Month: September 2013

Atheism starts its megachurch: Is it a religion now?

September 30, 2013

The non-religious Assembly is perhaps the fastest growing church in the world — and it’s coming to a mall near you BY KATIE ENGELHART (Credit: Artur Bogacki via Shutterstock/Salon) Organized Atheism is now a franchise. Yesterday, The Sunday Assembly—the London-based “Atheist Church” that has, since its January launch, been stealing headlines the world over—announced a new “global missionary tour.” In October and November, affiliated Sunday Assemblies … More Atheism starts its megachurch: Is it a religion now?

Planetshakers

September 25, 2013

The promise of awesome worship. That’s what got me rocking up to a Planetshakers meeting. And I wasn’t disappointed. They said ‘awesome’ twenty times.  Planetshakers is a megachurch, which is like a spiritual mega-meal-deal. Pizza, Coke, chocolate Bavarian.  If we could masticate it for you and pump it into your stomach, we would. Because we … More Planetshakers

The silence of our friends – the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East

September 25, 2013

The remains of the Amir Tadros Coptic Church in Minya, southern Egypt. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images) The last month and a half has seen perhaps the worst anti-Christian violence in Egypt in seven centuries, with dozens of churches torched. Yet the western media has mainly focussed on army assaults on the Muslim Brotherhood, and no … More The silence of our friends – the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East

Feature Length Doco on John Smith and God’s Squad needs your support

September 23, 2013

The story of John Smith and the formation of God’s Squad Christian motorcycle Club is a story of faith, guts and mission – John Smith is one of Australia’s most under-recogonised and yet brilliant theologians. Please watch these videoas and if you can, please help support it with even a small ofer of a donation. … More Feature Length Doco on John Smith and God’s Squad needs your support

The Jewish View of Creationism

September 18, 2013

“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” –John Maynard Keynes Few adjectives produce more of an emotional charge than “fundamentalist.” It conjures up images of unhinged radical mobs in neuvo-Klan attire (indiscriminately) firing their AK-47’s in the air, or of barefoot ignoramuses clutching their Bibles and getting excited to … More The Jewish View of Creationism