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Does the Bible have issues with our income?

Does the Bible have issues with our income?

As Australian, we are very blessed to be able to live in a rich and stable country that is able to have a government large enough to fund social programs which help the most vulnerable. This past Saturday, Australians have exercised their freedom and right to vote for politicians or political parties they believe best represent their view and priorities in parliament..

  • Is Israel Folau a symptom of the age

    My question is much broader than Israel Folou but it raises issues for our consideration. Why is Christian belief be so readily attacked willy-nilly in the media and society (includes social media)? - This is a philosophical question.

  • A quest for uncluttered Christianity

    A friend of Gandhi once asked, “If you admire Christ so much, why don’t you become a Christian?” Gandhi reportedly responded, “When I meet a Christian who is a follower of Christ, I will consider it.” Later Gandhi demanded Christians to first understand the message of Jesus, and then strive to live without stereotyping others.

  • From the red pill to the God pill

     'You know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. Something's wrong with the world. You don't know what, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind...  driving you mad.

  • Lessons learned and unlearned

    As a teenager, I had a short-lived and highly unsuccessful babysitting career. One memorable fail was when I decided to wake a sleeping baby for a cuddle. I poked and prodded through its wooden cot bars until the poor baby stirred. Then it cried. Loudly and endlessly.

  • The family line of Cain

    I’ve been taking an interest in the second half Genesis 4, verses 16-24, through to Chapter 5, the third generation of man. In this initial article the focus is on the family of line of Cain.

  • What’s in it for me?

    It was a brief video screening regularly in a national park centre. The video was encouraging young people to consider a career as a park ranger. Attractive young people in park ranger uniforms were shown in stunning natural environments doing a variety of activities.

  • God doesn’t micromanage

    Recently I was talking to a friend who attended a funeral of a Christian young person. They wondered if this person had achieved all that God intended for their life. And then wondered the same thing about their own life. It assumes that God’s plan for our lives is to complete a series of God-ordained tasks.

  • Growing up Asian-Australian in Sydney Churches

    The changing demographics of regular church attendance in Australia is no secret to long-time Christians, with declining numbers of Anglo-Australians. This, however, does not signify the end of Christianity in the country, with an increasing number of church attendees coming from an immigrant and especially a second-generation Asian background.

  • The other unforgivable sin—can a Christian drink alcohol?

    Once upon a time, I wrote an articleabout a time I was chastised for my tattoos while preaching at a small country church. I pondered then whether tattoos were seen as the ‘unforgivable sin’ in many Christian circles.

  • Laguna Quays Respite repainted

    The Whitsundays Laguna Quays Respite coordinated by Well-Being Australia for missions has enjoyed a repainting (inside) by helpers Will and Margaret Pearce  -  now in its eighth year the Whitsundays mission respite facility has provided many mission families / couples and chaplains - a much deserved rest and recuperation. 

  • “I have always believed in Miracles” – PM Scott Morrison

    Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morison an unashamed Christian who worships in a Sydney ‘Sutherland Shire’ Pentecostal congregation, in his victory speech, opened with these words – “I have always believed in miracles”.