Passion World Tour 2008

A few weeks back, our pastor showed the Louie Giglio video presentations of “How Great is our God” and “Indescribable”, both are presentations with a gospel / evangelistic emphasis on the awesomeness of the galaxy and as the title of the first presentation suggests, the greatness of God. I am not fully conversant with Louie’s ministry or background and history aside from these DVD’s and his Wikipedia profile. However the content of both of these was excellent. His ministry team “Passion” has a world tour in 2008 which will be in Sydney in October.

Christ’s Superiority

A recent study in the New Testament book of ‘Hebrews’ has given rise to consideration of why anyone should accept Christ as superior to other religious leaders and their teachings and beliefs.

Earth Hour of Power

I have been sceptical of the fad of climate change, however, we decided that there was no harm last year in switching off our lights for “Earth Hour”. The funny thing was, when we did we walked outside and could not identify another single participant in our suburb. One journalist suggests that the impact of turning your lights off for an hour is an indistinguishable drop in energy use?

Another article from the perspective of an Anglican congregation that has adopted a environmentally friendly policy suggests that the concept of stewardship of the Earth is a new concept only developed in the last 3- 5 years! Doh! What? See Leviticus 25:1-6. Nothing new here.

I think the wisdom proffered in Proverbs 12:10-11 is applicable. The righteous will always be considerate towards their livestock and will be conscientious in the management of their land and resources. Turning off lights might be a fun way to celebrate this effort but it won’t save the planet or the inhabitants, that’s Christ’s job (Romans 8:19-23)

 

The How & Why of Receiving Christ – Matthew 20:17 – 21:17

I presented a talk at Allowera Baptist Church on Palm Sunday 2008, March 16.

 

Channel 10 Tomb Farce

It seems the producers and directors of ‘Big Brother’ decided to dumb down to their audience again last night by running James Cameron’s latest piece of trash.

I commented on the so called “Lost Tomb” back in February.

A&O also has a wealth of well referenced material for those willing to research further.

Is Christianity Good for the World?

Christopher Hitchens would have you believe this is not the case. After-all, look at the trail of misery throughout history left by proponents and members of institutional religion - Christian and Non-Christian alike.

Douglas Wilson, has provided a written interaction with Hitchens.

Grave Concerns?

The recent buzz about James Cameron’s (of Titanic fame) new doco about coffins supposedly belonging to Christ and his wife and children prompts an acknowledgement.

James White has compiled a list of articles, questions and analysis on the topic & Frank Turk has a few links to Jerusalem Post and Time Magazine worth looking at.