Jason

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Abortion in Australia

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  Pro-life speaker Bruce Coleman (Choices Of Life) spoke in our school this week, regarding the value of life and the Christian response to abortion. Several students expressed thanks for the informative and practical presentation, which also prompted me to do some research. Some online statistics I gathered: Australia's abortion rate is high in comparison to other developed nations. There are around 90,000 abortions in Australia each year, or two aborted lives for every five

Jason, what does “imputed” mean?

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A friend asked me recently "Jason, what does imputed mean?" No, she wasn't a Christian. And no we weren't studying the Bible. We were studying for an accounting exam at uni. The reason she asked is that one of our questions had a factor called "the imputed interest rate." "I can't really think of how to explain it in accounting terms" I said, "but in theology, imputation is where the righteousness of Jesus Christ is

Sixty years ago today: “He is no fool”

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Having recently finished the rigours of college life, he was enjoying the free time living with his parents allowed. Only the day before he had finished reading missionary David Brainerd's journals and wrote "I have prayed for new words, explosive, direct, simple words." Sixty years ago today, as he sat down to write in his journals, God answered Jim Elliot's prayer with words that were indeed "explosive." On 28 October, 1949, Jim Elliot wrote: His

Advice for missionary teams

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Elizabeth, New Jersey. Great joy in a missionary meeting for prayer and testimony. Spoke afterward with Carl Johnson of Congo. He counseled Pete and me thus: 1) Never let the sun go down on the slightest miff between us. Walk in the light with no darkness between us; 2) Always be willing to abase yourself before a native. "We think and say that we are just being 'firm,' but they know that we are angry";