(I like disingenuity but it’s not a word).
Disingenuous adj. insincere.
Based on the now well-known quote by Senator Kay Patterson in 2002
“I believe it is disingenuous to suggest that approving this research (on spare embryos) will open the door to further killing of living human beings.”
With her added moral statement eliminating, it would seem to the [...]
Confessing Christ in a culture that has forgotten how to shudder. June 2010.
Genesis 1:27,28
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over [...]
Download as PDF: Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research
I am wearing 3 hats tonight. The first one is of a medical practitioner concerned about the direction our country is going in medical science. I also happen to be a Christian and the relevance of that is that it gives me a solid underpinning of [...]
An Australian interview show in the tradition of Enough Rope set in the year 2020.
Host with Professor Moreau using HIL (holographic image link) to an undisclosed location.
Host: Welcome to 2020 Vision! We’ve come a long way since the turn of the century, haven’t we?
Professor: yes (sniggers)
Host: …but it’s been a hard slog, you know, overcoming all [...]
Why are we (the Christian Democratic Party) here? The Sunday Timesheadline said it well, Lack of Respect, after Chris Judd was booed in receiving the Ross Glendinning medal for fairest and best in the Western Derby. Why are we here? Because we want to restore the soul to our culture and ensure a safe place for our [...]
Embrace the Grace: Learning to be a Gift of Self.
New Norcia, December 2006.
In JRRTolkien’s The Return of the King, Gandalf describes how the Stewards of Gondor are given responsibility for rule until the king has come. The steward of the time fails that responsibility miserably. In the face of oncoming danger he gives up and seeks [...]
Icebreakers:
For these two icebreakers it is suggested that answers be written down, quickly collected and numbers displayed. Short discussion may be allowed depending on time available before going on to Bible Study questions.
1. When do you think human life begins?
a. at conception i.e. fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm (with in-vitro fertilisation [...]
Will we shrink into our sanctuaries of private virtuousness or will we stand fast?
by Lachlan Dunjey
Christian Democratic Party Annual Convention 27 November 2004
On a fateful day in 1963, the 41st anniversary of which we celebrated last Monday 22 Nov, three prophets died, the death of two eclipsed by the dramatic assassination of the third. The [...]
In The Return of the King Gandalf describes how the Stewards of Gondor are given responsibility for rule until the king has come. The steward of the time fails that responsibility miserably. In the face of oncoming danger he gives up and seeks to drag others down with him.
In the Beginning God created the heavens and [...]
Because its time to take a stand on things that matter!
Marriage matters. Family matters.
Having a mother and father matters
All human life matters – from conception to natural end.
You matter.
You did from conception and you will even when you’re old and frail.
Truth and respect and responsibility matter.
Carers matter – as well as the cared for.
The poor [...]
