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Disasters, judgement and love

By Symon ⋅ March 31, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

God’s green earth has definitely had it’s fair share of disasters lately. Naturally, disasters of this magnitude (especially when it’s close to home) conjures up a mixture of emotions, responses and opinions – the following are a few that have been publicly expressed by people of various religious beliefs: “This is God’s judgement because of [...]

The Porn Identity

By Symon ⋅ February 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

(Hopefully the title doesn’t get my blog blocked by net-filters.) An intriguing entomological experiment shows that a male butterfly will ignore a living female butterfly of his own species in favour of a painted cardboard one, if the cardboard one is big. If the cardboard one is bigger than he is, bigger than any female [...]

Unbelief

By Symon ⋅ February 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Unbelief is prevalent in the world today, and perhaps just as (if not more) prevalent in many churches and in individual Christian’s lives. [Loud silence] The attached study is the accumulation of thoughts about unbelief, and the result of a thorough searching of God’s word and my heart. Why have I pursued this process? Because [...]

Israel: the nation and the people

By Symon ⋅ January 23, 2011 ⋅ 5 comments

Israel. There isn’t another country on the planet like it. A melting pot of culture, race, religion and people. World leaders can’t ignore it, the media can’t stand it, and its neighbours want to nuke it… Why? What is the big deal with Israel and the Jews? Does it even matter what we think or [...]

Halloween: trick or trick?

By Symon ⋅ October 27, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Yep, it’s that time of the year again, when young Jimmy pleads with his mum to buy him that blood-splattered-glow-in-the-dark meat cleaver on display in the toy store’s window. Halloween is only a few days away, and once again I’m concerned at the amount of parents encouraging their kids to participate in a celebration which [...]

Bootcamp

By Symon ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Bootcamp is a compilation of ten studies covering the foundational teachings of Christianity. Written for new and growing Christians in a relevant, easy to understand format. Click on the links below to open the study in PDF format. The Studies: 01 Cross 02 Water 03 Three 04 Speak 05 Word 06 Power 07 Body 08 [...]