Posts from October 2015
A Different Reality
The Coalition’s Senator Eric Abetz recently took a well-deserved swipe at the media. He claimed that the media is not truly representative of the Australian population but has a left wing bias – particularly against things Christian. “If you have a Christian, conservative point of view to offer, the media will have this negative-sentiment override which will simply be critical of any views that you may seek to express and that has, regrettably, been the case now for many years…
SA’s JNGK and SSM
What a sad week it has been for our South African friends! Their largest church, the Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) officially approved same-sex marriages (SSM). At the same time their synod also opened the way for their ministers and other office-bearers to live as practicing homosexuals and to even marry their same-sex partners. Previously homosexual office-bearers in that church were permitted to serve on the condition that they lived celibate lives. The moderator of their synod, Nelis Janse van Rensburg…
What’s happening to our sacred songs?
In the last month or so, I have noticed an interesting development in television advertising. I do not know whether this is a developing trend, but it made me take notice. Advertisers are using well known sacred songs to promote their products. The first one I noticed was the ABC, which uses the words of the old and well known song “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” Originally, that song was written about the sovereignty of God, who…
Freedom of Religion
Some time ago the Muslims in our community bought a church building that had been left unused after the church merged with another congregation. The Muslims turned the building into a mosque. Within a short time two unsuccessful attempts were made to burn the building to the ground. There is obviously a faction in our town that does not tolerate a mosque in our midst. The “Weekend Australian Magazine” (26/9/15) contained an article on what is happening in the city…