God
Considering Creation
Our church is providing another creation science event, with speaker Dr George Matzko (Bob Jones University). The first topic was “Design in Nature,” which surveyed various ways in which the universe has been precisely planned. Throughout the presentation, it was fascinating to see the precision of God in the natural world, such as the solar [...]
The People God Chooses To Save
Susan Boyle was the 47-year old Scottish woman who applied to the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. When she presented herself, the judges and the crowd didn’t believe she could sing. She didn’t look like a singer. When she talked, she didn’t sound like a singer. Then she started singing. Susan Boyle was chosen as [...]
Is there Habib’s in Heaven?
I am writing this post from Sydney. On Tuesday we are off to Habib’s, a middle eastern charcoal chicken haven in Bankstown for dinner. Yes I will be jogging today and tomorrow morning as an ‘insurance policy’ for whatever I eat at Habib’s. So what is so good about this little restaurant? It is has [...]
Insights For Easter
This time of year is a great opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ death and resurrection. Here are some insights gleaned from John Stott’s The Cross Of Christ: “In the Christian theology of history, the death of Christ is the central point of history; here all the roads of the past converge; hence all the roads of [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 3
Things continue to progress in a positive way though it is getting harder to shed the kilo’s. It is impossible to go on a ‘crash diet’ for 5 months. I am learning how lasting change takes place and how to put in place strategies not to go backwards. For anyone who has struggled to lose [...]
The Biggest Loser
The Biggest Loser, shown on Channel 10 has developed almost a cult following. Since trying to lose some pounds, I quite enjoy watching it online (without the distraction of the ads, including those involving food). There must be tens of thousands of people who (vicariously) watch the contestants try and do something about their weight [...]
If evolution is true…
. If evolution is true… there is no absolute sovereign God. . If there is no absolute sovereign God… there are no absolute morals. . If there are no absolute morals… we can do whatever we want. . If we can do whatever we want… God help us. .
The startling quietness of God
I think there is nothing so startling in all the graces of God as His quietness. When men have raged untruths in His Name, when they have used the assumed authority of the Son of God to put to death His real children, when they have with calloused art twisted the Scriptures into fables and [...]
Because I Said So
Reading through Leviticus recently, I’ve noticed a phrase that comes up time after time: “I am the Lord.” God is giving the Israelites instructions, the purpose for which is not always obvious. Then it’s as if he anticipates their question. ………………“But why?!” Why do I have to do that? Why does it have to be [...]
The Witch Doctor and the Inscrutability of God
Mournful wailing wafted across the jagged rocks to the watchers waiting on shore. Her children at her side, a young mother pleaded into the wind, willing her voice to be carried to her missing husband. “Why did you run away from us? You left without even one word! We don’t know where you have gone. [...]
6 months on
Our little boy Michael is now 6 months old. He is just learning to crawl, eat solids and of course to refuse some foods like rice cereal that he doesn’t care for. Perhaps there is a battle of the wills coming up. We have been blessed with a baby who sleeps through the night and [...]
An Investment in the Soul
I am just back from attending a Bible conference. The conference lived up to its name: we heard one Bible saturated message after another. 16 of them in fact. I was away from home for 6 days. It was a substantial investment, whether judged by time or money spent in getting there. But it was [...]
