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Evangelists are welcome

The Northern Territory News revealed recently than an American pastor, his wife and daughter have set up a web site to help them realise a dream - their passion to relocate from North Carolina to Darwin, the sin city of Australia..

  • Churches too identify changes

    A recent fascinating car technology article in the Sydney Morning Herald entitled \'Endangered Species\' details the number of items that are fast becoming non-existent, but that were once 'par' for the course with motor vehicles.

  • 'End of Summer' symbolism – grass and pastures

    As we come to the end of another harsh Australian summer, we see the pastures drying out and the native grasses on the roadsides turn their beautiful rusty colours as they set their seeds for the Autumn season.

  • Beware Outward Appearances

    Nearly a year ago a television event occurred which took the world by storm. When the episode was posted on the Internet the video clip was viewed by millions and millions of people within days. I refer to the day a star was born. I refer of course to Susan Boyle. Her appearance on Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009 was one of those amazing occurrences which got everyone talking.

  • Mobile phone data

    Have you ever wondered what happens to all that sensitive data on your mobile phone when it is destroyed or replaced due to a fault? What if you discovered that your 'faulty' phone was sent back to China for repairs, with an understanding they would wipe that data (without you really knowing if they did or didn\'t), repaired and then sold off to another customer? This is exactly what happened to one Australian missionary.

  • As the World Turns (Away from Climate Change Catastrophists)

    Some of you might have seen this deliciously ironic headline from the Washington Post recently: "Senate climate change hearings canceled because of storm". Earlier this month up to 50 inches of snow fell on the nation's capital

  • The War on Fatherhood

    Australian family law, the Family Law Act, and the Family Court all have a lot to answer for. They have regularly and systematically treated fathers with contempt and derision, depriving them of the most basic of human rights, including the right to see their own children after the breakdown of a marriage.

  • Toys go 'green' even at Winter Olympics

    There are Toy Fairs and Toy Fairs but none it seems is quite as significant as is the New York Toy Fair from Sunday 21 February. And buyers want \'green\', so \'green\' it is!.

  • Greg Bird is not alone in his sentiment

    Gold Coast Titans Football player Greg Bird was recently found \'not guilty\' of assaulting a young woman over two years ago. Sutherland Local Court magistrate Jayeanne Carney threw out the five assault charges levelled against Bird, saying she did not believe the young woman's story.

  • Disproportionate 'political correctness' reversed

    An over-zealous case of \'political correctness\' in England has been reversed. Olive Jones, a supply teacher (relief teacher) who is a Christian, was removed after offering to pray for a distressed student. She has now been cleared of any misconduct and invited back to the school at Weston-super-Mare.

  • Can India stand against sports threats?

    Ric Charlesworth, the coach of the the Kookaburras\' (the Australian men\'s hockey team), is aware of the dangers to his team which is to compete in the World Cup of Hockey which starts on February 28th in Delhi, India. However, he is not too concerned. Having lived in India, he said that every day there are threats and more threats, it\'s part of living in India.

  • Does theology affect politics

    \'Post-Successionism\' is a theological position. This long title was more familiar when Baptist minister Mark Tronson (now 58) was at theological college in his twenties. Now, it is more commonly referred to as \'Replacement Theology\'.