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Apologetics

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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

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.

Science & Religion: Excellent Interview with Cambridge Professor of Geophysics

Natural disasters not result of the fall: Professor Volcanoes, earthquakes and floods are not the result of a fallen world, argues Bob White, Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society and Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. He was guest speaker at a recent Conference […]

ISLAM vs CHRISTIANITY: Truth and (or?) love?

Two issues are probably well ahead of all others in terms of public policy debates around the world: Islamic Terrorism and Marriage Equality for LGBTI

(AUSTRALIAN) PARLIAMENTARY RENEWAL

As Tony Smith takes the chair from Bronwyn Bishop, it’s time to end the bias in our Parliament August 11, 2015 In farewelling Bronwyn Bishop from the Speaker’s chair yesterday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott called her a “warrior” for the causes in which she believed. He said she had served the Parliament, the nation and […]

DRUG ADDICTION: THE VERY BEST WAY TO HELP

We can

The Nuclear Threat is still very real

Back from the brink but nuclear threat remains August 12, 2015 Jonathan Holmes It is well worth remembering that thousands of nuclear weapons still exist. Children perform a die-in in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima last week on the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. I’ve […]

AN AMERICAN’S (HONEST) OPINIONS ABOUT AUSTRALIA

This Bloke Sure Is Spot On with His readings. David Mason is a Writer, a Professor, and a Poet Laureate from Colorado, USA There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect, Australian friends patiently listening to me enthuse about their country […]

Gay marriage is not the foe of religious freedom

August 4, 2015 David Glasgow Marriage equality increasingly appears inevitable, but its opponents are using religious freedom to undercut the terms of the victory. Illustration: Andrew Dyson Australians should ignore the recent calls to water down our discrimination laws. As the question of same-sex marriage moves from if to when, opponents have shifted their attention […]

New Australian anti-Islamic party

(to complete the sentence: ‘is a worry’. Rowland) August 2, 2015 Michael Bachelard Australia officially now has a political party modelled on the far-right

THE WORLD is a’changing!!!

The world is moving ahead pretty quickly. Humans are a pretty smart bunch. No wonder we oldies have trouble

Future Shock: To stop the boats we must stop the warming

July 13, 2015 Michael Gerrard Climate refugees should be assigned to the nations that caused the damage