RIOTS. BURNING AND LOOTING: BRITAIN NOW. It was frightening to be in London the night the riots began. The London boroughs of Hackney and Haringay (which includes Tottenham, where the riots started) were so close that I wanted to get … Continue reading
: SELF-HELP. After 50 years of serving the poor, I know how many people could get on their feet with a small amount of cash. Some years ago staff from Credit Line, a Wesley Mission Service I established to help … Continue reading
WHY ARE SOME CHRISTIANS SO ANTI-SCIENCE? We are all caught in the conflict over carbon pricing and over climate change. In fact I have never seen such an attack on the scientific community by conservative Christians since the Evolution/Creationist conflict … Continue reading
BICENTENARY OF EDWARD EAGAR, CONVICT LAWYER’S, ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. On 2nd July 2011, we will celebrate the arrival in Sydney of a lawyer convicted of fraud just 200 years ago. Why? Edward Eagar was born in Killarney, Ireland in 1787. … Continue reading
Focus on Family Values forums enabled us to examine and discuss significant societal issues by looking at them from a contemporary family perspective. We were pleased over the years to have gifted guest speakers from a wide range of professions speaking on an diverse range of issues. The themes we covered last year include:
*Major issues confronting Australian families today
*Child custody: Proposed changes to shared parenting laws
*The impact of the Federal Government’s 2010 Intergenerational Report
*Mental health in NSW: The real trauma of depression
*The social and economic costs of problem gambling
*Bail me out: NSW young offenders and bail practices
*Stories from the battlefield: Being a human shield during the war in Iraq
*Australia’s binge drinking epidemic
*Domestic violence: The impact on families
*Christmas Program
And earlier this year:
*The Mount Moriah Trust
*Family Life International: The pro-life movement
Please note: The Focus on Family Values Forum has been very successful over the years in providing informative, interactive, and interesting discussions into pivotal societal issues facing families. Sadly, the forums have come to an end. We sincerely express our gratitude and thanks to all our guest speakers and all who attended our forums over the years. Continue reading
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1- 6 It is a privilege to speak at a dinner of Thanksgiving for Rev Abraham Kwan Ting Leung. Beverley and I first heard about Rev Leung when he came to the West Sydney Chinese Christian Church in … Continue reading
The question of time and eternity has puzzled the minds of the least to the greatest. The physicist who has galvanised the intellectual world more than anyone since the great Einstein with his theories of time and eternity works in … Continue reading
In the last few weeks Dr Moyes has seen four new books published by Strand.
Dr Moyes has some of his short stories in “Australian Stories of Hope and Joy” – this is the ninth in this amazingly successful series. He also has short stories in “Australian Stories of Faith”, “Aussie Stories for the Heart and Soul” and “Australian Stories for Women”.
This brings the total to number of authored or part-authored books by Dr Moyes to 61!
Most of the earlier books have been sold out, although his autobiography “Leaving a Legacy” is still available in some shops or available from the author.
For more than two terrifying, seemingly endless minutes on Friday 11 March 2011, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan shook apart homes and buildings, cracked open highways and unnerved even those who have learned to live with swaying … Continue reading
Scripture: MARK 1:1-8, LUKE 3:1-20, MATTHEW 3:1-17
How did Baptist churches come to be called “Baptist”?
There is some confusion among Baptists concerning their origins. There are several theories from the past two hundred years or so.
Some Baptist historians from the 1730s to the 1920s adhered to the succession of baptism (beginning with John the Baptist) by those properly baptised themselves.
Some say the origins lie with the European Anabaptists. Others say the Baptists began with certain English Separatists who had congregational polity and considered believers’ baptism alone to be valid according to scripture.
Certainly from 1641 a few Baptists in London, convinced that the biblical practice of immersion in water was the true form of baptism, renewed the practice of immersion in England. All agree this baptism was based on the baptism of John the Baptist. Continue reading
