One of the most common “mantras” I’ve discovered in society is, “If God is so all-loving and all-powerful, why does He allow war, suffering, starvation etc etc?” Many people who asked me this on the streets did not want my biblical answer, they used it only to justify their own position or stand in life. …
Yearly Archives: 2009
That’s rubbish!
There was a time when I used to say that it didn’t matter what one believed in life. If someone believed this, that, or something to be true or the truth, well then that’s the way it is for them – truth. When it came to all the various religions and their practitioners in the …
Untested teachings and opinions
The old lady stood in her doorway hunched over her walking stick as she spoke with me. In her eighties, she told me that she used to go to church but had now ceased the practice due to ill health. She had a number of illnesses, but asthma was the one most evident. As I spoke with …
It runs in the family
It was not uncommon for me to encounter one family who were plagued by violence, depression, alcohol or drug abuse. Usually the problem arose because of the habits of one member. Rich or poor, young or old, male or female, educated or uneducated, it made no difference – the effects upon that family were extremely disturbing for them at the least and devastating for them …
Anything that didn’t cost
In the gospel of John in the New Testament we read of several people who were followers of Christ for a time and then they walked away from Him. Basically they walked away because they knew a deeper commitment would be expected from each one of them if they stayed. They enjoyed being part of the in-crowd taking full advantage of His …
The pathway
When I first became a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, after experiencing His physical healing powers, it was nearly two years before I set foot inside a church. But from the moment I did so, I made up my mind I was going sit under the preaching and teaching of God’s word and apply it to …
It was what he wanted
Of the many hundreds of people that I met doing this work out on the streets, there were only a few that I had the on-going pleasure to visit on a regular basis. Regardless of whether they accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ or not, I was made welcome in their homes for tea or …
There’s something shallow about them
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 …
So did their actions
A constant, but remarkable observation for me always, was the apathy and indifference demonstrated by the middle-class in the community, towards the gospel of Jesus Christ. Here I was, a messenger, equipped with the greatest news possible for each and every one of them, operating under the authority and empowerment of the greatest News Director in all the …
The progressive order
Mrs Sullivan was in her early thirties and she told me she was on her second marriage, “which is heading the same way as the first.” She said she had a bad temper and suffered lots of guilt and fears. She was also grossly overweight – obese. She knew about the message I was proclaiming. When she was a …