Reality Revelations

Eighteen year-old Year Twelve student Charlie was very curious to know what it was that I believed as a Christian.  He told me he had lots of mates around his own age who were born again Christians and they regularly took him to a large church that held charismatic meetings.  He said he saw something in them that suggested Christ was real and present today, but, Read the rest of this entry »

Salvatore was a neighbour of mine who lived across the street from me.  I never knew him all that well however, because like most Italian migrants, he and his wife were hard working people.  They seemed to work long hours, including some weekends.  There was also a hindrance in communication between us, with me not knowing how to speak the Italian language and he not being all that confident with the English language. Read the rest of this entry »

From the street, the home and property looked interesting.  The garden was slightly over grown, the weather-board house looked to be in need of painting and maintenance in comparison to the one attached to it and I could see numerous bird cages in the closed-in veranda.  The front door was open so I opened the gate, walked up the path and knocked. Read the rest of this entry »

I spent a very interesting hour with Scott, a New Zealander in his late twenties who at one time was caught up in the teachings of a well known cult.  He didn’t actually join this cult, but in his time of searching for reality he’d spent many years reading books and listening to tapes, studying their beliefs.  He had since stopped doing this, but he told me that their influences continued to be heavy upon him even after going through some extensive de-programming. Read the rest of this entry »