An article in The Australian Financial Review in June last year highlighted the growing cooperation between Russia and Germany.
The leading paragraph in the article entitled “German-speaking Putin cements ties with Berlin” illustrated the developments.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin w…
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This article addresses, amongst other matters, the crisis existing in Israel and the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinian extremists. Events have moved very rapidly in that area since this article was written and readers will be aware of this fact. Nevertheless the Biblical perspective …
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Hurricane Katrina
One of the worst natural disasters in the USA occurred on 29.8.05 when hurricane Katrina unleashed its fury. The storm roared in with 230 km/hour fury, causing massive devastation in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi in particular. In New Orleans, a city in Louisiana of 470,…
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In this monthʼs “Current Events” article, we consider just one issue—the issue of anti-Semitism, which is once again rearing its ugly head.
We are aware, from a number of Bible prophecies, that the catalyst for the battle of Armageddon will be the invasion of Israel by Gog and his allies. …
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Amongst the myriad events that took place on the world’s stage in the last quarter of 2004, two stand out as highly significant, both occurring within days of each other.
The first took place on Tuesday 9th November, when US citizens went to the polls and in a record turnout re-elected Republic…
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The BBC News reported on 13/3/07 that the Russian President Vladimir Putin had met Pope Benedict XVI for the first time, during an official visit to Rome. They discussed ways to improve relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches which have been separated by a schism for over …
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If we were given the task of composing the honour role of the faithful as recorded in Hebrews 11, it is unlikely that we would have included Samson. But there he is in verses 32–34 amongst the illustrious names of David, Samuel and others: “And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me t…
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I suppose from time to time we may have opportunity to read interesting biographies of people who have left their mark on society. The lives of some great men and women such as Chaim Weizman, Golda Meir, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Ben Chifley, to name a few, certainly make very interesting …
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As we all appreciate, the saving grace of God depends on the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Rom 5:10). Yes, the resurrection saves us, bro…
“If one died for all then were all dead” 2 Corinthians 5 Read More »
The above caption headed an article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft in The New Republic which was re-printed in The Australian 19/8/10. Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote: “Whether cause or effect is hard to say, but political Islam has revived in Turkey. The Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan has said the E…
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