Another fascinating dialogue between Christians and Muslims, chaired by Justin Brierley on the Unbelievable? radio show. The Third Choice by Australian church pastor Mark Durie claims that Islam has a long history of oppressing those of other faiths under its power. Durie claims that when Islam conquered a nation its inhabitants could either convert, die [...]
Continue Reading...This week on Unbelievable : Islamic Blasphemy Law Asia Bibi is the first Christian woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming against Mohammed. In light of her case we discuss Pakistan’s use of Islamic blasphemy law with Adnan Rashid of the Hittin Institute and Stuart Windsor and John Joseph of Christian [...]
Continue Reading...I always find it intriguing that dogmatic secularists and atheist rationalists think that the path to “free thinking” involves closing their minds to certain potential aspects of reality, being and knowledge. Curious. If atheist “Free-thinking” involves restricting reality to materialism (what is ‘matter’ anyway ?- ask a quantum physicist), restricting ontology to physicalism, and restricting [...]
Continue Reading...What the atheist is saying, in effect, is that he or she too is a person of faith. He or she has faith in the existence of a multiverse as a way of explaining away the undeniably amazing strong anthropic principle and fine-tuning within the universe. He or she is a person of faith in believing [...]
Continue Reading...I’ve often thought that the devotion of many secular humanists to environmentalism is simply another expression of religiosity, just with the focus being Gaia instead of God. The recent hostage drama in Maryland, USA, in which environmental activist James Lee took hostages at Discovery Channel’s headquarters, and was [...]
Continue Reading...MP3 Audio version of The Renaissance Christian here. Renaissance: 1. French for “rebirth”; Rinascimento, from ri- “again” and nascere “be born”. 2. A rebirth or revival. 3. A revival of intellectual or artistic achievement and vigor. 4. A revival or rebirth, especially of culture and learning. 5. A restoration, a renewal, a resurrection, a regeneration, [...]
Continue Reading...How are we doing? The church, that is. And how are we doing it? Congregations have long measured success by “bodies, budget, and buildings” – a certain record of attendance, the offering plate, and square footage. But the scorecard can’t stop there. When it does, the deeper emphasis on accountability, discipleship, and spiritual maturity [...]
Continue Reading...Ellis Potter is the Pastor of the Basel Christian Fellowship and a former Member of L’Abri Fellowship. He was born in California and was a Zen Buddhist for many years before becoming a Christian. In this talk, posted on Apologetics 315, Potter gives an informative and generous account of Buddhism, its underlying philosophy and its [...]
Continue Reading...With an Australian Federal Election approaching on August 21st, the usually rather apathetic Australian population, including Australian Christians, are stirred from their slumber and transformed into placard-waving political animals, even if only for a short time. Amongst this renewed political and societal vigour, a group of Australian Christians has got [...]
Continue Reading...Calling All Angels – Train I need a sign to let me know you’re here All of these lines are being crossed over the atmosphere I need to know that things are gonna look up ‘Cause I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup When there is no place safe and no [...]
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