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The euthanasia and assisted suicide bill (formally known as the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill” 2021) has been passed in the lower house last Friday. Mr Kevin Conolly gives an eye-opening look […]
The shattering news of little Emily’s inoperable brain tumour has dominated my thinking as nothing else could. One issue that arises is obviously ‘What can we pray for?’ Jesus’ disciples […]
Micah 5:2, 4-5a But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose […]
2 Peter 1:16-18 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty. […]
The Australian universities—especially in the area of the humanities—are failing to educate the next generation. And we are now at a point where the existing tertiary institutions cannot be saved, […]
Marylynn Rouse has put together a most valuable document in the diary of John Newton for 1765, which was his first full year in the parish of Olney. The year […]
1 Chronicles 22:11-13 “Now, my son, the LORD be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the LORD your God, as he said you would. May the LORD give you […]
Luke 9:51-56 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan […]
Jonah 3:4-5 On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all […]
James 5:19-20 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way […]
DON’t get me wrong. I’m all in favour of signs outside churches aka ‘Wayside Pulpits’. After all I had one outside St Kilda Church for long enough. People would often […]
A Malaysian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word “Allah” for “God” has succeeded after almost 13 years of court hearings and delays. Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill has […]
Enabled by foreign powers – particularly Egypt, the Sudanese military and the US Biden administration – the Marxist, separatist Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ethno-nationalist Oromo Liberation Army […]
The global coronavirus pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated underlying systemic discrimination, un-equal treatment and even persecution experienced by at least 340 million Christians around the world. That’s the conclusion of […]
1 Chronicles 17:16-18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me […]
In a significant step of moral unity, evangelical church leaders and Muslim academics recently issued a joint statement as to why doctor-assisted suicide should not be legalised in NSW. What […]
One of Tasmania's leading artists, Ron Francis, talks to AP about his own spiritual journey to faith in Christ as well as how this is rejected in his art.
You can find his website and facebook:
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www.scottliveseygalleries.com
www.facebook.com/ronfrancis1954
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