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Van Appears in Driveway?!!!

aspectsadmin — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:37:10 +0000

The following correspondence was received from Mike and Janet Fleming, who serve at Totara North Bible Chapel, and have an awesome story of how God provided not just one but TWO vans for them to use as they serve the youth at their church. “Both the vans we run were donated. Originally we had a ...

“Who do you thank when you have such luck?”

aspectsadmin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:48:46 +0000

A boy in Florida watched an old man on an evening in the 1970s. He was sitting by a pier, just before sundown. The old man came strolling along the beach and walked out to the end of the pier, holding a bucket and looking out across the water. The sun was a huge orange, ...

Lets talk about sex

aspectsadmin — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:21:21 +0000

By Graham Ashby I don’t normally speak, let alone write about the subject of Sex. It’s one of those hard issues that always seems to raise eyebrows with people thinking, ‘What’s his problem?’ This article developed from a series of messages that my wife and I prepared when we were asked to address the subjects ...

KidsGames – Sports and the Bible

aspectsadmin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:02:24 +0000

Sport is one of the most popular activities on earth. Nothing draws the world together like major sports events such as the Olympic Games. Kids love sports and also respect their sporting heroes. KidsGames can give local sports people the opportunity to share their talents and faith with children in a way that has a ...

Book Review – Pastoring the Pastor

aspectsadmin — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:10:51 +0000

Pastoring the Pastor by Tim Cooper Pastoring the Pastor, by Tim Cooper and Kelvin Gardiner, is the story of a new church pastor whose high hopes and shimmering illusions are rendered ragged from about Day 1 in his new church. Beset by reality, frailty and sheer malice; dogged by unreal expectations and a certain lack ...

Book Review: Windows on Widowhood

aspectsadmin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:59:53 +0000

Jocelyn Murray’s life was radically changed when she was widowed in 1987. She was the mother of three children and the leader of women’s Bible study groups, and she also graduated with a Diploma in Christian Studies (Hons) from the Bible College of New Zealand. In 1995 she published a book on her experiences of ...

Trusting Whom?

aspectsadmin — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:51:09 +0000

I read two articles the other day that seemed to speak to each other. The first was in the Dominion Post: “The use and misuse of religious freedom”. The second was in the book of Joshua, in the Old Testament of the Bible. The DomPost writer was a professor of Bioethics, and his theme ...

What the Bible Teaches about Relationships and Sex

aspectsadmin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:23:52 +0000

During the recent Queen’s Birthday weekend 120 young people gathered at Queenstown’s Lakeland Park Christian Camp for their annual Bible Teaching weekend. The subject matter being dealt with was ‘What the Bible Teaches about Relationships and Sex’. Graham & Wanda Ashby were responsible for the teaching and it was an absolute delight to see ...

Prayer Partner “the app!”

aspectsadmin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:00:38 +0000

One of the great things about prayer is that God answers! I know this because in the times when I discipline myself to note prayer requests in my prayer diary, I can see over time pages and pages of God’s faithfulness! Which leads to another issue – often I find myself committing to pray for ...

Book Review – Into the Great Unknown

aspectsadmin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:12:58 +0000

Into the Great Unknown by Maurice Harvey Published by iUniverse, Inc Maurice Harvey spent many years as a photo-journalist with the United Bible Societies, in a role that took him all over the world. Adding to his two earlier books, Shooting the Globe (2002) and Reading the Funny Bible, (2004), both published by Castle Books, ...