 18, 2012 Timothy Lynch America’s bias towards Muslim interests has been forgotten. AS religious protesters, claiming Koranic inspiration, attack US embassies and their staff, with the demonstrations taking an Australian form in recent days, how are we to understand their motives? The standard explanation is that the West generally and the US specifically […]
Diverse Sexuality and Gender – a collection of writings
On 1st September 2012, I was privileged to attend a whole-day conference titled ‘A Different Conversation’ – a marvelous opportunity to interact with about 60 others to discuss matters of interest/concern to ‘DSG’ (“Diverse Sexuality and Gender”) friends. Here’s a rough copy of an excellent collection of articles distributed on that day: A collection of […]
North Korea: the world’s saddest country?
Can North Korea’s agony find an end? Reviewed by Spengler September 11, 2012 Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrick Melanie Kirkpatrick tells one of the saddest stories I have ever read, about a North Korean family of four apprehended by the Chinese authorities after they had fled to China. […]
GAY HEALTH CLAIMS BASED ON FAULTY STUDIES
AUTHOR // Serkan Ozturk September 12, 2012 Controversial comments by some Christian leaders over the past week suggesting smoking was healthier than the “gay lifestyle†have now been linked back to discredited research funded by a fundamentalist group in the US as well as other papers which have since been retracted or disowned by their authors. […]
Tim Costello: Hope: Moments of inspiration in a challenging world
Tim Costello: Hope: Moments of inspiration in a challenging world (Hardie Grant Books, August 2012) ~~ Rev. Tim Costello has had the ear of more political, business, and opinion leaders than any other clergyperson in Australia’s history, with the possible exception of  Rev. Dr. Alan Walker. His ‘gift-mix’ (lawyer, theologian, ethicist, social activist) together with […]
Political ‘Trust Deficit’
Turnbull hits out at political ‘trust deficit’ Former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull has taken a swipe at his own party’s tactics in Question Time, saying Australians have come to see the Federal Parliament as “nothing more than a forum for abuse, catcalling and spin”. Mr Turnbull made the comments in a wide-ranging speech on “Republican virtues” at […]
Anti-Islam
Before you read the article at the bottom, some wisdom from a knowledgeable friend: While all the right wing anti-Islam web sites post some truths in their crazy tirades, the salient point is that even if only 20% is false or some urban myth, why would you visit a site where you had to fact […]
What Syria means
by Jaswant Singh | Sep 03, 2012 | 22:37 | Jordan Times Syria’s agony has generated a variety of unproductive responses: verbal condemnation of the excesses of President Bashar Assad’s regime; disagreements about the wisdom of armed intervention; and all-around confusion about the possibility of finding a viable long-term solution. Worse, in this sorry state of […]
Ex-Gay ‘Ministries’ (their status in Australia as at 7/2012)
EX-GAY AWAY AUTHOR // Anthony Venn-Brown July 23, 2012 Slowly but surely, the ex-gay movement is losing its might, as evident by increasing admissions that therapies to change one’s sexual orientation does not work, writes Anthony Venn-Brown. Exodus International, the make-a-wish foundation for self-loathing homosexuals, is in crisis. It began with Exodus director Alan Chambers’ honest […]
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