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Fatherlessness

THE FACTS ON FATHERLESSNESS Prepared for the Fatherhood Foundation by Bill Muehlenberg, Australian Family Association – August 2002 Fatherlessness is a growing problem in Australia and the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up without fathers. Indeed, 85 per cent of single […]

Fatherhood On Trial

ASB PUTS FATHERHOOD ON TRIAL ASB Issues Notice of Complaints with Show Cause Deadline The Advertising Standards Board (ASB) has issued a notice of complaints and a show cause deadline 4/9/02 to the Fatherhood Foundation. The ASB has received two complaints. The advertisement in question is part of a three part Community Service Advertisement series […]

Grow Wings With Me: How Painful!!!!

‘Grow Wings With Me SCRIPTURE: I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these of mine, you did for me. For whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 25:40, 23:12. Yesterday I spoke to someone who had been sexually abused as a child, like I had. I thought I […]

Grow Wings With Me – Practical Helps

Grow Wings With Me! – HELP FOR ABUSE SURVIVORS. SCRIPTURE: Let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up. For God is at work within you, helping you do what God wants.Galations 6:9,Philippians 2:13 (The […]

Devils In Disguise: How Some Pedophiles Work

By Philip Hunt They seemed like caring, grandfatherly types, men who just wanted to help a Third World child through sponsorship. It turned out their real aim was something far more sinister. Here, former World Vision CEO, Philip Hunt tells how the organisation confronted an evil within its midst. —————————————————————————- —- There were 12 people […]

What’s In A Name? Part 2

WHAT’S IN A NAME? PART 2. SCRIPTURE:The Lord says…I have called you by name; you are mine.Hold to my teaching… then you will know the truth.Finally,.. whatever is ..true..think about such things. Isaiah 43:1. John 8:31. Philippians 4:8. In public my father called me “Rosebud”…but I did not believe him. If he had truly believed […]

What’s In A Name? Part 1

SCRIPTURE: And God’s name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:66. Nicknames often refer to a person’s nature. God as expressed in the Bible is often given names which have meanings which describe aspects of character. My father loved to use nicknames as a way of sending secret […]

Grow Wings With Me! – My Call To Missionary Service

SCRIPTURE: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who have been called according to God’s purpose. Romans 8:28 So much non-verbal communication is conveyed by the way we use our hands.Hands are especially important in conveying a multitude of emotions. We welcome strangers by shaking hands, we convey […]

Do You Have A Distinguishing Feature? Part 2

SCRIPTURE: Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good and pleasing will. Romans 12:2. I had been married for several years before I mentioned the existence of the mole […]

Do You Have A Distinguishing Feature? Part 1

SCRIPTURE: This is the sign the Lord has declared….Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful in building others up….In your anger do not sin.1 Kings 13:3, Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 4:26 When I was born I had a mole already on my body. Mummy called it “my […]