We oldies all know the old hymn “Count your blessings, name them one by one”. Even though we know it, we can let ourselves get busy, or forgetful, or take for granted ALL the sings the Lord pours onto our lives EVERY day. We know as parents (and I guess personally) the potential of selfishness that is in all of us, even post-conversion, we had […]

Do you ever ask yourself the question “where would I be today, but for the grace of God? I have been meditating on the “Grace of God” for sometime in my life, and I feel it is time to comment make some comments. You may have picked up, that I am concerned about the extreme teaching that is currently around (coming out of S.E.Asia) on the […]

I wrote yesterday of the need and importance of “looking up” and seeing the signs of the Lord’s imminent return. There has probably been hundreds of millions of words spoken and written regarding “end times”, the doctrine is called Eschatology. By the time I graduated from Bible College over 50 years ago, I was settled in my second coming understanding. We had been taught there […]

The early Church lived in the light of the soon return of the Lord, and believers would greet each other with the word Maranatha which basically translated is “Behold the Lord cometh”. Jesus himself says in Luke 21:28 “raise your heads because your redemption draws near”. Apostles like Paul and John lived constantly anticipating the Lord’s return, John reminding us in 1 John 3:3 He […]

Most Australians are fanatical about their sport, and many hundreds of thousands of our citizens go and watch their team each week, and I guess just as many watch it in television. Some say the main religion in Australia is sport, and the spectators really get excited about their team or key/s players, and will shout constantly, for their team, and of course against the […]