This is a great bit of news. Last month we wrote (along with Christians all over the world) about Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, still awaiting setence in Iran under a charge of apostasy and, most likely, facing the death penalty. At the time I wrote a brief email to my 2 local MP's, who also happen [...]
View Post apostasy, Australian government, freedom of religion, iran, joe hockey, kevin rudd, letters, lobbying, persecution, tony abbott, yousef nadarkhaniGot another letter in today's smh. Over Easter Archbishop Jensen's Easter message was quoted in the paper, Meanwhile, the subject of death dominated the Easter message from the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen, who also took on a sombre note. “People talk glibly about 'death with dignity'. I can take the idea of [...]
View Post death suffering, ethanasia, jesus, letters, life, pro-life, resurrection, smhThere's been an ongoing debate in the smh about Jesus and homosexual behaviour, generated by the story of a Christian school and a self-identifying gay student. As always, good points are made but the usual cliché, “Jesus said nothing about homosexuality”, was aired a few times. Here's my published response, Interpreting the Gospel truth There [...]
View Post genesis, letters, matthew, sexual ethics, smhI got a letter published in today's Herald. Yesterday, one correspondent wrote this, Paul Collins says the Pope is using the principle of avoiding the greater of two evils to justify condom use by male prostitutes (“Australia welcomes papal shift on safe sex“, November 22). But isn't the birth of unwanted children a greater [...]
View Post abortion, condoms, contraception, letters, pope, smhwow, just wow. Lovable sent a response to my email of earlier today. It contains what is obviously a recut of stock answers. Frankly, I don't mind getting a stock email – except when it bears little relation to what you actually wrote… Dear David and Jacqui, Thank you for contacting us at [...]
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