Heaven seems to be a rather neglected subject today. But what do we mean by ‘heaven’? People sometimes say that deceased Christians have ‘gone to heaven’ to be with the Lord (1 Th. 4:17). That heaven is not a created place, yet the Bible’s opening verse states, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1ESV). Read the rest of this page »
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Prophecies about Jesus: The only way of salvation
There have been four shark attacks in NSW this week. A boy died after he was attacked at Shark beach in Vaucluse in Sydney harbour. A man was bitten at Manly beach. The other incidents were at Dee Why beach, and at Point Plomer near Port Macquarie. This follows fatal attacks at Sydney’s Long Reef and near Taree in late 2025. Read the rest of this page »
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When Christianity came to Australia
Most countries take at least one day a year to celebrate their nationhood and Australia do it on 26 January. On this day in 1788 Arthur Philip raised the British flag at Sydney Cove. Read the rest of this page »
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God’s hate speech
When I was young there was a children’s rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names (words) will never hurt me”. We must have been more resilient and tougher then because now the Australian government wants to legislate against hate speech! This could lead to discrimination against Christians and the censorship of Christian views. Read the rest of this page »
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What is the significance of the number seven in the Bible?
If you sit down at a piano, you’ll notice a pattern. From Middle C to the next C, there are exactly seven white keys. These seven notes make up a scale (Appendix A). If you play only six, the melody feels unfinished—it leaves the ear hanging, waiting for a resolution. But when you hit that seventh note, the scale reaches its ‘octave’ and feels complete. Read the rest of this page »
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Comparing people and animals
“Humans once stood on a pedestal: made by God in his image, earthly lords of all creation, categorically distinct from mere animals. That was the belief, anyway. Jane Goodall played a large role on eroding that self-flattering conviction, with her extraordinary study of wild chimpanzees at what is now Gombe National Park in Tanzania. By discovering unexpected behavioral similarities between chimps and humans, she continued the revolution begun by Copernicus and Galileo and advanced in a great leap by Charles Darwin: taking earth out of the center of the universe and humans down from our holy isolation. Goodall helped us see, long before genome comparisons confirmed it, that the gap between chimps and people is smaller than anyone thought. Gorillas aren’t the closest living relatives of chimpanzees. We are” (Quammen, 2025). Read the rest of this page »
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Overview of the Bible
This overview of the Bible is based on a video from Christianity Engaged. It is a short walk through the entire Bible to help us understand the greatest story ever told.
The Bible is comprised of 66 different books, but it is a single, cohesive story about a God who made us to love us, and His eternal plan to save us.
The main story arc of the Bible goes like this: creation, the fall of mankind, the global flood, the Tower of Babel, the story of the nation of Israel (which comprises most of the Old Testament), Jesus Christ and the cross, who ushered in a new covenant, the current Church age we are in, and the final eternal state with a new heaven and a new earth. Read the rest of this page »
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Imagine everlasting happiness
Has there been a moment in your life when you felt truly and deeply happy? What was it that brought you happiness in that moment? How did it end and why? Can you imagine it never ending? Read the rest of this page »
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Witnesses of the resurrection
Each cricket series against England in Australia Glenn McGrath predicts Australia to win 5-0. And he is usually right! So, if you told me that in the Boxing Day test England has had its first win since 2011, I wouldn’t believe you. That’s 14 years (or 5,468 days) without a win! If you showed me a report, I would think it was fake news. And if you showed me a photo or video, I would think it was generated by AI. How can I check if the report and photo or video was true or not? I could ask someone who was an eyewitness yesterday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. That’s the kind of evidence I need. Read the rest of this page »
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Christmas miracles
Numerous movies, TV shows, stories and songs have been written on miracles and Christmas. Did you know that at Christmas we celebrate a miracle? The Bible claims that the conception of Jesus was a miracle. So, He was a miracle baby. But how can anyone believe that this was true? After all, I am not aware of any other miraculous conceptions reported in human history. Read the rest of this page »
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