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Muslims are NOT our Enemies

Moslems are NOT our Enemies! a speech given by Rev. David B. Smith On September 10th, 2006, I guest speaker at a gathering of around 500 Islamic men and women in Bankstown, raising funds for war-torn Lebanon. Unfortunately I was … Continue reading

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Will Someone Please Remind Me Why We Went To War?

I still regularly wake up thinking about the war with Iraq and feeling sick in my stomach. It’s been a new experience for me and for all of us in Australia. Never before have we launched an attack on a … Continue reading

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Why I don’t Like Abraham Lincoln

A Confederate View of Abraham Lincoln by Father Dave An address given to the American Civil War Roundtable of Australia, New South Wales branch, on July 6th 2009.   In 1864, shortly before his death at the Battle of Franklin, … Continue reading

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Ray Williams Loses His Order of Australia

  Ray Williams loses his Order of Australia (and if I had one, I’d be handing it back)   In December 2005, Ray Williams – former CEO of failed insurance giant HIH – was stripped of his Order of Australia. Ray … Continue reading

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Celebrating Ruth – a Sermon on the book of Ruth

But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. … Continue reading

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Jacob & Esau – Two Brothers at War – a Sermon on Genesis 25:19-34

We gather together today in the wake of the terrible terrorist attacks in London – violence that I suspect has left none of us unaffected. Tony Blair said, “They will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear” , and it’s hard … Continue reading

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Jacob wrestles with God – a Sermon on Genesis 32:24-30

“Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. (25) When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as … Continue reading

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How to Create an eCover – for your book or software project

They say that creating an ebook cover is hard work. They’re right! Of course, that’s not to say that there aren’t some shortcuts. some of my best efforts at ecover creation It’s just a fact of life that virtual products (such as … Continue reading

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Haunted by sins of his past – The Daily Telegraph November 17th, 1999

He bragged about his armed robberies, shot three police and ran security for an underworld figure, but midway through a prison sentence Jim Taousanis had a vision. It was what the Anglican Church described as an “extreme spiritual experience” and … Continue reading

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