Value of Life
“So God created humans in his own image” Genesis 1:27… The true foundation for all human rights, social justice, and pro-life causes.
Are euthanasia arguments honest?
Are the arguments presented in the current euthanasia debate honest? This is the question put to me by a person who holds a Master’s Degree in philosophy and who is about to graduate as a medical doctor. I asked him to write up what he was thinking, and this is what...
Disability and the Church
24% of people in NZ live with some form of disability. When you consider this number, there is little doubt that in most churches there are people who either have a disability themselves or have a family member with a disability.
Elder abuse rings alarm bells in New Zealand
This article by Marcus Roberts (MercatorNet, 29 April) picks up on an NZ Herald article about the 2014 Report on the Positive Ageing Strategy, and highlights the very real risk that a change to NZ's euthanasia laws would bring. According to this article in...
Christians, the Death Penalty and Restorative Justice
Kim Workman (Rethinking Crime and Punishment) blogged recently about Christians and the death penalty. This is a controversial issue, although maybe less so now than in years gone by. October 10th was the 12th World Day against the Death Penalty, promoted by the World...
Slavery in NZ must end
NZ Christian Network welcomes the work of TV3 and Stand Against Slavery in exposing unfair practices in NZ that can rightly be categorised as slavery. Read the media release from Stand Against Slavery ... - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- EXPLOITATION AND SLAVERY: IS THIS...
Stopping Demand
It was great to catch up with Kiwi-International Jeff Fountain (Schuman Centre, Europe) last week in Auckland. Jeff was a keynote speaker at the 6th NZCN Christian Leaders Congress in 2011 and is registered for the 7th Congress later this week in the Bay of Islands,...