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David

  • Ukraine homeless and orphans ministry update

    The Homeless Children and Orphans of Ukraine we have been ministering to and supporting now for many years - these precious forgotten children of Ukraine require a wider attention

  • Defining human rights that can be justified: part 1

    Recently while listening to a popular radio station, I heard a statement from a protester being interviewed to the effect \"I have the right to bear arms and it would be unthinkable to refuse me that right, so why am I being refused the right to abort a child\".

  • Heading home

    My grandfather died a month ago. I\'m still coming to terms with what that means. He died. For some reason I can say that he died, but I don\'t feel comfortable saying \"he\'s dead\".

  • Let's talk about sex!

    I want to talk about sex. This is very different to the usual topics I write about, but after asking both my Christian and non-Christian friends what they would like me to write about, one of the biggest responses was around sex.

  • Some points about good communication in science (or anything else)

    James 3 verse 1 (ESV) \"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness\"

  • Surgeon who caught Ebola while serving God in Sierra Leone loses fight with the virus

    A surgeon who travelled to Sierra Leone because he felt called by God to serve the sick in the latest Ebola outbreak has lost his fight against the virus.

  • False case against Christian converts heard in Federal Court

    Wednesday, two Christian converts from Islam - Obsa Ogeto, 32, and Soka Araro, 31 - appeared in the Oromiya Region Federal Court of Ethiopia on charges of growing and distributing illegal substances, punishable by up to seven years imprisonment.

  • A tale of two captaincies

    News of Michael Clarke\'s latest injury has set the cats amongst the captaincy pigeons, and could not have come at a worst possible time. Australia\'s batting has a callow look about it, and the poise and maturity of Clarke would have provided some much needed ballast.

  • Yertle the Turtle and a Teacher named Helly

    If you know about Yertle The Turtle, you know about the perils of dictatorship and the pain of bureaucracy.

  • His judgement cometh and that right soon: Shawshank Redemption twenty years on

    Widely regarded as one of the best films of all time, (I highly doubt we will ever have the best film but there are many that are mentioned in the same breath) Shawshank Redemption was released 20 years ago in 1994.