I guess in every country’s language there are slang words that have developed over the years, that are really only understood by the “locals”. Australia is no exception to this phenomena, there is one particular slang that has been ringing in my heart recently, it is the words FAIR DINKUM. Its history is unimportant, but its meaning is: SOMEONE WHO IS GENUINE AND SINCERE SOMETHING THAT […]

It is 22 days since my last blog, “The foxes that spoil the vines” which produced a tremendous response. Three weeks ago, we left home to travel to Sydney to visit our family there, and to see our eldest son  sing in a production of Godspell, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We went to Hillsong church with them on the Sunday, and the ministry of the […]

I rest most afternoons for about an hour and often doze off. This happened last Saturday, and I woke with a part of a  verse of Scripture burning in my mind. It was from the  Song of Solomon 2:15 THE LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES  NKJV I have often quoted John Piper’s definition of Grace:  “Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned, […]

BE WARNED, there will be plenty of repetition  in this blog from previous blogs ok? I never tire of meditating  on God’s eternal plan of Salvation, long before man had sinned God had prepared this glorious answer, that His creation can be restored back to Him. I have often said, “Why didn’t Jesus come immediately following Adam’s sin?” That would have been my human response, […]

In Luke 4:18-19 we read Jesus was handed the scroll in the synagogue and read: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has ANOINTED  me to preach the Gospel to the poor, He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are oppressed; […]