Current Events
Obama says he supports same-sex marriage
After years of flip-flopping, evolving and equivocating on the issue of same-sex marriage, Obama has revealed his true colours. Obama supports same sex marriage His comments follow Vice President Biden endorsement that he was ‘absolutely comfortable’ with same sex marriage. Chad Griffin – President of the Human Rights Campaign [...]
The Mental Illness Defence
Matthew Newton is at it again – bashing women and beating up workers. The Underbelly star is proving that life does imitate art. CCTV footage now shows that he is in denial and a liar. Despite his behaviour, there seems to be no end of people who are lining up to defend him. [...]
Do You Feel the Hate?
Like most sane people, I want to be liked. It feels good to have smiles all around and a friendly society to live in. However, am I the only one who is frustrated at the increasingly open and hostile attacks on Christians and godly values? The attacks on God and His People is [...]
S.W.A.T. Camp 2012
What is a SWAT Camp? SWAT is an acronym for Spiritual Weapons and Training. SWAT Camp is an annual event which brings together young people from all over Australia with one common goal; training and equipping young adults for the ministry. SWAT Camp was established in 2006 and has been held annually (sometimes biannually) since [...]
Euthanasia
Since the fall, we are all destined to die. However we were created to live, not to die. Death is not how God intended this world to be. In creation, death was not natural, but now it is an ugly reality. Anyone working in nursing or aged care can tell you graphic [...]
My take on “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
One week ago – I had never heard of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I decided to read the book while in transit and I finished it in two sittings. As you’ll probably be hearing a lot more about it over the next few days as it opened as the number one movie in [...]
Greed Is Good
Gordon Gekko’s famous slogan from the movie Wall Street, came to encapsulate the eurphorea of the economic growth of the 1980′s. Fast forward to 2010, and his line in Wall Street 2 is ‘Greed is not only good, it is legal’. The Corporation The growth of investment banks, private equity firms, and the financial industry [...]
Christian vs State Schools
With the federal government currently reviewing the funding arrangements for public and private schools – through the Gonski report, the debate about the merits of various school options is sure to continue. Some of the most annimated and controversial comments on facebook and at church are around the merits of parents choice of schooling. As a [...]
Celebrity Christians
One of most defining features of our time is the rise of the celebrity. Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian are famous for being famous. Talent and substance are not required. The ability to draw a crowd or following on facebook seems to be the only requirement to become a celebrity. But has this phenomenon has [...]
The Perils of Capitalism
As a child of the 1980s, I grew up in the shadow of the cold war. The Free World (led by America) were the good guys while the Communistic world (led by Russia) were the bad guys. The battle between these two powers were in the realms of religion, politics, social values and economics. [...]
Is Health Insurance A Good Investment?
A young couple in a church I attended in the US, claimed they did not need health insurance. ”God would provide for their needs”, they firmly believed. When they had a significant car accident and incurred hefty medical bills, the church asked its parishioners (who had been regularly paying their own insurance) to take special offerings [...]
Christian Activism
Grassroots rebellion is growing. Whether it be the Tea Party, the Arab Springs, London Riots, or the Occupy Wall Street movements, we know one thing. The masses are angry. At one level, the common man has a right to be angry at our political and corporate leaders. James tells us that it is the [...]
