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The Heart is the Forgotten Component

The Heart is the Forgotten Component

Public discussion of much Protestant theology contains so many high-level intellectual ingredients one could lose the central message, that the critical component of becoming a Christian and living the life of a Christian, is the \'Heart\', claims cricket chaplain and Baptist minister Mark Tronson. .

  • Sex, Stereotypes and Scripture

    Now that I have outed myself as a person of unsame-sex orientation, and a person of a minority faith, some of you breathe a cautious sigh of relief, while for others the confession discredits everything I am about to say.

  • 100 Days of What?

    While the mainstream media both here and in America is waxing sycophantic over the first 100 days of the Obama administration, treating him as the long-awaited Messiah, more sober voices are much less sanguine. No one is questioning that Obama is not doing what he said he would do. But that's the problem – he is doing just what he said he would do.

  • Swine Flu Will Hit Poor Countries Hardest

    When Nicola Roxon, the Federal Minister for Health gives rolling press conferences about flu, there is one thing we can be sure of: the new outbreak of swine flu is no ordinary flu.

  • Telling Lies for Atheism

    In his famous work of fiction, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky observed, through his character Smerdyakov, "For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it."

  • Softball Welcomes Delma and Mark

    Australian Olympic and AIS Softball head coach, Fabian Barlow, has once again invited Delma and Mark Tronson to speak to his athletes about the value of \'respite\'. This time, they will address the World Cup squad, whereas last year they were invited to speak to the Olympic team prior to the Beijing Olympics.

  • Scenes from the Abortion Wars

    Two recent episodes in the abortion wars are worth recounting here. Both demonstrate the importance of pro-life resistance to the culture of death. The first is a bittersweet story, in which the pro-death camp thought it had the upper hand, but it turned out to be a good news story for the pro-life movement.

  • 'the conversation'

    Well-Being Australia chairman. Baptist minister Mark Tronson and his wife, Delma, were recently invited to a celebrity wedding in Sydney. After wondering what gifts they might offer to the bride and groom, they decided on their own hand-made items, as these also represent their respective ministries.

  • Some Thoughts on the Recession

    Much ink has been spilt on the current global economic crisis. I am no economist, so my contribution to the debate will depend largely on the thinking of others who are in fact trained economists and/or expert policy makers. While many differing opinions exist on this issue, I will here try to bring together some themes which a number of economists and analysts are running with.

  • Peter Nelson's 20 Years of Philosophical and Pastoral Care to Ministry Leaders

    Well-Being Australia\'s chairman, Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister of 32 years is celebrating the philosophical and pastoral care ministry of the Reverend Peter Nelson to himself and his wife Delma over 20 years, who he appointed as the Australian Institute of Sport chaplain in 1989.

  • Rogue Science and Human Cloning

    The danger always exists that if science can do something, it will do it. But simply because something can be done does not mean that it should be done. Some scientific possibilities are better left alone, never to be pursued. Human cloning is one such case.

  • The Realities of the Body Corporate

    Baptist minister of 32 years, Mark Tronson, has the legal Power of Attorney to act on a town house owner\'s behalf. As such, he found himself having to brush up on the New South Wales legislation for Body Corporates.