People no longer believe in a real judgement. Modern versions of Christianity have made it a sin even to speak of it. John the Baptist saw judgement as an essential part of the Messiah's mission. From John we learn how to survive it.
A sermon for Advent Sunday. Preached one week early at St Matthews Shenton Park: History's Highest Hope - Isaiah 40.1-11.
BGC is an old college. I gave a lecture there in 1978 when it was located in Mundri. They were rebuilding after an aerial bombardment.
In Juba, South Sudan, my colleague Paul and I were getting sick of being cooped up in our “safe house”. We began to dream of climbing the small mountain we could see a few kilometres away to the south. Anticipating…
My excitement level rose as the aircraft made its descent to Juba and the details of green wooded hills and bushland came into clearer view. I thought of the last time I had seen this, flying out 37 years ago,…