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David

  • Living with intention

    Just after Christmas, I was having breakfast with a friend, and was sharing with her about my struggles between the way that I am naturally wired, and the way that I desire to be.

  • Kiwi young writers 2017

    Christian Today New Zealand has a green light in 2017 which will carry Kiwi Press Service International young writers, former young writers and New Zealand senior writers and Christian News.

  • Egypt: Another Christian found murdered in string of attacks against Copts

    The murder of another Coptic Christian in Egypt, this time in the centre of the capital, makes this the fifth death over a 13-day period.

  • Making ourselves historical orphans: why we ignore the church fathers.

    I recently wrote about an interesting church history anecdote: Saint Nicholas (Santa) punched Arius for advocating a heretical Christology. Since then, there is one overwhelming comment that I have consistently received: \"I\'d never heard that before\".

  • Back seat driver

    The term, \'back-seat driver\' emerged in the USA, in the early 20th Century as motoring was becoming widespread, however it now references the annoying habit of people giving unsolicited advice to vehicle drivers.

  • Changes

    As we approach the end of January, most people will have made their New Year\'s resolutions and a large proportion of them will have either forgotten them, or already broken them.

  • What is tomorrow?

    \"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!.\" This famous quote by Benjamin Franklin (and many others) has been echoed throughout the centuries as people seek to order and structure their lives to maximise the 24 hours we have in a day.

  • The secret of my success…

    ...How disaster, failure and loss changed my life. I\'ve always been a pretty open person. I find it fairly easy to talk about my emotions, and I am generally in touch with how I am feeling at a particular point in time.

  • Drama - Knowing and believing

    Being an engineering student, I have to face this problem all the time. We work with all these equations that theoretically must be true; some I would\'ve even derived myself... I know these are true.

  • Arranged by love?

    There are moments in life when we often question our existence and our purpose in life, especially when it comes to our own significance in relation to others around us. Often, this becomes more important, such as at the beginning of a new year.