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Monday, 3 September 2012
| Roger Morris
NASA has pulled off an amazing technical achievement with its latest Mars landing. What are we hoping to find on Mars and what does it mean for us?
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Thursday, 30 August 2012
| Graeme Swincer
Graeme Swincer looks at the government response to the expert panel. What is the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Inadequate and the Unconscionable?
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Thursday, 30 August 2012
| Philip Zylstra
Will 'sheep' who love the stranger or self-interested 'goats' characterise our nation? Will Australian Christians rise to the challenge of love?
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
| Doug Hynd
The ACT has joined in the trend for the Nation State to seek to 'protect' us from 'religious vilification'. Do such measures help or hinder our communities?
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Monday, 6 August 2012
| Simon Holt
Talk of 'spirituality' is often characterised in terms of 'authenticity'. But does the culture of late capitalism subvert what spirituality really means?
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Monday, 6 August 2012
| Brent Lyons-Lee
The normalisation of gambling has left many families decimated in its wake.
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Monday, 6 August 2012
| Paul Bickley
Sport brings out strong emotions and the Olympics as much as any, along with a host of exaggerated political claims.
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
| Steve McAlpine
Of all the strategies Christians have been urged to adopt recently in response to the rapid and bewildering cultural shifts in the West, the one least explored, if book titles are any indication, is the strategy of taking a deep breath, holding our collective nerve and doing nothing. Steve McAlpine looks below our flurry of apologetic activity to our deepest and most attractive habits of life.
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Monday, 9 July 2012
| Philip Johnson
Do you have a cross that is so big that it dwarfs the resurrection from your life? Which symbol represents the centre of your faith—is it the cross or the resurrection? What you choose as your central symbol will have a huge impact on how you live your faith.
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Monday, 9 July 2012
| Byron Smith
Is the prospect of technological success the motivating factor for ecological concern, or does Christian eschatology give a hope that transcends consequentialist reasoning?
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