Discernment
The Path Paved With Good Intentions
I’ve been at college full time for a couple of weeks now and it’s been a great experience. One of the classes I really enjoy is church history and we’ve covered the history of the church up until the reign of Pope Leo I. As we’re going through our textbook one of the course requirements [...]
When Everything is Crashing Around You
I think I’d have a mental breakdown if I was in Job’s position yet he blessed God at the end of chapter one after all he lost and went through. A lot of people cursed God and died for much less than what Job went through. We should examine ourselves and see how we’d go [...]
What’s On Your Wall?
When I joined Facebook, my initial feeling was fascination. I was connecting with friends around the world in a way that was convenient and relatively secure. We regained contact with other friends whom we probably would never see again, due to distance or circumstances. As our friend list grew online, I felt as if my [...]
Environmental Management, A Christian Perspective
Is our planet warming? If so, is global warming man made? What should we do to protect the environment? These are questions Australians are asking every day. As followers of Jesus Christ, what should our attitude toward environmental matters be? If we are going to answer the questions of our day, we need to have [...]
Waldensians, Monks, and Those Evil Egyptians
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, PART III If you thought there was a conspiracy in my writing on this topic (part 1, 2), you were right. I really wanted to bring it down to theology. After all, theology matters. It always matters. So where do we see conspiracy thinking in theology? Well, it seems Christians are prone to [...]
What Kind Of Error Is “KJV Only”?
Defining “KJV Only” Before we consider this question, do you consider yourself to be “KJV Only?” By this, I mean: Do you believe that God preserved His Word to us in the King James Version only? Do you believe that any other Bible translation is unreliable and must not be used? Do you believe that [...]
What’s the Attraction to UFOs?
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, PART II In the last post, we saw that the tendency to believe conspiracy theories is a general human trait. This raises a question: why are humans drawn to conspiracy theories? What is it that makes them so attractive to us? Here are some suggestions. Blame – Conspiracy theories are a great little [...]
UFO Sightings, Moon Landings, and the US/Al-Qaeda Coalition
I wrote this three part series several years ago but felt that it was not the right time to publish it. Time has passed so I’ll let you be the judge. Warning: it’s got a bit of sarcasm… ok… a lot of sarcasm. If that’s the sort of thing that bothers you, please stop reading [...]
Influence
The British tabloid News of the World recently exposed Sarah Ferguson accepting a bribe in return for trade influence with her former husband. Their “investigative journalism” or entrapment did not ingratiate the former royal family member to the common man. Perhaps your dinnertime conversation included something like this: “that’s what you have to expect from [...]
The Fantasy Myth
This post was written by Donna Lynn Hess. Is fantasy a bane or blessing for our children? With the rise of the New Age movement, this question is one of increasing concern to Christian parents. However, before we can judge the value of fantasy, we must first understand its definition and purpose. In a broad [...]
The dangers of non anti-intellectualism
It’s a sad indictment on Fundamentalism that we have come to be known as anti-intellectuals. But you can hardly blame people for getting that impression when we regularly refer to seminary as “cemetery” and many of our leading educators mock education from the pulpit. But that is not what this post is about. This post [...]
Technology is a tool, not a toy
Life is not a game. God made us and He put us here for a purpose. Sounds obvious, but it’s so easy to forget when you live in the technology toy factory we call modern Australia. You know what I mean. Facebook, Twitter, Forums, Blogs… iPhone, iPod, iMac… X-box, Wii, PlayStation… Email, texts, mobiles, landlines, [...]
