Apologetics
Mere Apologetics
Review: Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith (Alister McGrath, Baker, 2012). Alister McGrath and Tom Wright are the two most prolific ‘conservative evangelical’ theological writers in the U.K. these days. [1] But there’s something unusual about their approach (and this is especially true of the ‘later’ McGrath): they’re becoming less prescriptive […]
Torture reigns in the land of the free
Sidney Rittenberg January 29, 2012 Few can retain their sanity after a long period in isolation. While China’s record is shocking, the US holds the most prisoners in long-term solitary. FEBRUARY 22, 1968. As they walked me down the grey prison corridor towards my cell, I was startled to see the same mediaeval torture scene […]
Greece: can you believe this/them?
Helena Smith Athens Phillip Inman Greece appeared intent on taking make-or-break talks over a €130bn (£108bn) rescue programme for the debt-choked country down to the wire last night as officials announced that the discussions would be delayed. Confounding market expectation and European hopes, the government said agreement over the […]
Syria February 2012: Two Perspectives
1. A terrifying menu for Syria’s endgame By Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star Now that the Arab League has decided to ask the United Nations Security Council to back its plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, the prospects of international involvement in Syria inches forward just a bit more. This adds a new […]
EGYPT: THE GROSS INSECURITY OF THE DHIMMI
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 144 | Wed 01 Feb 2012 — By Elizabeth Kendal In an Islamic State, a Jew or Christian may keep their religion as long as they live in total submission to the Islamic order. Known as ‘dhimmis’, these subjugated second-class citizens are without basic fundamental human rights. Any resistance, […]
Female Circumcision in the Maldives, the Islamic Movement and Islamophobia
By Mark Durie Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:26 I was struck today by a comment from a Maldives women’s rights activist about the direction her nation is taking. In a report published the Melbourne Age, which discussed female circumcision and the local practice of flogging female adulterers, Shadiya Ibrahim remarked: “Being a woman is harder now. The religious […]
Australia Day message
Celebrating Australia and Australia Day – Thinking about who we are and the significance of nations By: Mark Tronson The most modern celebration of Australia’s National Day, simply called “Australia Day†is on January 26th. This is the anniversary of the actual day Governor Arthur Phillip sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 with the first […]
Republicans/Democrats: Is there a Christian Alternative?
A CHRISTIAN ALTERNATIVE TO AMERICA’S BROKEN POLITICAL DUOPOLY Michael StaffordABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 25 JAN 2012 In his book Render Unto Caesar, Archbishop Charles Chaput notes that neither the Republican nor the Democratic parties are comfortable political homes for American Catholics. His insight is correct and applies to all Christians who take their faith’s public policy implications seriously. […]
Conspiracy theories
Truth and lies: Conspiracy theories are running rampant thanks to modern technology Government cover-ups, faked dictator deaths, secret messages in the Wingdings font…Nick Harding reports on a mental contagion SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2011 On 12 January 2009, a hardcore of protesters broke away from a peaceful march in London to vandalise a Starbucks in the […]
The Secret Life of J Edgar Hoover
For half a century, the FBI director waged war on homosexuals, black people and communists. Now, a controversial film by Clint Eastwood is set to reveal some of the explosive truth about him. Here, his biographer Anthony Summers tells all… Anthony Summers The Observer, Sunday 1 January 2012 Long arm of the law: J Edgar Hoover in […]
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