Archive for February, 2009

Jesus' example in hard times

As I am reading through the Book of Luke I am noticing something amazing about Jesus. In the midst of hard times and suffering that would devastate most of us, Jesus still continued to look out for others. Here’s a few examples from Luke 22 and 23. 1. At His arrest – In Luke 22 [...]

Letting the Bible speak

One of the things I do when I am trying to learn what the Bible says on a particular subject is to let the Bible speak. By letting the Bible speak I mean I look up a subject in a topical index (the topical index I typically use is in my Pradis Bible Software). This [...]

I am proud to be Australian

Whenever there is a major crisis in Australia there is always one thing that seems to happen. We pull together as one and role up our sleaves to help. We have seen this time and time again over the years. Whenever these are major bushfires, cyclones, floods, mine colapses or other major traumas, as a [...]

My daily devotional plan

Several weeks ago I shared a simple daily devotional idea for Christians. It involved reading a chapter of the Bible, refelcting on the keys parts that spoke to you and praying a simple prayer at the end. Today I thought I would share my current devotional plan that I do. Essentialy my daily devotional revolves [...]

Victorian Bushfires

It is hard to comprehend that 108 people have been confirmed dead and over 750 homes have been destroyed in the Victorian bushfires. Some whole towns have been burnt to the ground and families have lost everything…and the fires are not out yet. In times like this my heart goes out to everyone involved. I [...]