21 Aug
“All is fair in love, war and enterprise!” That seems to be the motto of western culture. And the heartbeat of enterprise is “Profit”! The Almighty Dollar reigns supreme in a materialistic culture and any course of action which turns a profit causes the enterprising to salivate.
So, for all intents and purposes, the materialistic western [...]
Filed under: Ministry — Chris Field @ 10:57 am
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18 Aug
Aussie males have a problem getting the help they need. This is probably true in other cultures as well. It’s the problem of ego and ignorance making people think that to need help makes one ‘helpless’. That thought is not true, and it’s a mental stronghold that needs to be pulled down. So, I’m starting [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:14 am
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09 Aug
The note simply said, “Please meet me in my office at 2pm” and it was signed by the lecturer the young man had so rudely interrupted the day before.
When the young man and the professor met, there was some time of awkward niceties until they were both settled into chairs. The young man waited quietly. [...]
Filed under: Manhood, Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:33 am
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02 Aug
Imagine settling into a new school and being accosted by a school bully who demands that you pay him money each week. You survive the meeting and then ask others what the story is with this bully.
You find out that everyone is paying money to the bully. You find that the teachers have no plan [...]
Filed under: Ministry, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:23 am
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29 Jun
Do you spend time pruning things in your life, only to have them grow back again? Are you struggling to deal with issues in yourself and our culture, without going to the roots? It’s time to rethink your strategy.
I have a laurel bush growing on my fence line. The neighbour is often frustrated by its [...]
Filed under: Family, Ministry — Chris Field @ 9:05 am
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24 Jun
We live in an age of liberty. Everyone wants to throw off the shackles – without even thinking too much about what they are there for. The pulse of our culture is beats with the demand to be able to do our own thing, as and when we feel the impulse to do so.
There are [...]
Filed under: Ministry — Chris Field @ 9:56 am
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21 Jun
How would it be if a bunch of smelly, spiteful, murderous and hateful creatures were having a picnic on your lounge-room floor? How would it be if a bunch of ‘hurt spirits’ regularly turned your home into their picnic ground? Well, that’s what a lot of marriages allow to happen.
I talked before about how Hurt [...]
Filed under: Family, Manhood, Marriage, Ministry, Womanhood — Chris Field @ 9:01 am
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18 Jun
I’ve talked a bit about how we lose the taste for things, so now I’ll turn your attention to sex. (I smile at this, since some people already have their mind turned too far in that direction.) I have pointed out how people end up unable to enjoy the natural flavours of life and of [...]
Filed under: Ministry — Chris Field @ 9:22 am
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09 Jun
I wrote in The Lost Taste of Glory how people today are incapable of enjoying the life God gave them because they are addicted to the idea of spicing up their life. Our sensualised culture has so distorted our taste for life that we react to and even choke on things that are just as [...]
Filed under: Ministry — Chris Field @ 9:20 am
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07 Jun
Satanism openly admits its link to individualism. I only observed that fact recently. The connection between Satanism and individualism makes sense and is probably plain to any serious thinker, but I had not given the subject much thought. What made this observation stand out to me is my recent consideration about what a true ‘son’ [...]
Filed under: Family, Ministry, Parenting, Youth Issues — Chris Field @ 9:43 am
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