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Issues Facing Christians Today
Published date: Monday, January 12, 2009
By: James Pietsch

In the 4th edition of this important book, John Stott continues to urge Christians to engage with ethical issues, including new issues in bioethics.

The past 20 years has seen a growing interest among evangelical Christians in developing biblical responses to ethical and social issues. One of the leading evangelicals who has long argued for greater engagement with our society through presenting Christian perspectives on social issues is John Stott,

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Global Scarcity: Are We Running Out?
Published date: Saturday, March 01, 2008
By: Byron Smith

Byron Smith picks up on the environmental theme that was the focus of Case 11 and offers a challenging biblical analysis of the looming crisis in oil production.

Most oil-producing nations have peaked in their production of oil. Byron Smith argues that Christians need not adopt the polar myths of infinite growth or scarcity, nor the greed that often lies behind them.

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Filed under : RESOURCES• Business, Law & GovernmentSocial & Cultural Issues
Stem cells, cloning and abandoned embryos
Published date: Monday, February 18, 2008
By: Megan Best
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Our ability to manipulate the unborn human has created unprecedented ethical problems.

In this recent article Megan Best gives an updated assessment of stem cell research. Our recently acquired ability to manipulate the unborn human has created ethical problems which have no precedent.  Medical technologies are developing quickly, and legislation to allow an expansion of the opportunities available to our scientists is regularly before the

Filed under : RESOURCES• Science & MedicineSocial & Cultural Issues
Economists, Christians And The ‘Marriage Wars’
Published date: Saturday, September 01, 2007
By: Donald Hay And Gordon Menzies

An article on economic theory and marriage in light of the Christian worldview.

Donald Hay and Gordon Menzies compare economic and biblical covenant descriptions of what marriage is in this article.

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Treasuring God In Our Traditions
Published date: Saturday, September 01, 2007
By: Nicole Starling

Nicole Starling reviews what has been an influential book for her family.

Noël Piper’s, Treasuring God in Our Traditions (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003). The book considers at a very practical level the development of Christian family traditions. In the context of an avowedly post-Christian society, ‘family traditions’ have a function that is more critical than ever before, both within our families and in our mission to the wider society.

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The Role of Fathers
Published date: Saturday, September 01, 2007
By: Trevor Cairney

Aligning biblical wisdom and research.

In this article Trevor Cairney considers how closely research evidence and biblical wisdom are aligned and concludes that there is much that they have in common.

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The life and death of Barry Jones
Published date: Tuesday, May 01, 2007
By: Greg Clarke

In his autobiography, the Australian political intellectual explores his attitude to death, punishment and the hope of resurrection.

Brilliant writers of the last hundred years tended to spend their lives wrestling with Christianity. Samuel Beckett obsessed over the promises of Christ in plays such as Waiting For Godot. D.H. Lawrence was gripped by the Bible and attempted to re-read into it a pagan spirituality. C.S. Lewis was hunted down by the

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Sexuality and the Christian Worldview
Published date: Friday, April 20, 2007
By: Various
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On 20 April 2007, CASE ran a workshop for health workers, theologians, ethicists and church workers on the topic of ‘Sexuality and the Christian Worldview’.

The conference programme included:

  • Greg Clarke speaking on: ‘Sex in the Bible’
  • Grenville Kent speaking on: ‘Song of Solomon’
  • ‘Sexual orientation-state of research’ with panelists: Amelia Haines, Patricia Weerakoon and Joe Beam
  • Uwemedimo Uko Esiet speaking on: ‘Responding to AIDS in Africa—A
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Being a Christian in Australia today: challenges and opportunities
Published date: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
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How should a Christian relate to Australian society?

The 2006 Michael Orpwood Lecture, delivered at Katoomba, 30 September 2006.

The irony has not been lost on me that we are holding a lecture about being a Christian in Australian society during a conference that is held on the weekend most sacred to many Australians—footy grand finals weekend.

Whether this was a deliberate move by the organisers to emphasise the distance between Christians and

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Are children welcome?
Published date: Sunday, June 18, 2006
By: Andrew Cameron
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In a paper to Christians in all manner of social positions—married, divorced, single, childless or parents—Andrew Cameron considers contemporary attitudes to children, from despair to hatred to worship and idolatry of family life.

Being dismissive to children
Contempt for children for children is not new. The old Law of the people of Israel, written over three thousand years ago, makes it clear that children have ever been subject to the

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