Bidirectional Single-track railway lines
It means a single line which allows trains to run in both directions..
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How do you read your bible?
Reading your bible is the ABCs of a basic Christian life. Bible and scripture are essentially like breathing for a Christian, without it we will weaken and suffer a spiritual suffocation.
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Embarrassed by theology
On 11 July, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson ascended to the heavens in the VSS Unity. Well, kind of. Laying aside how far Branson actually shot into “space”, debate ensued as to whether he qualified as an astronaut for having gone to space at all.
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Illiterate Christians
Late 15th century Renaissance polymath Nicolaus Copernicus once said that “To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”
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How will this be?
Imagine our lives plotted on a line graph with the x and y-axis labelled time and unforeseen events respectively. Without a doubt, the curve goes up and down across our lifetimes. But there is also this time when the curve gradually falls and plateaus.
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Emotions.
A tornado of emotions...
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Eastern Europe takes a shine to Israel
Czech Culture Minister Daniel Herman also praised the resolution, saying that the vote "aligned the Czech Republic with democratic countries that fully respect human rights and reject any form of discrimination." Close your eyes and picture any Western European politician uttering those words.
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Following Jesus is harder than ever
If you are reading this article, it is most likely you are doing so using the Internet and, on your smartphone or laptop. If true, then you are most likely living in a part of the world that is referred to as “the West”, or “the Majority World”. It is to you that I write this article, because it is my belief that for us, following Jesus is harder than ever.
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The great Australian pile-on!
Nobody feels sorry for Nadia Bartel.
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The Ghan
As the Footplate Padre one of my long term goals was to be a guest on The Ghan and as sure as night follows day, a few years ago, this occurred.
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Disciples that endure to the end
Can you remember a time in your life when people globally have experienced such consistent times of duress?
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Snatched from the fire
Upon receiving a surprise request from his previously unknown (to me) daughter Judy, I visited Alistair in the nursing home where he had apparently resided for some months. He was 94 years of age.