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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A new advertisement for the ‘Jesus, All About Life’ campaign, will be shown tonight (Sunday, 27/9) on mainstream TV channels, which cover the greater, Sydney area. It is a new ad, replacing earlier ones used by the campaign in other areas – the changes resulting from recent market research. You can view the ad on the ‘Jesus, [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Shayne
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A week or so ago, the Australian media contained reports that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had resorted to swearing to strengthen his disapproval, of fellow parliamentary members complaining, about a cut to their annual printing allowance. News Limited has reported: “Australia’s Kevin Rudd has refused to apologise for repeatedly swearing during a meeting with factional bosses earlier [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Shayne
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I’ve just had a quick scan of the various mainstream media outlets. My main interest was to see if there was much reporting on the start of the ’Jesus, All About Life’ campaign. I didn’t find much at all, which given the first flush of signs I would have thought may have captured some-one’s attention in [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by Shayne
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