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Learn from the creeping vine

Learn from the creeping vine

In summer, there are plenty of plants and flowers flourishing in Beijing. The creeping vine is the least conspicuous plan, and I wouldn’t think of it, if it hadn’t been for the creeper on the wall in front of my new apartment..

  • When to give up

    Today I am here to tell you when it is okay to give up as a Christian.

  • This could be easier.

    How many times have you thought that life could have been easier?

  • The web of temptation

    It flew from one end of the room to the other. It was alert, filled with energy and speed. No one seemed to be able to get hold of it. The fly was having a good run, escaping all our traps until its buzzing annoyance could no longer be heard. It was oblivious to us what had happened to the fly. No one cared; we were just happy it no longer offended us.

  • A hard-knocked life

    There are times in our lives when we come face to face with our greatest fears and what we perceive to be insurmountable challenges.

  • The benefits of the benefit of the doubt

    What now feels like a lifetime ago, I went to university to study law.  After receiving the usual generalised education one gets at high school, I was suddenly thrust into a world that revolved around this one (admittedly complex) subject. Life became all about facts, suppositions, judicial findings and the minutiae of legislation.  

  • How to avoid the “friendzone”

    Many young men dream of marrying their best friend someday, so we develop this philosophy that we need to be best friends with a female before trying to escalate the relationship to the romantic level.

  • Unshakable faith

    Faith is unshakable confidence in God the creator. It is believing without a doubt that God is who he says he is and will do what he says he will do.

  • Suffering – the beginning or the end?

    If you have been a Christian for any amount of time, you may have encountered the doctrine as well as the experience of suffering.

  • Country Town Tours – Tasmania a beauty

    As the Footplate Padre there have been many diverse 'speaks' I have been able to give from regional and rural churches, service clubs, special interest groups to men's breakfasts, lunches and dinner.

  • Caught my attention  

    Some time ago when flying from Melbourne to Gold Coast I was handed a copy of the Weekend Australian and as I read the paper, three articles caught my attention

  • The power of your story

    After I became a Christian in my mid-forties I had many friends who were non-believers.