David
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Pick up your sword
You\'re patiently standing on hard soil, analysing the rumbling army ascending and anticipating the battle to come. You take a look to the left and right as the warriors ready themselves to fight in your name. Finally, taking in a deep breath, you hold your sword up high. With a mighty roar of your voice, you start charging forward.
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Confession of need
Recently I have been attending a 1662 Book of Common Prayer service. Each week the service is the same, and each week we pray the same confession.
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1953 – Edmund Hillary and Mount Everest
My late mother had kept a magazine featuring Edmund Hillary\'s climb to the top of Mt Everest because it was a feat that no-one had ever managed before, and it was achieved by a \'mere colonial\' – a New Zealander.
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5 days to register – One Day in Melbourne – Evangelicals Online
\'One Day in Melbourne—Evangelicals Online\' (conference) on Saturday 16 April 2016 is a one-day gathering for editors, writers, designers, social media mavens, authors, bloggers, self-publishers—anyone in Christian media whose aim is to maximise the Gospel.
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Latest ISIS propaganda video threatens London, Rome and 'nations of the cross'
The Islamic State terror group has issued a new propaganda video threatening London, Rome and Berlin with attacks. However, experts believe the video also contains signs that IS is itself in crisis.
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Top Muslim human rights lawyer receives death threats for speaking out against extremism
A leading Muslim human rights lawyer has received death threats after he called for unity among members of his own faith.
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Record-breaking levels of harvest-time hunger in South Sudan, says U.N
A record 5.8 million people in South Sudan or half its population do not know where their next meal will come from as conflict and poor rains have increased cereal prices by nearly five-fold in a year, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Egyptian Coptic Christian proven innocent of 'Facebook blasphemy' after 3 years in prison
An Egpytian Coptic Christian has been proven innocent after having served more than half his six year sentence for defamation of Islam, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).
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What do wetsuits, consumerism and child sponsorship the have in common?
20 years ago I was involved in triathlons. The swim, bike, run culture, for me, was an extension of who I was.
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Scarred sacrifice
Every scar tells a story. As a kid I used to play games around the house, and one time I found a loose brick and ended up getting a scar across my forehead.
