Another example of the world’s horrendous plight…

Burl Barer writes of what can only be described as a most despicable and gruesome crime. The murdered gentleman is the grandfather of a member of a message board that I am a member of, and I was horrified as I read these graphic details. Please note that the material contained within the link may [...]

SOAP: Philippians 2:12-30

SCRIPTURE: Philippians 2:12-30
OBSERVATION: Paul has some interesting things to say about how the people of Philippi should act as a response to what he has said about Christ (hence the “therefore” at the beginning of the passage). Especially noteworthy is a call to stand out in the world (v15). The second part of the passage [...]

Social networking and the world wide web

Lauren sent me an invite to Facebook last night, and, despite personally oathing that I’d never look at the place, I joined up.
I like the way it’s set up in that it is much more real than Myspace, and you can easily track down old friends from school. This is because you’re displaying your actual [...]

SOAP: Philippians 2:1-11

SCRIPTURE: Philippians 2:1-11
OBSERVATION: This passage is a great example of 2 things:

The embodiment and outworking of love between those who claim Christ as their Lord, that being an attitude of selflessness, humility and unity. It’s such a contrast from the typical “me first” mentaality of the world we live in.

The embodiment of who Jesus is. [...]

The week ahead

Has been a rather busy weekend, and I’ve fallen behind a bit on the SOAP. I’ll definitely be getting back on track starting from tomorrow, plus will compile some other thoughts based on some goings on this weekend.

The injustice of human justice…a preview

I’ll elaborate more on this later, but given the press regarding the court cases of known identities (eg. Glenn Wheatley, Matthew Newton et al) versus the regular Joes of Australia, it’s strange how it can appear that generally favouritism is shown to those who have the fortitude of a household name, and that punishments hardly ever [...]

SOAP: Philippians 1:18-30

SCRIPTURE: Philippians 1:18-30
OBSERVATION: Paul doesn’t fear death – in fact he seems to embrace it, for it is to him preferable to life on this earth (v23) Yet again we see how other person focussed he is, when he states that for those he writes to, it is more beneficial for him to remain alive [...]

Independent petrol stations fight back

Kudos to Eliah el Khoury of the independent petrol station chain Speedway for taking the fight to the big service station chains and offering petrol at just $1 a litre for an hour this afternoon. I hope that it’ll provoke consumers to realise that even with the shopping docket discounts of the bigger providers, it’s [...]

Intentional music ministry

Dan makes some fantastic points in his blog regarding how important goal setting and planning is for music ministry. I know that sometimes with my role in music ministry it can be easy to fall into a pattern of thinking about short term goals, but just like the head ministry team of a church will [...]

SOAP: Philippians 1:1-18

A preface – my church (St Thomas Anglican in Cranebrook) is being encouraged to try a new method of personal Bible reading. Go here to check out what it’s all about. I decided that the best way would be to share my daily thoughts, so that others can see what I’m getting out of each [...]