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In Praise of Bad News

In Praise of Bad News

I think bad news gets a bad rap. Bad news is actually a good thing. We all need bad news. Bad news is vital for us to properly function as human beings. OK, now that I have your attention, let me explain..

  • Delma in Card-Stamp Heaven for Ministry

    Australian cricket chaplain and Baptist minister Mark and Delma Tronson had a two week whirlwind trip to Canada and the USA involving various aspects of sports ministry in February. Their Los Angeles host, Nelson Cook, saw some of Delma\'s hand crafted cards that she and Mark use within their ministry, and he exclaimed to Delma that he had a treat for her.

  • Our Government's True Colours

    Immediately after John Howard and the Liberals won their fourth-term in the 2004 election, Kevin Rudd called together certain Federal Labor members to see how they could win the next election. The main strategy was to win over evangelical Christians, who had helped to keep Howard in power for the past decade.

  • Olympian of the Century Carl Lewis Presents Sports Ministry Award to an Australian Couple

    Olympian of the Century, Carl Lewis, presented an Australian couple, Mark and Delma Tronson, an international award in Dallas Texas last week in a glittering event. The Lay Witnesses for Christ award was for their services over 27 years to Sports and Olympic Ministry, along with their part in the Beijing Olympic Ministry international prayer network.

  • Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ministry on track

    Vancouver: The General Manager \'Villages\' of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Committee, Tim Morrison, and his associates Jordan Kallman and Karen Planden-Jeffery, met with Australia\'s Mark and Delma Tronson last week.

  • Same-Sex Divorce

    Now that the homosexual activists have succeeded in ramming same-sex marriage down our throats in so many parts of the West, the next obvious outcome is already taking place: same-sex divorce. And given that long-term relationships are not exactly a hallmark of the homosexual lifestyle, we can expect to see more and more homosexual divorce.

  • A review of The Truth of the Cross. By R.C. Sproul.

    Perhaps the most crucial and basic of Christian doctrines also happens to be the most neglected and overlooked. I refer to the doctrine of the cross - the saving work of Christ as enacted at Calvary. The Apostle Paul could say that he desired to know nothing except Christ and him crucified. Yet today, even in the churches, this fundamental teaching is often neglected, misunderstood or minimised.

  • God's World Relief

    What is God doing about all the world's misery and suffering, including the toll of natural disasters?

  • How the Sports Ministry was Initiated

    Baptist minister Mark Tronson 57, pioneered the Sports and Leisure Ministry in 1982. During his 18-year tenure there, he appointed 150 chaplains to Australia\'s professional sports.

  • How Cricket Ministry was Initiated

    Baptist minister Mark Tronson 57, pioneered the Sports and Leisure Ministry in 1982. During his 18-year tenure there, he appointed 150 chaplains to Australia\'s professional sports.

  • How Christian Athlete Ministry was Initiated

    Baptist minister Mark Tronson 57, pioneered the Sports and Leisure Ministry in 1982. During his 18-year tenure there, he appointed 150 chaplains to Australia\'s professional sports.

  • Censorship and the Secular Left

    Liberal or leftist secularism is the reigning ideology amongst our Western intelligentsia and elites. It certainly has a stranglehold on our educational system. It can be very difficult to get in alternative points of view. Most attempts to penetrate this ideological hegemony are usually met with stiff opposition, animosity, and censorship.