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Its Just Not Cricket

March 27, 2018 by greatsouthernjeff Leave a Comment

Or should that read “Its not just cricket”? Over the last two days the scandal of ball-tampering has engulfed the Australian Cricket team.  I’m not going to comment on that, as my knowledge of cricket is about that of a 6 year old’s: fielding is boring and batting is fun.  Until yesterday I hadn’t even … [Read more…]

Posted in: Current Events Tagged: acceptance, ball tampering, cricket, goals, jesus

The Enemy is Sin

October 20, 2017 by greatsouthernjeff Leave a Comment

One thing that can be guaranteed to rally the troops together is to define an enemy.  You can see it today in groups who define the enemy as those wicked Christians who won’t embrace anything an LGBTQI+ group proposes.  Or, on the other side of things, the enemy are anyone who is at all sympathetic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Current Events, Life events Tagged: enemy, jesus, redemption, sanctification, sin

Revenge, Justice, Mercy and Jesus

June 29, 2017 by greatsouthernjeff Leave a Comment

Not long ago, a prominent story in the news caught my attention, and I have continued to think about it.  A man in London deliberately attacked a group of Muslims outside a mosque by trying to run them over with a van. My initial reaction on reading about this was to think that now English … [Read more…]

Posted in: Current Events, Uncategorized Tagged: jesus, justice, london, mercy, revenge, terrorism

Easter in the Great Southern

April 15, 2017 by greatsouthernjeff Leave a Comment

Its Easter in the Great Southern.  The highways are very busy.  The caravan parks are full.  People are away for the school holidays, or have had family come visit them down here.  Families are taking their last break before seeding begins.  Its quite a busy time of year. And in all of this, even for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Current Events, Life events Tagged: easter, jesus, reflection, transformation

A Bullying Culture

October 31, 2016 by greatsouthernjeff Leave a Comment

The tragic death of 4 people on a ride at Dreamworld last week is still in the news.  There are statements about people returning to work there voluntarily, getting paid regardless, but no decision being made as to when to reopen the park.  There are the different enquiries being announced.  It is still big news. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Current Events, Media Tagged: bullying, dreamworld, god, jesus, shame

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