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David

  • News-casts: a terror attack slated for New York 27 Oct–5 Nov

    How seriously can we take such news-casts (Television News, News Radio, On-Line News, News Print) – a major terror attack surrounding the US election.

  • Islamic State using civilians as human shields in Mosul battle

    Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists\' stronghold.

  • Andrew Smith the Kookaburra now champion coach

    Andrew Smith, Beijing Olympic Bronze Medallist with the Australian Men\'s Hockey team, the Kookaburras, and now a winning coach with the Victorian Vikings, believes that faith in the Lord Jesus means you don\'t have to do everything yourself.

  • King Hezekiah really did destroy idols

    The accuracy of the Bible is continually confirmed. Recent excavations in the Tel Lachish National Park in Israel have revealed a \'gate-shrine,\' dated to the period of the First Temple, about the eighth century B.C.

  • I'll miss you Star Wars

    The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a bittersweet moment for me. As a child I watched the movies and my motivation to read was encouraged by two worlds, Brian Jacques\' Redwall and Star Wars.

  • Talking to young people about body image

    Our health messages could be pushing teens into anorexia, bingeing or bulimia. That\'s what the research suggests. With soaring rates of obesity and eating disorders in kids, today\'s young people are getting powerful messages targeted to help them make healthy choices.

  • AmeriGEDDON and the preppers can't save the American Dream

    As much as I wanted to love the conspiracy inspired film, where the UN plans to take down America and bring war and destruction comes to life, the director Mike Norris (son of Chuck Norris) disappointed on so many levels.

  • Oh what love!

    The night was clear and calm after a week of weather with bouts of wind and rain. The guests began to arrive, dressed in vintage glamour costumes. It was going to be a fun night and I had been given instructions to stay outside and enjoy the party.

  • Australian pensioners serving overseas as volunteers – pensions unaffected

    A recent article stated that about 75,000 Australians are living abroad were sent Federal Government payments, including about 65,000 pensioners but that most of these people are migrants now living in their countries of origin.

  • Compromises can be both good and bad

    This word \'compromise\' has an awful history attached to it and yet there have been very positive compromises.