Hehehe yeah, I hadn’t even thought of that, but I can definitely see the similarity. Admittedly, I never read Lord of the Flies but my mother in law reads it annually when the school is studying it. I think it’s year 11 English?
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“[The Word Became Flesh] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
In this message, Mark Conner expounds the teaching of Jesus about the discipline of secrecy, which is a spiritual practice to help free us from approval addiction.
What is usually called ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ is actually the disciple’s prayer, in that is contains teaching that Jesus gave to his followers about how and what to pray. In this practical message, Mark Conner unpacks this well-known prayer.
The Golden Rule is a simple but powerful teaching of Jesus that holds the key to building quality relationships with other people. In this message, Mark Conner expounds on this teaching and applies it to our relationships in today’s world.
Jesus teaches us that The Beatitudes are not commands or required standards in order to obtain God’s approval but they contain some guidelines for the kind of life God desires within his disciples as the Holy Spirit transforms them from the inside out.
Jesus called people out of the crowd to be his disciple, during this introduction to Jesus teaching in the Sermon on the Mount we will look at Jesus teachings about what it means to be his disciple.
Thank God for the alternative media. And a pox on the mainstream media. The former has done wonders in running with the Climategate story while the latter has shown its true colours as a censorious, bigoted and biased bunch of ratbags. Thanks to the alternative media, the Climategate scandal is everywhere being talked about. Google the [...]
There are two horrendous government bills being considered at the moment. Both deserve an immediate and decisive death. One is the ETS bill which Rudd wants Australia to pass. It, like the Copenhagen proposals, will be utter disaster for all of us. It will do nothing to help the climate, and will simply be a [...]
I was recently speaking and teaching interstate at some churches and Christian groups. A number of these groups, I was informed, had actually broken away from a larger Pentecostal denomination. They had simply grown disillusioned with what their megachurches were on about, and wanted to get back to a more pure and biblical Christianity. They had [...]
I was recently at yet another annual National Prayer Breakfast in Canberra. It has been going on for over two decades now, and I have been to quite a few of them over the years. Sadly however, I and many other Christians are noticing somewhat of a downward slide at the event, and are wondering [...]
As always in the Christian life, there are all sorts of important questions which have to be carefully thought through, prayed about, and discussed with others. Broad, general Biblical principles often have to be teased out in terms of application and appropriation. One such question involves how much Christians can and should work together and associate [.. […]
This has not been a good week for the climate alarmists. Nor has it been a good week for the mainstream media. The MSM has proven once again that much of the media is no longer interested in objectivity, fact, and even-handedness, but is instead into advocacy journalism, censorship, and agenda-pushing. This becomes crystal clear when [...]
It seems every week a new development further weakens the shaky foundation of the climate alarmists. We certainly had more of the same this week. How many more nails must be pounded into this coffin before it is buried for good? The big event this week was the revelation about leaked emails from the University of [...]
Thomas Nelson, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) This is an updated and expanded version of a book which first appeared in 1993. In the original volume Hanegraaff carefully examined a growing, popular, yet problematic movement within Christian circles. Known variously as the Positive Confession Movement, the Health and Wealth Gospel, the Word o […]
Isaac Publishing, 2009. Religious freedom is not exactly a hallmark of Muslim-majority countries. One of the most disconcerting features of Islam is the way “apostates” are treated. In Islam those who choose to leave the faith are regarded as traitors, and death is often the penalty. Islam appears to be alone among the major world religions in [...]
All around the Western world the Christian church is under attack, and along with it, the West’s Judeo-Christian heritage. It is not just a specific faith which is being ferociously targeted, but all the attendant goods of that faith. Three chief goods – the sanctity of human life, the institutions of marriage and family, and [...]
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate resumes debate today on its version of the government-run health care bill that contains massive abortion funding. As the debate continues, pro-life advocates are still holding out hope that a Stupak-type amendment can be added to the bill to remove it.
Flint, MI (LifeNews.com) -- Michigan-based abortion practitioner Alberto Hodari is already the subject of a lawsuit from a woman who says he subjected her to a forced abortion. Now, a pro-life group that monitors the illegal and unethical actions of abortion practitioners has filed a formal complaint with the state attorney general.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Evangelical pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling "A Purpose Drive Life," and the spiritual leader of the mega-Saddleback Church in California, challenged President Barack Obama during an interview on Sunday. Warren says Obama is hypocritical for saying he wants abortions to be rare.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said over the weekend that it is "less than likely" that he will challenge pro-abortion President Barack Obama in 2012. His comments come as recent polls show him with the most support among Republican voters.
Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- Travis County officials in Austin, Texas are set to discuss, at a December 10 meeting, whether or not they will spend $450,000 to directly pay for abortions. The county has paid for abortions in prior budgets and the Texas Alliance for Life pro-life organization hopes to stop officials this time around.
Belfast, Northern Ireland (LifeNews.com) -- The Belfast high court has approved a pro-life group's challenge of the rules for when abortion can be done in Northern Ireland. The abortion guidelines the health department released in March drew a challenge from the British pro-life group SPUC.
I half read the title and thought ‘oh no…Lord of the Flies’…I’m relieved to discover a peaceful rainbow pig instead.
Hehehe yeah, I hadn’t even thought of that, but I can definitely see the similarity. Admittedly, I never read Lord of the Flies but my mother in law reads it annually when the school is studying it. I think it’s year 11 English?