Religious Freedom Update from Australia
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Religion
Daily Proverb
Proverbs 2 12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
Local Govt Wins ‘Biggest Idiots of All’ Prize
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says there is “idiocy” at every level of government, but local administrations are currently “taking the prize for the biggest idiots of all”. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Mahvash Ali is Correct, the ‘Burkini’ Incident is 100% Sexist
Mahvash Ali from The Project is 100% correct that the West Auckland Burkini incident is sexist but not for the reasons that she claims. To set the scene let me share an incident that happened last night as we celebrated our daughter’s 21st birthday at a restaurant in Stanmore
NZ Street Preacher Threatened with Arrest for Quoting Bible Verses
By LesleyNZ The video below popped up in my FB Messenger. It happened in Whangarei recently. Grant Edwards from NZ Street Preachers calls a spade a spade, mentions sin, sinners, different sins and Hell; and he mentioned different religions, saying that Mohammed was a paedophile and associating the Catholic Church
Theological Tuesday
Executive Director at the Institute of Public Affairs John Roskam says Australia needs ‘less laws that restrict’ freedom of religion and free speech.
Map of the Day: Primary Religious Affiliation
To answer a few questions I got on the last one, the reason Islam is not separated is that there are many many Muslim nations, but I can count the Shia nations on one hand and it was too difficult to make the color scheme work. The same is true
Daily Proverb
Proverbs 20 11 Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?
Daily Proverb
Proverbs 18 11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
Daily Proverb
Proverbs 14 12 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
Jeremy Hunt Speaks with Forked Tongue
Behold: the snake speaks! Isn’t it amazing how the creature finds a voice for Christians in perfect timing for his run at the role of prime minister? “The report highlights the shocking impunity with which discriminatory laws, fear and violence are used by state and non-state actors to discriminate
Daily Proverb
Proverbs 12 11 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
Theological Tuesday
The largest Church in Mainland Asia, is Sumi Baptist Churchin Dimapur, Nagaland State, East India. Nagaland is one of the only 3 Christian majority states in India, the other 2 being Meghalaya and Mizoram. It is interesting because of the unique architecture of the building, which is quite an impressive
Martyn Iles talks about Izzy Folau’s GoFundMe Campaign: Sunrise
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Part Two: Do Christians & Muslims Worship the Same God?
By Maria In this post I’ll attempt to explain through one important aspect, how the nature of God for Islam and for Christianity is quite different, when we consider God’s activity within the world of nature. For both, God is Creator and sustainer of all created things, but