Offering comment or opinion during times of disaster or distress from a Christian perspective can result in pretty strong reactions. I wrote the other day about the danger of claiming more knowledge than God reveals about why disasters happen. The disaster in Queensland has largely been devoid of any invitations to prayer from civic leaders. …

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Maintain the rage. It was November 11, 1975. The place, the year seven classroom of the Ormiston State Primary School. The principal, Col Blanchard had entered for some reason or another, and as he left just breezily announced that (Governor-General) John Kerr had sacked Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia. Even twelve-year olds knew that …

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