Perhaps it is the recent visit of Richard Dawkins to Australia or maybe I am imagining it, but it seems to me that the atheist attack on faith and belief is fairly intense at the moment. Rather than be embarrassed…
Perhaps it is the recent visit of Richard Dawkins to Australia or maybe I am imagining it, but it seems to me that the atheist attack on faith and belief is fairly intense at the moment. Rather than be embarrassed…
A friend of mine has been struggling with faith. One imagines, as a new Christian, that faith grows in time until it is transformed into certainty. For many of us, however, the experience of growing older is not a movement…
It is easy for those of us watching the Godfather series on DVD to forget that Part III was released almost two decades after the phenomenally successful Parts I & II (in 1990). Apart from Hollywoood’s usual goal of wringing every…
I am currently reviewing a book by Wolfgang Vondey , Beyond Pentecostalism – to be released by Eerdmans in August. His chapter on Ecclesiology is inspiring me, and i thought i would share a brief quote. He notes that base…
My father’s Aunty Grace (Grace Hunter) turned 100 last Saturday (1o June). Who would have imagined, in 1910, that a mere century later she would receive congratulations from: Queen Victoria Julia Gillard (Prime Minister) Kristina Keneally (NSW Premier) Ms Quentin…
On Friday, I was invited to participate in an ecumenical symposium put on by the National Council of Churches in Australia, Faith and Unity Commission. Held in Canberra, the event celebrated 100 years of the ecumenical movement, which traces its…
The Bishop is back at Hillsong conference again this year**. Pastor of the Potter’s House in Dallas Texas, TD Jakes is not only an extraordinary communicator but the pastor of a church with an extraordinary missions program addressing issues of…
The Godfather Part II is widely acknowledged as being that rare sequel that equals (perhaps betters) the original, a deserving winner of its six Oscars, including Best Picture. Those setting themselves to the watching would be well advised to start…
My wife and I have decided to watch some of the films that top the charts of best ever movies on lists such as meta-critic and IMDB. Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy tops almost every list but (I am ashamed to…