Tag Archives: half-truths

The Constant One-sided Story

For a few years now, I have found it rather disturbing to hear and read comments made by some Christian people immediately following tragic events happening around the world.  Drought, famine, fire, floods, tornadoes, cyclones, earthquakes, political & economic upheaval, war…..whether it is factual or not, all of … Continue reading

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Lovers Of Lies.

When I decided to become a serious student of the Bible, I had already accepted the fact that it was God’s Word to mankind and, that it was to be in this Book alone that I would learn of the true nature and character of God.  … Continue reading

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What Makes Us Any Different From An Atheist?

A well known British former atheist, now born-again Christian, gave an interview on television recently and in answer to a question, he described today’s atheists as, “self-satisfied, arrogant, intolerant, completely resistant to any kind of outside argument and contemptuous of it.”  … Continue reading

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The Judgement of God?

During the summer of 2009, a pastor of a Pentecostal fellowship in my city of Melbourne, Australia, came under attack from both the wider church community and the media for saying that the horrendous bush-fires which took place that summer, were as a … Continue reading

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Are my prayers helping her?

Some church denominations combined for the purpose of promoting television messages which asked questions about death.  They were thirty second spots asking something like, “What happens after death?” and, “Where do we go when we die?”  As a result of that promotion, many people … Continue reading

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