So often you will hear like for like comparisons made between church leaders and Pharisees. People will say stuff like: Jesus reserved his harshest criticisms for the religious leaders. A famous passage where Jesus does this is Matthew 23 where Jesus g…

There is an aspect of the gospel that you don’t hear about very often anymore, which we will get to in a moment…If you speak to any Christian they will tell you that the gospel is good news, indeed Gospel means good news. Many Christians will be able t…

IntroductionSodom and Gomorrah. If there is a day coming in Australia when there will be passages of the Bible it is illegal to read or preach on, this will be one of those passages. It is one of the most famous passages in the Bible and it gives us fa…

GaslightingTo systematically seek to undermine a person or persons by causing them to doubt their own senses and sanity, through carefully deployed misdirection and systematic telling of lies and half-truths.Author’s DefinitionIf you have read any rece…

This may seem like a big statement to make. I mean after-all unlike some of our previous Prime Ministers like Tony Abbot and Julia Gillard, Bill Shorten was born and bred in Australia. He has strong roots in the workers union movements, which have a lo…

In one corner we have a man, Israel Folau who is contemplating his future. Because he refused to delete a post on Instagram he has lost his income, his career, his prestige but he has retained his dignity and his backbone. I am not a 100% sure Israel F…

Last weekend something terrible and something incredible happened. The terrible thing that happened was that a young Reformed, professing Christian man, walked into a Synagogue and opened fire on innocent worshippers as they held a Passover celebration…

What does the bible sat about international aid?This seems like a really simply question to answer. There have been mass movements driven by leaders in churches and Christian Aid organizations across recent years, at least the last decade or more, that…

“I don’t think facts are necessarily true…And I know that I am gerrymandering the definition of truth, but I’m doing that on purpose.”Jordan Peterson“Let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.”Jesus Chris…