The other morning on television I watched a group of people sitting on the ground in a circle expressing forced laughter. Apparently research has shown that the health benefits of laughter are far-reaching, strengthening one’s immune system, boosting energy, diminishing pain and giving protection from the damaging effects of stress. More than one person had a stressed out look on their face and so I couldn’t help but wonder how the rest of the day was going to pan out for them when once again they’re Continue reading
I recently read an article on guilt, written by a popular leader of a church here in Melbourne. The sub-heading read: For many of us, a church and the symbols of religion merely remind us of where not to venture. A smaller heading within the article: Guilt and Religion have long been bedfellows. It is time to get these two apart. This man has spent many long years working at getting “these two apart” – his area of expertise being in the 
On a recent national television program, millions of Australian people including myself, watched & listened to a cult leader in his late 40′s tell us he was Jesus Christ. There’s nothing new in this of course, he’s simply one of many from around the world who pop up from time to time claiming the same thing. Unlike most of them who simply have a religious, dominating personality though, this man is rather good looking … tall, athletic figure, longish hair, light beard, lovely smile and loads of charisma. Some of these Jesus’ show 
In my experience, a common accusation made to Christians by non-believers is that we’re not really all that intelligent and that our faith is a great cop-out, a great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Usually such statements are made to support their bias for science & evolution, which is in turn a grand excuse for them to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence for God. Nevertheless for the purposes of this post, I’m going to 
Over the years different people have asked me in different ways about the reality & work of Satan the devil and sin. Questions such as, “How come God allowed this to happen in the first place?” Or, “Why didn’t God get rid of Satan when he first sinned so as to prevent it from spreading into the world?” Some have been all too willing to blame God for it since He permitted it to happen in the first place … especially those who saw this as a way 
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I was re-watching a You Tube video from the late David Wilkerson recently, and I was struck by his words, “We have come to a time where every man, every woman, has to get their own word from God. You can’t get it from some great voice, you can’t get it from someone you think is holier than you, you have to get alone with God.” He spoke of David’s experience with the Amalekites after having gone through much heartache, distress & tears – 
During the presentation of my radio gospel program a lady phoned leaving a message to say she was being, “wonderfully blessed” by what she was hearing and that, “the Holy Spirit was speaking His truth.” During the presentation I was making some distinctions between common church practice and not so common reality. At the end of the program, I took a call from a man who said similar things. He said, “You spoke the Lord’s truth. How wonderful to hear truth.” Similar things get said by others from time to time, making it always 
On television recently, a Baptist pastor was asked to share his views on same-sex marriage. He did so, “on the basis of justice, compassion and equality for all people.” Then he went on to say, “The case would need to be made that allowing same-sex marriage would actually be detrimental to the community in some way before I would argue that the state should legislate against it. For myself I actually support it and would be willing to conduct a same-sex wedding were such things allowed.” During my time of association with a What’s This?
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