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 [...]
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 [...]
June 18th, 2007
One of the key questions with the Stemcell debate is, “When do we think life begins?” More than any other question I think this will ultimately help us to make up our mind.
If we think about it a bit, if our position is that life begins when a child is born, we will think the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]