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Who we Are Instead

The world loves to lay hold of the dictionary and determine the definitions. Politics, religion, faith, male, female, truth, lies.... and more. I prefer the old, unchanging definitions. I prefer reality.

Evolution and the Devolution of Man

23 October 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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According to the standard definition, evolution is the result of a mechanism known as natural selection. This natural selection results in organisms that are more likely to survive and reproduce. The problem with this idea is the total lack of testable and repeatable … [Read more...] about Evolution and the Devolution of Man

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Corruption, Devolution, Evolution

Skin Deep

29 September 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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The concept of racism is a modern concept and foreign to scripture. The word itself didn't appear in the English language until 1902 and in French around 1890. Historically, the word, 'race' has been singular, referring to the human race, and there is no evidence for the … [Read more...] about Skin Deep

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Culture, Ethnicity, Race

A Heavenly Shakedown

22 September 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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In Hebrews 12:18-29, the Author tells us that in coming to Christ, we, the People of God, have entered in to a Heavenly Jerusalem. We gather with the Saints through time and worship at the throne of God. For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness … [Read more...] about A Heavenly Shakedown

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Kingdom, Throne, Worship

Where the Kangaroo Falls, There is Holy Ground

4 September 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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Rarely a day goes by when I do not see at least one dead kangaroo on an Australian road. After a century of cars on roads, they're still not good at navigating the traffic and will often run in the wrong direction. I sympathise with each death, but the one I saw this week … [Read more...] about Where the Kangaroo Falls, There is Holy Ground

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Death, Sin, Violence

Rearranging the Bishops Furniture

21 August 2022 By David Trounce 2 Comments

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Last Sunday (the 14th of August 2022 AD), the Diocese of the Southern Cross was formally launched in Canberra. The new diocese (Essentially a new denomination) is the result of a split in Australia’s Anglican church. Conservative Christians who oppose the progressive and … [Read more...] about Rearranging the Bishops Furniture

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Caesar, Church, Lordship

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.