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Lessons from the fires
[Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] [Source] On Sunday when I first heard that there were some 30 fatalities from the Victoria fires, I was shocked. I just didn't realise that the fires could be that deadly. Now with the death toll over 180 and expected to rise significantly, I thought it was appropriate to post a few thoughts. Lessons from the fires 1) There are more important things than the global financial crisis. Last
Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land
Why do we celebrate Australia Day? Based on a 2006 federal survey of 10,000 Year 10 students and 10,000 Year 6 students, more than three-quarters of Australian teens did not know that Australia Day commemorates the First Fleet's arrival and British settlement (but you knew that, right?). If you have only a basic or faded knowledge of Australia's past, but would like to learn more, you would benefit from reading this book. Here's a review:
Loved
Hosea, the minor prophet, ministered in a time when the Northern kingdom was enjoying peace and prosperity. Unfortunately with this prosperity came great moral decay and as a result, Israel forsook their God and worshiped idols. So God instructed Hosea to marry Gomer, a “wife of whoredom” (1:2), to be an example to Israel of their great unfaithfulness. Despite their great unfaithfulness, the book of Hosea shows the depths of God’s love for his people, a
He knows we’re frail
“He knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.” –Psalm 103:14 Times of difficulty and suffering remind us that we are frail. 1. We are spiritually frail. Those moments when we feel most strong and stable can be so close to those moments when we stumble and fail. We are prone to rebellion and idolatry. Our hearts are deceitful and wicked. 2. We are physically frail. There are a thousand dangers that could throw