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On Biblical Cooperation and Separation

On Biblical Cooperation and Separation

As always in the Christian life, there are all sorts of important questions which have to be carefully thought through, prayed about, and discussed with others. Broad, general Biblical principles often have to be teased out in terms of application and appropriation..

  • School pageants are very important

    The summer holidays are nearly here which means it's Christmas pageant time!! These end of year school performances are exciting for the kids and memorable, if not a little stressful, for mums and dads. Costuming and rehearsals can take up precious time during an already hectic period, but amongst this chaos, lasting memories are created.

  • Perception of Sport turned on its head

    Mark Tronson, Well-Being Australia chairman and cricket chaplain, wonders if the sports world as Australians know it is being turned on its head. He cites two new reports on sport, and asks himself whether these point to an inevitable change in the perception of the sporting climate; and whether this reflects modern life in Australia.

  • An address does matter

    One of the fascinating questions of life relates to one\'s address and what impact that address has in such a variety of ways. One's address can be critical in determining a number of social attitudes and aspirations.

  • A theology of running away ….

    Is there ever a time to \'run away\' rather than face whatever it is that is the challenge of the day?

  • Message to young people

    The Australian Missionary News IPTV anchorman Mark Tronson has been asking as a final question to a number of his interviewee identities on this "Television on the Internet" program, "What message do they wish to bring to young people?"

  • The Manhattan Declaration

    All around the Western world the Christian church is under attack, and along with it, the West's Judeo-Christian heritage. It is not just a specific faith which is being ferociously targeted, but all the attendant goods of that faith. Three chief goods – the sanctity of human life, the institutions of marriage and family, and religious liberty – are all under threat.

  • Peaking and over fine-tuning

    \'Peaking too soon\' is when sportsmen and sportswomen do not judge their timing exactly right when they plan their training schedule. For both individuals and teams, this can be quite demoralising, says Well-Being Australia chairman M V Tronson, Baptist minister and cricket chaplain.

  • 2012 and the End of the World

    If you knew the world was going to end in one week, would you do anything different? I recently posted a question quite similar to that on a social networking website. I received only two responses: one person said 'yes' while the other one said 'no'.

  • An Australian theology and the land

    Theologically reflective Australians who have experienced Christian worship in opulent US churches and in third world open air huts continue to ponder the effects of the \'land\' in Australian theological thinking.

  • The first railway book reveals the real story

    'Driving Trains – The Australian Way\', published in 1984, was Footplate Padre and Baptist minister Mark Tronson\'s first of sixteen railway books. In answer to the question about how this first book came about, Mark tells this fascinating story.

  • Worshipping at the Altar of Tolerance

    As people more and more reject the notion of absolute truth and universal morality, they do not remain without belief. The religious sphere, like nature, abhors a vacuum, so people will always find something to take the place of the old verities. Thus today in the West the number one religion is that of "tolerance".