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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.

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

By and others ⋅ April 23, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

LET’S MAKE IT SIMPLE: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? (A sermon) Preachers could learn from TED / TEDx talks. Their motto: ‘ideas-worth-spreading.’ The world’s leading ‘thinkers and doers’ – like Bill Gates and Richard Branson, and a few hundred others – speak for 18 minutes or less. The talks are then posted daily, free, on TED.com […]

WAS JESUS A CHRISTIAN? (I doubt it)

By and others ⋅ April 22, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

WAS JESUS A CHRISTIAN? (I DOUBT IT)
 Christians come in about 13 varieties. These varieties (or mindsets) can be found in all religions. You mustn’t judge any religion simply on its caricatures. My theses: Each mind-set makes part of Christianity the whole of it. There’s nothing wrong with the parts. But like a car, if […]

BELIEFS/AUTHORITY/VALUES TOE (A THEORY OF EVERYTHING)

By and others ⋅ April 22, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

The question: ‘WHAT ARE THE BEST REASONS – IN WHAT ORDER – FOR SOMEONE CHOOSING TO BELIEVE IN [THE EXISTENCE OF] GOD? What’s your experience? Here are my rough notes on ten classic routes from non-theism to theism/Christianity. I’ve put them in the order I’ve experienced them (both in terms of time, and relevance). Yours? […]

The Lord’s Prayer is subversive…

By and others ⋅ March 26, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

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WHAT EASTER IS ALL ABOUT

By and others ⋅ March 21, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

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POVERTY – and ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO

By and others ⋅ February 14, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

POVERTY and MARGINALIZATION AROUND THE WORLD, WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LIFE OF ARCHBISHIP OSCAR ROMERO (EAST DONCASTER BAPTIST CHURCH, Melbourne: February 14, 2014) First thanks to all of you at EDBC for your wonderful support and prayer for Jan and me, her carer over the last couple of fairly traumatic years. For those […]

The End of Materialism

By and others ⋅ January 27, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

By Thomas Scarborough Imagine a game of fast chess, in which a timer is used.

The Advocate – historical fiction at its best

By and others ⋅ January 15, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com I think more Christians need to read historical fiction. I know I do. Having recently finished Randy Singer

Rene Girard and the Jesus-Driven Life

By and others ⋅ November 6, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

The Gist of Michael Hardin

SECULARISM and RELIGION in Australia

By and others ⋅ September 24, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Which Secularism? Australia Has a Serious Religious Literacy Problem Michael Bird

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