Programs like Planet Earth remind us why the Bible considers the wonders of creation to be a knock-down argument for the existence of God – evidence which even the most careless observer will be held accountable for.

First created in 1963, the X-Men are genetically mutated human beings. These people have special abilities and often physical quirks – excess body hair, wings, strange markings on the skin. With the X-Men narratives the message moves beyond good versus evil, although that certainly plays a part. These stories deal with alienation, what it is to be in the world but not of the world. How should these beings live in a world that fears and despises them?

In an extract from an upcoming lecture at Moore College’s School of Theology (20-21 September), ROBERT BANKS finds God speaks clearly through C.S. Lewis.

After reinventing the pirate genre with flamboyance and humour, the roguish Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back with the second instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean.

How God is working in our lives.

As in 1891, Moore College is about to relocate (or redevelop) its campus, for the sake of the next 100 years of training teachers and preachers of God’s word. It will be the most expensive thing that the College has ever done, and possibly the most important project that we have ever asked the Christian community to support in faithful prayer and generous giving.

Col Adamson was a senior engineer for a company that developed Holden Racing technology, before redirecting his life into the challenges of full-time ministry.

The extraordinary growth in African evangelical Anglicans means liberal reformers in the US can no longer ignore the new face of Christendom. JEREMY HALCROW tracks the demographic shift behind the headlines.

It’s been nearly two decades since cinema goers have experienced the caped crusader on the big screen. In the interim other heroes from Marvel and DC comics have graced (or disgraced) the screen, many considerably more messed up or complex that Clark Kent’s alter ego. Has plain, old-fashioned goodness in red boots become passé? Have we become too sophisticated and cynical for Superman? Do we need or want that kind of a hero?

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Photographs of the bashing of 10 Vietnamese pastors and other local Christians have been released by Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). VOM says they were bashed by police and hired thugs after officials in Ho Chi Minh City tore down a Mennonite house church.

Evangelicals in the Church of England are split in their response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to reinstate the Rev Richard Coekin.

An American revolution will now enter it final phase, as the Episcopalian General Convention rejected a demand from the worldwide Anglican Communion to place a moratorium on electing gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions.

Christians are facing a shrinking population in the liberal West and a growing majority of the traditional Rest, writes PHILIP JENKINS.

Islam, rather than Western culture’s focus on sexual freedom, shapes day-to-day reality for a third of the world’s Anglicans. Malay women who convert to Christianity are forced to live a double-life. KATRIN ARNHOLZ spoke to one of them.

Christians everywhere used The Da Vinci Code as a prime opportunity to talk freely about Jesus. Now Sydney Anglicans are going online to answer questions it is generating.

“I the Lord do not change.”(Malachi 3:6) A great truth to be reminded of! “Listen, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.” (1 Corinthians 15:51). Here is one change I eagerly await!

Australian Anglicans account for 42 of the 670 awards presented on the Queen’s Birthday.

The seventh addition to the Pixar collection is Cars, a moral fable about selfishness. Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is a bright red race car and the most successful rookie on the American circuit in years. Vying with two other champions for the Piston Cup, McQueen’s plans for his life are pretty much focused on fame, success and glory.

Over 60 million Christians live in the Muslim-majority world. Are we prepared to be their partners in mission? JEREMY HALCROW reports.

In our world, the phrase ‘born again Christianity’ might conjure up images of faith healings, gullibility and the Bible Belt. So much so, that we might be tempted to disassociate ourselves from it. But Simon Roberts examines why being ‘born again’ has far-reaching consequences for our entire lives.

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What is the future of Jesus in the secular west? Is he passing into history? What future did Jesus himself envisage? He predicted the coming of God's kingdom what was it it and did it come? In the 2005 Boyer Lecture, Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, re-evaluates Jesus Christ and provocatively examines some of the key issues surrounding him.

There are opportunities arising all over the place but we struggle to find the people to support the existing ministries we have running. How are we to multiply congregations and multiply people?