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“When Do We Bow the Knee to Government” is drawn from Daniel 6:1-28 and 1 John 2:12-17. It comes from Ross Clifford.
Poker machines are the gambling choice of many, certainly in my home city of Sydney. In fact, our country Australia has 20% of the world’s poker machines! It is a gambling scourge that destroys individuals, families, and communities.
A few years ago, I represented the Council of Churches in a meeting we had with our State Premier. We pointed out the social impact of poker machines and appropriate restrictions that would not destroy the gamblers’ freedom, but place community responsible limits on this vice.
This is a rehash of my 2019 Easter article – we are reminded our need to “plant the cross.”
I was reading the other day an academic text that stated in the first few centuries that the Cross was a sign that Christ was Victor. Christians would claim an area for Jesus and thrust a Cross into the soil to declare that territory belonged to Jesus.
Without sounding triumphant, I am personally drawn to this image. Easter dramatically reminds us that the Cross is a picture and statement about the atonement of Jesus Christ for us. He took our place! However, when we look at early church art, we realise the empty cross was primarily a symbol of victory.
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Apologetics is about positively presenting and defending the Christian worldview, with respect to its truth and relevance (1 Peter 3:15). It really is an essential part of the Churches ministry today. I often get asked are there any women apologists or is this simply a male centred ministry.
The exciting fact is that more and more women are entering this ministry and with my colleague Philip Johnson, we have set out some names that are worth exploring, together with the appropriate references. More support please for woman in apologetic Ministry!
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Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) was a graduate of Oxford. She offered a literary apologetic for faith in her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey (e.g.