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Out of the overflow of the heart we now 'tweet'

Out of the overflow of the heart we now 'tweet'

The scriptures tell us: "Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks and moreover a good tree will bear good fruit" (Matthew 12:33-34). .

  • Theology too! Hockeyroos fifth, Argentina Gold!

    There is a theological lesson in the Women\'s Hockey World Cup wash up for the Hockeyroos fifth place. As an author of five books on field hockey, a Baptist minister of 33 years and the Australian Cricket Team chaplain for 17 years (retired end of 2000), my antenna is alert to such situations.

  • Footplate Padre's story of the driver who boasted...

    This Footplate Padre story came from my 1991 book "Ripping Good Railway Yarns" titled \'Bold Skite\' about a driver who \'boasted\' once too often to his disbelieving fireman.

  • Not his Cross to bear

    Here is an interesting story. A guy puts up a 6 foot cross in his front year, and all hell breaks loose. His neighbour, it seems, is ready to launch a secular jihad against the guy, and the local officials do not quite know what to do. This is how the media is reporting the incident:

  • 'Web' presentations

    One of the seminars at the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) annual conference in Hobart last weekend was the nature of multi-faceted nature of internet mission / church presentations.

  • Separating the Sheep from the Sheep

    No I did not get the title wrong. You are thinking of the words of Jesus in the Olivet Discourse when he spoke about the final judgment of the nations: "All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats" (Matthew 25:32).

  • A reflection of Pakistan life or a wider issue?

    Scyld Berry writing for London\'s Daily Telegraph and repeated in the Sydney Morning Herald reveals that no one should be surprised about Pakistan Cricket bookmaking as it is simply a reflection of Pakistani life.

  • 91 and still a missionary

    It was such a privilege last week to meet up with a very old family friend. Gladys Dobson, from Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania, is 91 years old and was a missionary with Middle East Christian Outreach (MECO) from 1967-75 in Eritrea, Africa. She still has an important Christian role to play in our community.

  • Hockeyroos in the hunt - yes, it's a pun!

    Sports ministry has many arms to it, and one of the arms I\'ve enjoyed all these years has been writing hockey and using hockey as one of my ministry avenues. Not least conversations on hockey with taxi drivers from Indian and Pakistan backgrounds.

  • On abandonment, and coming back home again

    Sometimes I find myself in another state or country, alone, a stranger in a strange land, somewhat lost, not quite knowing what the next step is. I will be picked up eventually by someone I have never before met, and I will go off and do my thing,

  • Having a high profile requires solace

    In my thirty three years in Christian Ministry it has been my privilege, having been the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (Ret. 2001), to minister to numerous high profile personages who were followers of Jesus Christ.

  • 'Social Justice' Versus Biblical Justice

    The concept of justice has filled thousands of volumes over the centuries. It is foolish of me to attempt to do it justice in a short article (pun not intended), but perhaps a few introductory remarks can at least be attempted. Indeed, this may be the first of a number of articles on a rather detailed and complex discussion.