In the United States a young boy had a near-death experience and testifies of having visited heaven. He says he met the Lord Jesus there. His testimony landed him a book deal, it’s now published and has become a best-seller. In her introduction to the interview with him and his parents, the television presenter said, …
Yearly Archives: 2011
Always Closer to The Lie than to The Truth
A popular Roman Catholic priest here in Melbourne set up a mobile, drive-through confessional so as sinful drivers could “repent on-the-run.” A numbered sin-selection list commonly known as, “The Seven Deadly Sins” was taped to the priest’s “Hopemobile”: lust, gluttony, greed, laziness, wrath, envy, pride. Just as one does when ordering food from a fast-food outlet, a driver then pulled …
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The Violation of Universal Principles
I was conducting a training course recently, and in giving the group a little background about myself I informed them that for the past 25-plus years I had stood for the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel. In addition, I mentioned that although my experiences in life had been quite varied, I discovered that my life did not even begin to work …
Taking Pot Shots at The Church
During his sermon a few years ago, the pastor said, “There are those who seem to delight in taking pot shots at the church.” Not only was he making reference to criticisms from the unbelieving world, but also to practicing Christians. He was new to this particular fellowship so he then spent a little time sharing with us his beliefs …
What’s Missing from Christianity?
Just before he was about to preach his message, a Christian man shared how he had been rushing to get to the service. In relation to the near 200 kilometer drive, he said, “I set the cruise control on my car at 120 kph, ran a couple of lights, but I made it in time.” In the group, it …
He Needs to Know we Know he Knows
I saw an ad on a TV Channel recently, promoting a forth-coming film/documentary and in his script I heard the voice-over man speak of, “the mythical history of human origin as presented in Genesis.” It took me back to my days on the streets as a gospel messenger. Not too many of those days would …
Muddled & Confused
I typed the search term “end times” into Google the other day and it came back with a result of 5,250,000 over 79 pages. Whatever else those figures tell us, it shows that millions of people all over the world have some interest in this subject. Next, I typed in the search term “end times prophecy” and it …
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 and economic upheaval, war … whether it is factual or not, all of them do seem to be happening at an exponential level …
But Once it’s All Over it’s All Over
A retired Christian man came out with me on the streets of my local suburb as we went door-to-door sharing the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had been a Christian for many years, his wife and family being the same. One of his children was also in ministry elsewhere. One day I knocked on a door of a home and …
The False & Unnatural
I’ve been giving some increased thought lately to some comments made by one of the great Bible teachers, the late Derek Prince. About twenty-two years ago I was studying the Scriptures from one of his video teachings and although I don’t recall his exact words, the thought has never left me. He said something like, “Some people change their …