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Uncertainty

Uncertainty

Coronavirus has caused the deterioration of the very fabric that binds the global sporting world together. Entire countries have sealed themselves off from the rest of the world and forced people to remain indoors. No world war achieved this on a global scale. We have entered into the unknown..

  • The essence of Grace

    This is a series I have written previously in various formats. These are important for young Christians. There are five great theological themes presented squarely in the Scriptures and to explain and display them in such a way that an ordinary person might exclaim, “hey, I understand that”!

  • The unexpected challenge of spare time

    I read this on the internet where it was posted anonymously. “After years of wanting to thoroughly clean my house but lacking the time, this week I discovered that wasn’t the reason.”

  • Thou shalt not kill

    Abortion has been a controversial topic with the new Zealand government with the recent bill passing which legalizes abortion right up until the birth of the child. But is the pro life belief outdated? Or is aborting a baby actually murder?

  • Change of seasons

    It’s autumn. The leaves are falling. The nights are cooler and lockdown (if you live in New Zealand) is moving from level 4 down to level 3. Life is slowly getting back to how things were before.

  • Hidden in plain sight – illicit drugs

    By the time I’d finished my military career and joined the police service, I was slightly older than most of my colleagues who joined at the same time.

  • The church and the digital divide

    Online living has well and truly been launched. We’re working, socializing, worshipping and entertaining digitally and socially-distanced. And the church, like it or not, has been rocket-launched into the dark unknowns of digital space.

  • The mountains left unmoved

    Everyone has challenges. The Bible is full of stories of lives marked by hardship. The Bible contains a real and raw account of what its like to live as broken people in a fallen world. In truth, I have found it to be unparalleled amongst literature in its insight into the human state.

  • Is there a link viz Statistics and Salvation?

    Now I have your attention, let’s discuss this. Statistics and Salvation. I was sent a humorous meme this week of a highly recognisable American ‘tele’ evangelist with this caption - 

  • Life and death

    We’re all now getting used to the daily reports and advice about COVID-19. Our lives are captive to a very, very tiny particle. We maintain our distance, isolate, stay at home and wash, wash, wash our hands. Oh, and we try not to touch our faces. Well, not too much.

  • A Rucker’s Hill prayer

    Driving towards the city along High Street in Melbourne’s inner north can be dangerous once you’ve reached Northcote. There the road narrows and veers slightly right as you begin your ascent of Rucker’s Hill. If you get caught behind a tram at this point in your journey, your next opportunity to pass will not appear until the other side of the hill.

  • 10 places we were once allowed to visit

    In my archive I found a Sydney Morning Herald article on the top 10 travel things to do in Australia before …. (the bucket list) ….  and, they are grand things indeed, but I have a different 10 from our 43 years of Country Town Tours.