Blogging about faith and life in rural Australia
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Quote for the Day
The Palestinian attempt at the genocide of the Jews was labelled “resistance,” while Israel’s resistance to being annihilated was labelled “genocide.” Melanie Phillips
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One in Christ Jesus
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Reflection on Daniel 8:1-14
Scripture It even challenged the commander of heaven’s armies, cancelling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple Observation Daniel recounts another vision of future Empires. This vision is explained in the second half of the chapter. In the vision, a ram with two long horns stands beside the river at Susa. …
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Data Consistently Shows Getting Married, Having Kids is Good for Mental Health
From lifenews.com As data continues to show that young people are reporting increasing rates of despair, experts say that a renewed focus on the happiness that marriage, raising children, and church attendance bring can help reverse the trend. New statistical analysis published earlier this month revealed some sobering facts, including the overall trend that unhappiness is peaking …
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Draw near to God…
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Quote for the Day
What kind of pathological mental disorder, one might ask, lies behind the frenzied tearing down of pictures of innocent people, including children and babies, who have been kidnapped by murderers and torturers? Melanie Phillips