TV advertisement for ‘Jesus, All About Life’, to be screened tonight

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, [...]

Is there anything wrong with swearing?

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 [...]

Media

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 [...]

Jesus – all about Life

In my area (the general Sydney and surrounding areas, New South Wales, Australia), a campaign has started, called; ‘Jesus, All About Life’. The major Christian denominations are involved, including Catholics - and that’s a first in many regards. Last Friday, many churches put up ‘Jesus, All About Life’ signs, all of a similar design – to show [...]

Understanding God

Now and then, you read something – often simple, but which has a profound effect. I received a comment, a few days ago, which read: “Please help me to understand the Bible.” The truth is: I can’t help anyone to understand God’s written word. God Himself helps those who seek to understand His ways, as recorded [...]

A different gospel

I’ve just returned from a holiday and just catching up on the news. One article I read was about the Episcopalians (Anglican Church in the USA), who recently overturned a moratorium on the consecration of practising lesbian or homosexual bishops. As an aside, I think the debate on homosexuality is out of balance, because the [...]

What is heresy?

In the Macquarie Dictionary, there is a fairly straight forward definition of – heresy:1. doctrine contrary to the orthodox or accepted doctrine of a church or religious system. 2. the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine. 3. any opinion or belief contrary to established theory. So it is interesting when Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop [...]

Why attack someone for the views they hold – is it easier than attacking their views?

Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church of England’s Bishop of Rochester, is under increasing pressure from homosexual activists, after he expressed a view the Church should “welcome homosexuals” but “we want them to repent and be changed”. His critics have said that homophobes, like Bishop Nazie-Ali,  ‘have turned their back on the love and compassion that is central to [...]

The Growth of Straw Houses – Israeli Settlements

My land – is the land, I stand on! On reading the Israeli news media (e.g. http://www.haaretz.com/), you will see a number of articles on USA (and UN) requests to freeze settlement growth – in two main areas: the Palestinian West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Let’s look at the scale of this issue in the [...]

An article of interest: ‘The Jerusalem Declaration – why it matters.’ Archbishop Peter Jensen (Sydney)

Has anyone read this article? [It's about the 'split' in the Anglican Church, regarding conservatives and liberal views.]  If so – have you any views on it?