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So you want to be a missionary? - not quite a book review

So you want to be a missionary? - not quite a book review

What is it about missionary organizations that cause them to look with suspicion upon people who claim they are unmistakably called by God to go out into the mission field?.

  • Why I am still teaching after 25 years- Part 5- The end is nigh

    I never wanted to be a teacher.

  • View: A Flood of Refugees, The Mind of Christ

    The German publication Der Spiegel runs regular stories describing the escalating refugee crisis in what they call Fortress Europe.  In a recent report they said, “Desperate scenes played out here, reminiscent of those witnessed in Hungary back in September.” They described, a group of young men who used a steal beam as a battering ram. “Men could be seen running and children screaming,’ they said.

  • Leading from the Front

    One of the questions that came out of the ball tampering controversy that engulfed the Australian cricket team earlier this year was how much of the blame should go to the captain of the team, Steve Smith, or the coach, Darren Lehmann.

  • Opinion

    I was in a church meeting recently and in the Q & A time after the sermon someone versed a very strong set of opinions. But they were merely opinions because they were grounded solely in their own experience without reference to any of the classic sources of spiritual authority i.e. scripture, tradition, reason. Opinions are ever-present.

  • What happens in heaven when we pray?

    I received this in an email recently from a dear friend and thought it so insightful, I should share it with everyone I could. If you’ve seen it before, read it for old times’ sake, if not, enjoy - John

  • Tak Bhana supports Bible Month 2018

    Bible reading is key to being a strong Christian as well as victorious living says Tak Bhana, Senior Pastor of Auckland’s Church Unlimited and Bible Society New Zealand’s Vice-President.

  • Segway safari

    To celebrate the passing of my 70th summer, my bride of over 44 good years (only occasionally interspersed with a difference of opinion, sometimes of olympic proportions), bought us both a one hour tour on segways (‘seg’ as in ‘beg’).

  • Olympic athlete visits Waverley Christian College

    What does it take to be an Olympic athlete? Two-time Olympic runner, Eloise Wellings, visited Waverley Christian College in Melbourne as part of her campaign for the Love Mercy Foundation.

  • Change your life by changing how you think

    There was a scorpion standing by the side of a river and he wanted to get to the other side, but scorpions cannot swim. He saw a frog nearby and called to him saying, “Hey frog! Would you carry me on your back to the other side of the river?” The frog replied, “No way! You will sting me and I’ll die!” The scorpion promised he would not sting the frog and eventually persuaded the frog to carry him across the river.

  • Seeing Jesus in the Palestinian and the Jew

    I am writing this article from the heart of East Jerusalem, within walking distance of where Jesus was crucified and raised, and where so many other remarkable events of biblical history have taken place over thousands of years.

  • The QUEEN and the Christian Connection - Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen who ‘looks both ways’

    God’s servant  -  Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II had two ceremonies to mark the beginning of her public office?