It is difficult, in carefree Australia, to imagine what it must be like to live in daily fear of sudden death, blown apart on the bus or in the local café. Or to wait for the day when the missiles might fall, bearing some fearful chemical or biological cargo to maim or kill our children. Iraq has u…
“What To Do When The Siren Sounds…” Read More »
The voice was attributed to the most hated man in the West—Osama bin Laden. Six days before the horror of Bali, in a recorded message played on Arabic television, he said: “God is our witness that the men of Islam are preparing for you what would fill your hearts with terror, and they will targe…
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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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From London to Beijing the hand of God is very clear in the bombing of London’s Underground and Europe’s new found ally against the US in China. In this article some more personal lessons are drawn from the London bombing, even though it is clear that events such as these are in line with well k…
“Men’s Hearts Failing Them For Fear…” Read More »
If ever there was a time the world needed the return of the Master, it is today. The inhumanity of man towards his fellow is reaching levels never seen before. The beheadings of innocent civilians by Islamic extremists in Iraq, the vile treatment of prisoners in the custody of US authorities, the ma…
“A Time of Trouble” Read More »
So ran the headline of an article in the Guardian newspaper on 25 May 2005. The article was a report on proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Oil and Gas Depletion held in Lisbon, Portugal during May 19–20th by an organisation called The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (AS…
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A recent article in The Financial Review, picked up from Business Week, carried this tantalising headline. Well, it’s not the first time Putin has been described in tsarist terms, and probably will not be the last. What the article does highlight is the rapidly growing Russian economy, certainly b…
The New Tsar, Vladimir the Great Read More »
At the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea lies a land endowed with nature’s richest gifts. Fertile and well-watered, it enjoys a congenial climate. Breathtakingly scenic in places, it could support a vast population with ease. Several fine harbours dot her shore and since ancient times she has e…
Lamentable Lebanon Read More »
Tension continues to build across the Middle East. This comes as no surprise to students of Bible prophecy who recognise the centrality of the region to the plan and purpose of Almighty God, but unenlightened commentators and the manon- the-street often are puzzled at the propensity for this region …
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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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