More than animals: what kind of creature are we?

  • Peter Jensen
  • 1 August 2001

What is man? Throughout history great minds have tried to define us as a species, but the essence of humanity has proved hard to pin down. “Man is a featherless biped”, Plato concluded, although he was somewhat dissatisfied with this as a definition. “Man is a reasoning animal”, wrote Seneca,

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Dear Briefing: Christians and the Old Testament Law

  • Gordon Cheng
  • 1 August 2001

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Our great master

  • Andrew Reid
  • 1 August 2001

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When the system is god

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 August 2001

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Home alone

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 August 2001

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Diary of a coastal parson

  • Andrew Heard
  • 1 August 2001

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Reasons for hope

  • Kel Richards
  • 1 August 2001

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Whatever happened to sacrifice?

  • Andrew Reid
  • 1 September 2001

Not within cloistered walls,Not in the peaceful glade,Not in the sheltered home'Neath the trees' spreading shade.But on the mountain side,Wind swept;Crossing the desert bare,Sun scorched;Braving the torrent stream.Flooded;Out on the battlefield,Bloody;Unsheathed His sword.Here I find my Lord.It was 1936. Times were tough for evangelical Christians. They were on the back

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Our hunger for freedom: Where to find true liberty

  • Peter Jensen
  • 1 September 2001

Peter Jensen is the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. This is the second of two articles on human nature. Read the first article in the Briefing archives.The French Revolution is one of the great events of world history. Its well-known slogan was ‘Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!’ Each of these words is worth

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Bishop opposes ‘thinning out’ of evangelicalism

  • Greg Clarke
  • 1 September 2001

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