Have you ever wondered why shops often feature nativity scenes in the lead-up to Christmas, but not crucifixion scenes at Easter? Poet Steve Turner has thought about this, and here’s what he had to say. Christmas is reallyfor the children.Especially for childrenwho like animals, stables,stars and babies wrappedin swaddling clothes.Then there are wise men,kings in …
Charles Dickens and Jesus Christ
By Rod Benson This year marks the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, author of A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and many more best-selling novels. As Dr Greg Clarke, CEO of Bible Society Australia, said in this month’s issue of Eternity newspaper, Dickens is well known for capturing a sense of …
The facts about poker machines
By Rod Benson What the NSW clubs and hotels don’t want us to hear is the facts about poker machines and gambling addiction. Like the fact that Australia’s high loss poker machines are designed to be addictive, and Australia has the fastest, highest loss machines in the world. No other country has as many dangerous, …
Moral issues not determined by public opinion
By Rod Benson Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke is a wanted man. Police in South Australia want to question him in relation to the death of a woman at Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide, in December. Dr Nitschke says the woman, who suffered from motor neurone disease, contacted him to gain access to the euthanasia drug Nembutal, …
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Australians rely on the Christian tradition
By Rod Benson Some people want to keep faith out of our schools, and some insist that politics and religion should be firmly and forever separate. But that way of thinking is culturally impoverished and intellectually bankrupt. The Christian faith has profoundly shaped Australian society, has a central place in Australian life today, and will …
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