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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.

Greece: can you believe this/them?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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 Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 26, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 26, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 26, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 25, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

A German’s View on Islam (the power of an e-rumour)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This is a forwarded article alleged to have been written by Dr. Emanuel Tanay called “A German’s View on Islam.” The Truth: Dr. Emanuel Tanay is real and a holocaust survivor but he did not write this article, nor is he German. This is an opinion piece that appeared on the web site of [...]

Capitalism’s darkest hour calls for youthful idealism (Nicholas Kristof)

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

January 21, 2012 A Pew Research Centre poll in December found only 50 per cent of Americans reacted positively to the term ‘capitalism’. Photo: Louie Douvis With greed running rampant, employees must fight the urge to feed from the trough, writes Nicholas Kristof. WHEN I spoke at Swarthmore College recently, I was startled by a question: is [...]