If you had AM easy listening radio inflicted on you in the 1980s, this song would be familiar to you. John Rowles, born in 1947, must surely be one of New Zealand's most significant musical exports. If I Only Had Time, released in 1968, has poignant and powerful lyrics.
I thought it was daggy when I was a kid. Listening to it again as an adult, I appreciate it more.
Sir Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia. Holding office from 1901 to 1903, he later served as a judge on the High Court of Australia. Watch this video and tell your friends about it. He is not as well known as George Washington, the first President of the United States.
You may have seen or heard about American Senator Ted Cruz's interview with the former Fox News anchor turned alternative media contrarian, Tucker Carlson. If this interview is any indication, Carlson is less concerned with journalistic credibility than he is with generating clickbait.
Any impartial observer of the Russia-Ukraine War would be aggrieved at the innocent suffering of the Ukrainian people in the face of Russia's immoral and unjust invasion of their country. I commend this new documentary, A Faith Under Siege, to my readers.
In Ukraine's eastern regions, once known as the post-Soviet "Bible Belt," a thriving Evangelical and Protestant community faces existential threats under Russian occupation. A Faith Under Siege explores the brutal persecution of Ukrainian Christians caught in Russia's imperial ambitions. Deemed heretics by the Russian Orthodox Church—a key Kremlin ally—these believers endure systematic oppression: their churches demolished or confiscated, pastors subjected to torture or execution, and families fractured through forced religious "conversions" or kidnappings. Despite facing extrajudicial killings and conducting worship in secret, while thousands of children are transported to militarized Russian camps, an unexpected solidarity has emerged. Christians across denominational lines have united in resistance, bolstered by international supporters determined to spotlight their ongoing suffering.
Christians who have their fingers on the pulse of church trends will be aware of the alarming rise of the Stone Choir movement. To be brief, this movement, which originated in the Lutheran Church, is made up of a subset of Christians who are dogmatic antisemites and racists. Let's not beat around the bush; they are actually fascists. Not only do they believe that the Bible requires them to hate Jews, they also believe that being Caucasian merits special favour in the eyes of God.
This podcast from the prominent American Christian apologist and pastor, James R White, is a useful primer on the insidious threat this movement poses to the church. It must be confronted urgently. As White himself says in this podcast, if this movement has not yet infiltrated your church, it soon will.
