The Bloodwood Tree

So sad to see another pseudo-Christian group out there preying on the broken and vulnerable. No, just in case you’re wondering, the Bible doesn’t teach that Jesus is returning on May 21st, 2011, and neither does it teach that Jesus’ return has anything to do with people being gay.
The “Family Radio” group teach that Jesus […]

I noticed that the latest catalogue in my letterbox from Koorong Christian bookshop has a book called “Prayers that rout demons and break curses” by John Eckhard. Does that mean just asking God to do it isn’t enough? He really won’t answer me unless I know the right words and verses to quote (which I […]

Both Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen and Catholic Cardinal George Pell have this Good Friday returned fire on the growing atheist-Church conflict (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/02/2863269.htm), accusing the rise of atheism for many of the great wrongs of last century and challenging it as simply an alternative faith. But isn’t atheism the absence of faith? Isn’t it the rational […]

A couple of weeks ago I was walking in the evening as a storm came over. It wasn’t quite dark, there was still just enough light to see the grassland moving in the wind from the storm. The grass is above my knees and silver at this time of year, and the smell of rain came in […]