It was a very sad day for freedom of speech and freedom of religion in Victoria when the Victorian parliament’s Legislative Council passed the controversial Equal Opportunity Bill on Thursday 15 April, 2010. The Bill had previously been passed by the Legislative Assembly and will now become law. This draconian new bill gives wide ranging powers to the Equal […]
Global Whining “There’s Entropy under my Fingernails!”
The ongoing hoo-ha about global warming; the fact that it’s “Earth Day” on the 29th of March and we are all expected to turn off our lights for an hour, together with the fungal infection under my fingernails, has created the opportunity to take another look at what it means to live in a world […]
Acts 4:12 – The Gospel According to Peter.
When Peter stood before Annas and Caiaphas in Acts 4:12 and said, “… there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”, he was doing more than simply proclaiming the gospel. He was drawing battle lines. Years before, when Augustus […]
Aid – Poverty – News from Salt Shakers
Dead Aid ‘Stand up for Poverty’ calls on governments to throw more Aid at poverty. Yet a new voice has emerged from the very heart of poverty-stricken Africa to challenge this concept. A young Zambian woman, economist Dambisa Moyo, has written a book called Dead Aid. She does not say all Overseas Aid (OAid) is wrong, […]
