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Finding Life in the Midst of Death

A young Chinese woman with a little girl started attending our church three years ago. She was battling cancer and had decided that she needed answers to questions that went beyond her medical diagnosis: Why me? What is life meant to be about? Is there a God who is interested and cares? She needed answers to questions that went beyond her medical diagnosis: Why me? What is life meant to be about? Is there a God who is interested and cares? Christine was a highly intelligent and capable woman, raised in a family and culture that took atheism as a...

Murray Campbell

On Church

Peter Orr • ​Rory Shiner

Following their previous article about history and meaning, Peter Orr and Rory Shiner continue their series on key Christian ideas. Here they introduce the concept of “church” and show why you should get involved in one. As we saw in our previous post, the modern West struggles to find meaning. Life often seems listless, aimless and disappointing. In the words of philosopher Charles Taylor, we find ourselves asking, “Is that all there is?” We also struggle to generate community. Life feels disconnected, distant, and lonely. In the words of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, we find ourselves asking, “Can anybody...

Meaning, Justice and the Story of the World

Peter Orr • ​Rory Shiner

Are you trying to sort out what Christianity says about the meaning of life? Here, as part of a wider project, Peter Orr and Rory Shiner explain how the Bible’s vision of meaning and the end of the world’s story makes sense of everything. It was successful for a few years. Gripping even. Then it started to wane. Plotlines become more and more fantastic. New characters are randomly introduced. Others simply disappear. The idea that it’s all heading toward a satisfying conclusion begins to fade. Welcome to Season 5 of your once favourite television series. Or to life. For many...

Jewellery Jesus or Genuine Jesus

Glenn Hohnberg

It was a Buddha’s head that started the thought. The head was in Bunnings ready to receive your newly purchased soil and spring bulbs. A profound religious thinker who changed the path of history can now exist in every second tranquil Aussie garden. Utterly domesticated. A profound religious thinker who changed the path of history can now exist in every second tranquil Aussie garden. Utterly domesticated. Jesus is a lot like that. A glittering model of the place he once hung and died blings on many necks. An oversupply of crosses adorn buildings and logos. Add to that the sheer...

Child Sacrifice – From Moriah to Peru

Andrew Moody

Archaeologists in Peru recently discovered a terrible instance of child sacrifice: 140 children killed at once—their ribcages still bearing the trauma of the brutal removal of their hearts. It’s a horror that reminds us that religions are not all the same, not always benign—and that there is no limit to human depravity. But, before we’re too quick to claim the moral high-ground, there’s an awkward incident in the Old Testament that’s sometimes cited as evidence that biblical faith is no different: God’s command to Abraham that he should sacrifice his son: [God] said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac,...

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