I’ve just finished reading this book: Life Without Limits – How to live a ridiculously good life, by Nick Vujicic. There are many good books that are available and I don’t usually recommend any, with the major exception of the Bible. However, every once in a rare while, you comes across a book; which is [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2011 by Shayne
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In June, I read an article in a newspaper, the Weekend Australia (June 25-26, 2011) written by Frank Furedi, with the title ‘Where Gay Matrimony Meets Elite Sanctimony.’ I liked what he said, what follows is an extract: ” … This (the call for gay marriage rights) is not so much a call for legal [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2011 by Shayne
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In regard to the end-times, one of the best places to start: is what’s recorded in the Gospels. The following extract from Matthew’s Gospel covers a lot of important points about the end-times. Chapter 24 (NIV): “Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2011 by Shayne
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Maccabees 1 and Maccabees 2 – any thoughts on the status of these books, love to hear your comments? I have been doing some research on the history of the books Maccabees 1 & 2 – while they are accepted, in general, by Catholic and Orthodox churches; they are aggressively rejected by Protestant denominations, in [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Shayne
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I read on CNN today, about a small anti-government militia in the USA; who (it is alleged), had planned to attack law enforcement officers as part of their preparation for end-time battles. I don’t think our glorified Jesus will need any help from us. He commands, and His angels will do the ‘work’; in Matthew 13:40b-42(NLT), we [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Shayne
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On CNN – today, I noticed a video by a person going by the name of Sam Harris, he calls himself a philosopher. He delivers his views on religion – with the telling title: ’Religion distracts us from important issues.” However, like a number of other highly visible ‘philosophers’, in the media, he makes a fundamental error [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Shayne
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I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that, in general, the world’s media has taken a distinctly negative view of Israel. It is now reaching the point that many anti-Israel forces must be starting to think that it’s now, an ideal time to strike out against this little ‘nation’. On the one-hand, the Israeli government needs to [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Shayne
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I read the following article, “Is conservationism a religious belief?”(Wednesday, 25th November 2009.) written by Paul Richardson, on the www.religiousintelligence.co.uk website. The article itself is about some judicial decision (in the UK?) that environmental beliefs should receive the same protection as religious beliefs. I don’t know the history of this case but Paul Richardson presents an [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Shayne
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As most know there is a vast array of information resources on the ‘net. One I use a lot is www.biblegateway.com – mainly to search through Scripture when researching different themes. They have available many different language translation of Scripture and lots of different, English ‘versions’. In addition, they have a verse of the day and other [...]
Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Shayne
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I can recommend this sermon given by Pastor Richard Utber (Nowra Baptist Church). Pastor Richard addresses the issues raised in Chapter 6 and 7 of Amos. It’s about God’s judgment on the northern Kingdom of Israel – whose people were more interested in living the ‘good’ life; as God said: ” … you do not grieve over [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2009 by Shayne
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