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The Once-Wound Clock

The hour has come to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. Romans 13:11-12 Inscribed on a clock in the Botanic Gardens in Durban, South Africa are…

How Else Do You Want To Spend Your Money?

This last week the challenge was given. It was a confronting challenge to give to us materialistic rich westerners. We were looking at taking the gospel to the city of Adelaide. So many people do not know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour and we were being reminded that this might actually cost us. Mat 9:35-38 reminded us that the harvest was…

Christians In The Media

Lindsay Tanner’s book “Sideshow” argues how the media has undermined the capacity for proper policy debate in our society. The media’s recent presentation of Christian views regarding the redefinition of marriage is a classic illustration of the point. Christians have every right to hold a particular interest in the nature of marriage. We have had a long-term interest in marriage – our…

Choosing What is Better

A recent question from our Question Box: In the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:42, why did Jesus say that Mary has chosen the good part which will not be taken away from her? This passage from Luke 10:38-42 tells how Martha and Mary generously open their home to Jesus and potentially a large group of his disciples. Perhaps they’ve…

E100 and All Your Questions

A good friend of ours thought she should seek answers to ALL her questions before she made any commitment to following Jesus. I can sort of understand her desire to be rationally credible but she soon realised that she would keep having questions. The wonderful thing is that she started seeking the answers rather than just saying she had questions. But each…

Setting the Church Back 2000 Years

A church leader once took a bold initiative in his church and some of the locals were horrified. They claimed, “It would set the church back fifty years”.  He addressed their concerns by replying, “I do not want to set the church back fifty years; I want to set it back 2000 years”. Society demands progress and that we look to the…

Bridges

One of our family’s favourite TV channels at present is 7mate. Mega disasters, Big Bigger Biggest and many programs of a similar nature certainly grab the attention of the blokes in the household. On a recent show we watched them build the world’s tallest bridge. It was an incredible feat of engineering. For those of you who have driven any distance it…

Used by God

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another…

Evidence for Jesus?

If someone was to claim that “there is no real evidence that Jesus even existed” would you: Cringe before the attack and hold doggedly to your “faith” regardless, or Smile politely, pray quietly and look forward to a great conversation where you lovingly present the evidence to someone who really has no idea. You might feel that this claim would never be…