You may or may not have noticed, but over the last week there has been a fair bit of uproar in the media about Israel. Not the one in the Middle East, but the Wallaby. Israel Folau. Israel is a Christian, has played Rugby League, Aussie Rules, and is currently in the national team for … [Read more…]
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…]
If God knew that Adam and Eve were going to sin, why did he make them that way? Or, why did God allow sin in the world? These questions came from the Sunday School class last week, and they are good questions. When we read the Bible, and hear how God intended to make things, and … [Read more…]
Travelling as much as I do on the Albany Highway, I get to spend a lot of time at road works. Every year there are a couple of sections that have an extra over-taking lane added. These provide much needed improvements and safety, and they are greatly appreciated. But the time I spend slowing down … [Read more…]
Q+A : Why could Noah live so long and we can’t? As you read through Genesis, you can’t help but notice that people are recorded as living to ages many times what we live to today. No-one was recorded as breaking the millennium mark (1000 years), but quite a few make it over 900. Why … [Read more…]
With yet another terrorist attack in a western country where the perpetrators are Islamists, I’m surprised that so much of the commentary around the issue ignores the obvious question: What is the link between Islam and terrorism? I think that the thing which is overlooked in the debate is how world view influences actions. Islam … [Read more…]