Archive for the 'In the news' Category

Earthquakes, wars & famines

March 1st, 2010

In the last few days we have heard about another major earthquake. Several months ago it was in Haiti, this time it was in Chile. It was one of the biggest earthquakes on record and many people have lost their lives.
When we hear about these major catastrophes we can sometimes wonder if God is real [...]

Selling up churches and ministers?

October 23rd, 2008

Recently I have done a couple of posts on looking at different ways of doing ministry and bi-vocational Pastors. Today I found an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald that touches on some of these areas.
The article talks to the head of the Uniting Church in NSW. He says that they might be better [...]

Stemcell debate info

June 7th, 2007

The issue of therapeutic cloning has been in the news lately. There has been a lot of debate over whether the laws should be passed to allow Embryonic stemcells to be used in cloning to find cures for diseases like Motor Neurone Disease and Type 1 Diabetes.
On both sides of the issue has been a [...]

When does life begin?

October 30th, 2006

Currently in Australia the Federal Parliament is debating a Bill that would potenitally allow an abortion pill (RU486) to be introduced and made available to the Australian public. When this pill is taken it causes a woman to mis-carriage.
On big issues like this I think it is important to look at what the Bible says. [...]