Posts by John Staiger (Page 45)

Hector Williams (so he called himself), was the latest of a long list of scam artists who phoned me claiming that my “computer security system had been compromised.” When I challenged his integrity and supposed location, he swore that he was calling me from downtown Auckland and rattled off a long list of details ‘authenticating’ his identity. I told him that Jesus is returning to judge us all and that he needed to repent for ripping old people off (assuming…

If you are a Bible-believing Christian (not that there is any other kind), and you accept that our all-powerful God created everything in six days, you are not alone; I do! My problems with evolutionists are many, but it is their starting point that seems to stall conversations before they even begin. That starting point is a dismissal of any positive references to God or the Bible when discussing the origins of that which is. If the playing field on…

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, The Gulag Archipelago, is not for the fainthearted. Solzhenitsyn retells his own experience, and the experiences of many others, of the horrific treatment of political prisoners in Starlin’s Soviet Union. Millions of people were arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and murdered. However, Solzhenitsyn tried to investigate his own heart to discover anything that might have contributed to the spirit of cruelty that swept the USSR. It’s a rare man who tries to see the enemy within. But it is…

I couldn’t recommend more Alec MacKenzie’s book, “The Time Trap.” His common-sense approach to prioritising and organising the things that make up your day is as valuable today as it was when he penned it in 1972. The ‘Top 20 Time Traps’ that block business people and technologists from achieving their goals do not require much adjusting to apply to our Christian walk. I have copied his list here:1. Management by Crisis; 2. Telephone interruptions; 3. Inadequate planning; 4. Attempting…

Madman or Messiah? Neutrality is not an option. Western society, built on a Biblical foundation, is crumbling under the weight of its idols. Along with unbridled consumerism, the religion of “science” presently outweighs the commandments of Christ as society’s supreme authority. Unless revival sweeps our lands, it is safe to say that there is more hope for China and the other nations that actively resist Christ. The West is ambivalent to the Bible’s place in its laws, family values and…

Broken promises are the scourge of humanity. If every person on earth had honoured their commitments for just one year in the twentieth century, the twenty-first century would be unrecognisable compared to its present state. The knock-on effects would have been phenomenal. Imagine if everyone worked out their differences instead of walking away from marriage, or children. Also, imagine the shock of having businesses and customers paying their bills on time. It would have put a myriad of lawyers and…

Hardness of heart will kill you. Pharaoh died of a hard heart; as did Judas. And never did anyone experience God’s warnings up-close-and-personal as did these two men. But no matter how many times they were warned to their very faces, they would not listen. The Bible presents them, and many others, as examples of what not to be. But tragically, this does not prevent Christians from following in their footsteps. Christians are the blessed of all humanity. Theirs is…

Heaven’s gates swing on the hinges of grace. Every generation has its list of dead villains sent to hell. Irredeemable souls are so bad that even loved ones would think twice before muttering, “Rest in peace,” out loud. There are others, equally as bad, but still drawing breath, who are instead staunchly defended as being “misunderstood.” Despite the mass graves and the social carnage, their supporters insist that they were God’s messengers of freedom; heroes destined to walk the “streets…

If you want to read a veritable horror story,…but one that amazingly ends well, read 2 Chronicles 33. King Manasseh was evil to the bone. He not only led Israel into the sinful excesses of the occult, but he was also so vile that he offered his own children in the fires of human sacrifice to his pagan gods. In turn, God’s anger burned against him; God had him dragged into Assyrian captivity with hooks in his face. And it…

Would you like to go to Mars? If you can see yourself enjoying the 8 months journey, then you will be pleased to know that Elon Musk is planning to begin colonising the Red Planet in 2026. In a recent report, I heard that his SpaceX Mars program will eventually launch 15 spacecraft per day. This is indeed a vision to be applauded. What of our vision for the Kingdom of Christ? Is it possible for you and me to…