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Roman Catholics who believe the doctrines of their church authorities believe that it is impossible to have a saving relationship with Christ without the Sacraments of their Church - such as the Mass, Penance etc. True or false?

If Roman Catholics truly believe that God's grace only comes through their rituals administered by their priests with "Holy Orders" then are they preaching another gospel? And if they believe the wafer they administer is fully Jesus Christ, are they preaching another Jesus? read more »

Its actually great to see how this recent flood crisis in Queensland is bringing out so many volunteers from churches to help those who have suffered great material loss.

Some people from the small church I have attended have talked about how they have been involved in helping people through this crisis in some ways.

I have also been helped in my understanding by the message preached by the pastor of the local church I attend. He said that the greatest thing that could come out of this is that people will have a renewed desire to PRAY. read more »

Every 35-50 years at least the Brisbane river floods and massive damage happens. Some people are blaming town planners. They should have seen it coming.

Every 35-50 years hundreds of thousands of people in Brisbane enter an ETERNAL FIRE from which there is no recovery. Do we see it coming? Will the church pray and actually submit to God? Nothing else is going to make much difference without that. read more »

Readers may know my family and I live in Brisbane. We are out of harm's way. We live on high ground nowhere near the Brisbane river.

Please pray that we be sensitive to God's leading for people we may need to help.

Hi folks, we've just moved to a new server again - same company though.

Someone reported to me that they were having trouble making a blog post. I am just checking to see if I can make one.

There may be some lingering DNS issues. We will see. Currently both old and new servers are still delivering traffic.

I highly recommend the autobiography of Reinhard Bonnke, "A Life of Fire". It is around 600 pages, I've read maybe 200 pages of it. It is extremely instructive and contains major lessons that should be learned by any servant of God.

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Folks, I just attended a seminar this evening on the importance of social media. It fits in well with a tool I have just gotten hold of which I think could be very relevant to anyone out there wanting to build a strong opt-in business email list and use social media effectively.

Check out http://socialmedialistbuilder.ozebuzz.com/

Recently I drew attention to the prophecy of Dr David Uwuor concerning an impending tsunami and earthquake to hit the east coast and north west of Australia respectively. I made it clear that Dr Uwuor did not set a date, however, there were other people who had received various messages and confirmations that there would be earthquakes and tsunamis around the coasts bordering the Pacific ocean on September 3 (USA time). read more »

Afghanistan has been in the news a lot for the last 10 years. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11, this has especially been true, because the leaders of the United States decided that attacking and occupying Afghanistan was the appropriate response to the events of that day.

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An interesting article has just come out from Lee Grady called "Say Goodbye to the Untouchable Preachers". This article is basically an appeal for "charismatic" Christians, or those believing in the present day operation of the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, to WAKE UP concerning certain high profile ministers who apart from whatever legitimate gifts they have also been doing the wrong thing. read more »

In the last 30 or so years there has been a huge push to change public opinion concerning homosexual behaviour. Thirty years ago homosexual behaviour was something many people were ashamed of. It was regarded as a filthy perversion. But as homosexuals started "coming out of the closet" and gaining progressively more influence in the media, the judiciary, and government, we've seen a huge shift in the thinking of people across western societies. If the homosexual lobby groups have their way, it will soon be a crime to talk against the practice of homosexuality. read more »

You know, in my 20's I used to be a preacher of the gospel. Not having the responsibility of family, it was pretty easy to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel". I did that as much as I was able and I believe the results were fruitful.

Now that I am in my mid 40's, blessed as I am with a lovely wife and two gorgeous daughters, the same desire to preach and bring the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ to people still burns within my heart. But I am not going any more in the same way to the lost and dying. Two Scriptures come to mind: read more »

One of my favourite writers on the Sydney Morning Heard website (which at times should probably be called the Sydney Porning Herald because of its fondness for publishing titillating articles to do with all things sexy) is Miranda Devine. This lady says a lot of sensible things and her recent article: Flash of Fame spreads Sluttiness, made some really salient points about the direction our culture is going. read more »

An Australian man has had himself chipped with the Verichip and uses it to open his house door and log on to his computer. read more »

You can watch it on the foxnews video here:

Asked if Obama is the Anti-Christ, Benny Hinn responds:

"… It’s not Obama no.  It’s not Obama. I have been asked that question many times, and the answer is no.  He is not, he is not the anti-Christ.  He’s a good man, a Christian man.  I pray for him.  I pray that God will give him success.  And I pray that he will support his will."  read more »