In Times Like This – A Song for the Black Times

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

In times of trouble, whether relational, financial, serious, even terminal, illness, when it may appear that all the foundations and structures of life, all the things upon which they have relied, all hopes for the future, seem to be in danger of being washed away, people often turn to the Old Testament book of Psalms. The main reason for this is that the Psalms are songs that cry out of the depths of the human heart. cries that express the full range of human emotions from shouts of joy and praise to anguished cries of despair.

Into the Cesspit of Spiritual and Moral Bankruptcy

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

‘to rebuild western civilization, we need to go back to what made western civilization such a powerful force for good and prosperity and that is the Judeo-Christian world view.' Karl Faase

DiscipleMakers – Opening Doorways into the Gospel

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

This booklet, seeks to provide some conversation starters that we might be able to use in informal situations with individuals or groups. All the examples included have been and are being used by DiscipleMakers in such informal situations.

An Iconic Year?

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

The purpose of being in the Image of God, our King, is to use our lives in ways that are a Kingdom presence such that we represent God to others

That Ancient Serpent, That Ancient Poison

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‘The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.’

Christmas is Stolen and It is Not Harmless – Worth a Retelling

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

Standing in the shopping mall, those tomb-side words on that chill first Easter morning came to me, “They have stolen Him away and we don’t know where they have put Him”, words true for most contemporary Australians. But worse, society’s degraded state of spiritual desiccation is now so far advanced that most don’t even know there has been a theft!

Christianity-Lite and the Death of Mission

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"C.T.'s life stands as some rugged Gibraltar — a sign to all succeeding generations that it is worthwhile to lose all this world can offer and stake everything on the world to come. (C.T.’s) life will be an eternal rebuke to easygoing Christianity. He has demonstrated what it means to follow Christ without counting the cost and without looking back.”

A Cultural Insight

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

Pondering on this cultural collage, it occurred to me that it was a perfect reminder of the West’s descent into the neo pagan Vacuum formed by the retreat of Christianity from 21st century society.

Christmas is Stolen and It is Not Harmless – Worth a Retelling

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

Standing in the shopping mall, those tomb-side words on that chill first Easter morning came to me, “They have stolen Him away and we don’t know where they have put Him”, words true for most contemporary Australians. But worse, society’s degraded state of spiritual desiccation is now so far advanced that most don’t even know there has been a theft!

The Scissored Bible Version (SBV) and the Mission Mandate

Posted on by Dr. Martin J. Bragger

Our, now decades long, failure in meeting Jesus’ mandate to ‘make disciples’, will not be reversed until Christians and churches don’t just claim to be ‘bible believing’ but cease their use of the SBV, re-insert the word ALL into the Missionary Verse, and act on it.