Frank Talk by Dr Frank Hultgren
I was recently asked about my early days. A younger pastor was looking for the secret to my long life of ministry and the peculiar anointings I have enjoyed. That prompted me to reflect on sixty years...
View ArticleLove Your Neighbour Skit
I recently gave a talk to children about Christ’s Command to Love our Neighbour. I wrote the following skit to help get some points over and it went really well. My son Isaac, and his friend Angus did...
View ArticleResentment Revisited
Resentment is probably the most prevalent disease in relationships and marriages today. In my previous Resolving Resentment article (http://chrisfieldblog.com/2012/01/02/resolving-resentment) I showed...
View ArticleResentment Revisited 2
This is the second part of an article exposing our human tendency to withhold forgiveness and to allow resentment, bitterness and anger to rule our hearts. (see below for links to the first 2 articles...
View ArticleCreation Supercamp 2013
[A review of this year’s Creation SuperCamp at Philip Island in January, by one of the more than 800 attendees, Ps Chris Field, who has long been a supporter of Creation Ministries International (CMI)...
View ArticleBrave New World
Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World – Blueprint for Humanist Utopia The following notes were written for the benefit of students given Brave New World as a study text. They are provided here for anyone who...
View ArticleHumanist Hope
Humanism for the greater part of last century was fused with hopeful anticipation of creating a world in which self-serving, hedonistic lifestyles could be pursued with impunity. Blocking man’s freedom...
View ArticleTechnology Idols
This week Samsung CEO Mr JK Shin presented what some consider the most impressive technology launch event of all time, introducing Samsung’s S4 phone. Significant in this launch were interesting claims...
View ArticleModern Day Slavery
How is it we are trapped in a web of fines, threats, debts, notices, by-laws and the like? How is it the police are our enemy when they are supposed to bless us by protecting us? What has been done to...
View ArticleEssay Writing and Answering Exam Questions
ESSAY WRITING – ANSWERING QUESTIONS Explanatory Notes for Isaac Field (by C. Field 19/4/2013) While writing essays and answering exam questions appears to a student to be merely a process of evaluation...
View ArticleRule of Law
All laws are equal, but some laws are more equal than others. (apologies to Orwell) Or to put it in the vernacular of an Aussie oil commercial, “Laws ain’t laws!” The law landscape is becoming muddier...
View ArticleWives Giving Up on Hubby
“You’ve given up on dad, haven’t you mum?” “Try that strawberry slice. You’ll love it.” “Mum! I’m serious. You’ve given up on dad, haven’t you?” “Don’t be so silly. You’ll understand relationships...
View ArticleHow To Think book by Chris Field
In Malaysia in June I met Barb Reid, an Aussie living in KL, working as a Librarian. I credit Barb for prompting my latest book, just released this week, “How to Think”. Barb asked about my books,...
View ArticleGothard Message
I write this just a few weeks after Bill Gothard stood down from leadership of the IBLP ministry which he created and has led for decades. Accusations of impropriety have been levelled against him and...
View ArticleVanity
I enjoyed a lovely encouragement recently from the word ‘vanity’. It came from the words of the wisest man that ever lived, King Solomon, in his book Ecclesiastes. “I have seen all the works that are...
View ArticleGetting on with Life
There are many things to distract us in life. In younger years we feel as if we have unlimited time ahead. Yet life is short and it slips by quickly. We are wisest to keep in mind that human life is...
View ArticleScorn – Hidden Source of Contention
Over this past year or so several words have taken on new significance in my understanding. Recently the word “scorn” took my attention and I am surprised how significant this topic may be in daily...
View ArticleEmotional Filter
Your Emotional Filter – or “How You Fool Yourself” Your emotional state affects how you remember and understand things. Your emotions filter information and activate one set of memories or impressions...
View ArticleCall Down Fire?
Men and women of God regularly gain notoriety because of their failings. They become front page news and those who oppose Christianity delight in scorning the church world based on their example. We...
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