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Into the Wilderness

It is interesting that Jesus asks us to pray that we are not led into temptation when it seems it was God’s Spirit who led Jesus himself into temptation.

Failure is Never Final

For 28 years Abraham Lincoln experienced one failure after another. His business failed, he had a nervous breakdown, and lost nomination for Vice-President of the USA. Yet despite setbacks, in 1860 he went down in history as one of America’s greatest presidents.

Can We Give To More Than One Good Cause? Are There Ethics Of Caring?

As urban Australians rally to the aid of their drought-stricken rural cousins, some are decrying spending on government foreign aid or focus on the needy outside Australia. Is there a hierarchy of care or a moral responsibility to look after ‘our own first’? Philosopher Xavier Symons helps us evaluate our responsibility to the rest of humanity.

You Can Make a Difference – Part 1

The Bible makes it clear that we can make a difference, because this is his world, and he created us for a reason. We wrongly think we have to wait for some big important event to make a difference—not so. Anne Frank in her book The Diary of a Young Girl wrote these words: “How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world”.