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What is the world coming to? It only takes a glance at the news on TV, a look at the pain and suffering around us, to prompt people to ask this question. It could be triggered by what we see happening in Iraq, where innocent people are murdered or aid workers beheaded in callous cold blood. Or maybe we hear of what…
We all get used to TV advertisements. Some grate on us, others we hardly notice and from time to time there are classics. Who will ever forget the Yellow Pages Gogomobile! or the ATM machine, or ‘Sorry Tom Cruise, but mum’s doing a lamb roast’! There are some however, who are doing great damage to the fundamental building blocks of a healthy community.…
About 3 years ago at our parish AGM, someone raised the need for us as a parish to begin planning towards employing a full time children’s and youth worker to help in the ministry of our church. At that time, it seemed like a good and necessary step to be taking as a parish, since the task of organising programs, training leaders,…
At a wedding I was involved in many years ago, the couple wanted to change their vows from “as long as we both shall live” to “when our love runs out”. I have met many couples who have told each other “I no longer love you”. Often this is the lead up to “I’m leaving you” or “I want a divorce”. These…
On 27th July 2011, the writer of a great book titled “The Cross of Christ”, John Stott, went to be with his Lord and Saviour. As we give thanks to God for John Stott’s life, it is good to reflect on the cross of Christ and to ask the question how such a gruesome crucifixion could so transform the lives of generations…
As investigations into Norway’s “terror attack” continue, disturbing details have emerged. The shooting of children camping on Utoya Island and the car bomb outside government offices in Oslo, the capital of Norway, killed around 76 people. After initial claims that the attacks were the work of Al-Qaeda, reports now reveal the suspect, Anders Breivik, as a right-wing Christian Zionist of Norwegian descent.…
Last week I hoped that the article would get you thinking about sacrifice and your life as a follower of Jesus. I will not recap all that we covered, so you can revisit it here if you wish. An article I was recently reading on this theme of sacrifice spent some time critiquing our culture to expose why we struggle so much…
If sacrifice and self denial is the bread and butter of the Christian life, why do we struggle so much with it? For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. Mark 8:35 Howard Guinness, in a booklet he wrote in the theme of sacrifice makes the point…
Over this last week, I have been reading about the number of ethical issues our society is facing. With the Greens party taking control of the Senate, they are more determined than ever to destroy the value of human life (euthanasia and abortion), revise the definition and purpose of marriage, stop the work of school chaplains and reverse the prohibition of many…
“I’ll do it later.” “Tomorrow…!” “Not now…perhaps next week.” We’ve all done it, haven’t we? Procrastination seems to be part of human nature, especially when it comes to doing things we don’t like. In some things it doesn’t matter too much. The lawn can always be cut tomorrow, though if mother-in-law is coming today, it may be unwise to put it off!…