I heard a lovely story this week about A.S.K – from a lady in Australia who had given it to her friend and she and her friends and children greatly appreciated it. “These are exactly the questions we are asking’. It was good to hear. This week’s question is one I have heard a lot…. BIBLE READING: Psalm 104:24-35 TEXT: All creatures look to you … Continue reading Animals in Heaven – Do Dogs Go To Heaven? A.S.K 20
BIBLE READING: 1 John 5:13-21 TEXT: And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you … Continue reading A.S.K 19 – The Certainty of Heaven – How Can I Know I Will Go There?
I believe that there is an ‘apologetic of art’ – in other words art can be used to lead us to Christ or to point towards word and transcendent realities. This short talk from FOCL in 2014 explains why… Here are the basic notes with some of the paintings I used: Persuasive Art Picasso once said that ‘art is the lie which leads us … Continue reading Persuasive Art –
In yesterday’s blog I spoke about the enormity of the task that we face here in Australia. Here is an interview I did with the Gospel Coalition Australia – which expands on that a bit more. The key question, in Australia, the UK and the US, is whether the Church is prepared to face up to the underlying difficulties and whether, when we do, we … Continue reading Third Space – An Interview with The Gospel Coalition Australia
This weeks A.S.K question… BIBLE READING: Isaiah 30:8-18 TEXT: Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!(Isaiah 30:18) The teaching about Hell is so hard. It’s hard to take in, hard to grasp, hard to preach and hard to ignore. … Continue reading A.S.K 18 – Hell
(On the day that we launched Third Space I did this interview with Eternity magazine. You can read the original here) Australia is more open to Jesus than you believe A Scottish Christian leader wants to help local churches reach their communities BEN MCEACHEN | SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2019 05:14 PM | 1 “People in our culture are more open to the gospel than we think but the church is … Continue reading Evangelism in Todays Church – Interview with Eternity Magazine
Welcome to Quantum 61 – It has been an extraordinary week – 1) Labour Party Conference – https://twitter.com/skynewspolitics/status/1175785245880328192?s=12 2) UK politics has gone crazy – 3) EU – flag and anthem… 4) Greta Thunberg – https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/it-doesn-t-feel-justifiable-the-couples-not-having-children-because-of-climate-change-20190913-p52qxu.html https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/08/climate-change-stripped-bare/?fbclid=IwAR2NuhIwsyoIMJk2Bkl6yCqJw5E0otkslckbHwh-EMq6qP0mwcVoKuWOYY8 https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/09/23/climate-strikers-need-to-grow-up/ 5) Ethiopian Trees – https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-019-00275-x/index.html 6) Trans Academics https://quillette.com/2019/09/20/how-the-trans-rights-movement-is-turning-academic-philosophers-into-sloganeering-activists/ 7) Childrens Sex Lessons https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7490415/Children-young-SIX-given-compulsory-self-touching-lessons.html 8) The Madness of Crowds. – https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/lefts-civilising-impulse-drivingus-all-to-the-brink-of-savagery/news-story/017622480aeaebd981ff00053b2a40cc?sfns=mo (9) Jacob Rees Moog on … Continue reading Quantum 61 – The One with Labour, UK politics, EU flag, Greta, Ethiopian Trees, Sex Ed , The Madness of Crowds, Rees Moog on Abortion, China and 10 Commandments, Mercy Killing’ Ry Cooder
Doug Murray’s latest book The Madness of Crowds has a great section on forgiveness – in which he recognises its importance, but doesn’t really know how to achieve it…This weeks’ A.S.K answers that question. BIBLE READING: Hebrews 9:11-28 TEXT: In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness….. Just as people are destined to … Continue reading How Do You Achieve Forgiveness? – A.S.K 17
`As promised here is the link for the event we did in Canberra last week…. Reflections of ‘Us v Them’ panellist David Robertson CONFRONTATION AND CONVERSATION IN CANBERRA Special events in Canberra Mon Sep 23rd, 2019 Reflections of ‘Us v Them’ panellist David Robertson I wasn’t sure what to expect. But it turns out neither was anyone else. We were taking part in a … Continue reading Confrontation and Conversation in Canberra
In the midst of all the busyness of last week it was good to chat with Janet Parshall again…I find it fascinating that I am doing a live show a day ahead from downtown Sydney! I get to tease her about the Americans being behind the times! She is a superb interviewer… Click this link to get to the show… https://www.moodyradio.org/radioplayer.aspx?episode=280098&hour=2 Janet Parshall – … Continue reading Janet Parshall – In the Market from Sydney – September 2019
