Exploring the biblical text from Acts 17, when Paul arrives in Athens, John lays down a challenge to the church and a beacon of hope for those searching for God…
Recorded at Zac’s Place in Swansea, Wales
24th August, 2010
Archive for September, 2011
John addresses a small Catholic business leaders group with a timely, personal and powerful message on the ‘Power of Words’.
Music, Mission and Motorcycles
John speaks about his motivation and desire to connect with people where there are, not where we want them to be. Originally put together as a short promo video for an outback tour in Australia, this video is titled, ‘Music, Mission and Motorcycles’.… Read the rest
Anti-Association Laws
God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club founder Dr Rev John ‘Bullfrog’ ‘Blues Preacher’ Smith addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday 5 August, 2009. Dr Rev Smith discussed why the proposed and enacted anti-association laws, commonly called ‘anti-bikie’ laws, wouldn’t work.
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Money Won’t Change You
For the majority in an affluent country like Australia, most of our struggles come from selfish living and broken relationships.
If your problem is loneliness; money won’t change you. If your problem is meanness and aggressiveness towards others; money won’t change you. … Read the rest
Living Luxuriously Ever After
‘If you’re not concerned – nobody else will be,’ states an article in New Woman entitled ‘Money Matters’. It says, ‘Whether or not there is a rich man (or woman) waiting in the wings, you should always have your own money, bank account and future.’ It reshapes the fairy-story line saying, ‘Then the beautiful young girl married a handsome tycoon and they lived luxuriously ever after.’
We live in an age where the necessities of love and social responsibility are a poor second to the insatiable desire for luxury and excess. … Read the rest
Good Living
The Sydney Morning Herald featured an article by Simon Kent in ‘Good Living’ (May 31, 1988) on the subject of posh hotels. The key quote was, ‘money doesn’t make you happy, it makes you ecstatic, especially when you can check into the best hotels and be treated like royalty.’
There are celebration moments when a night on the town or a hotel weekend may be appropriate, but in general the article misses the very meaning of life itself. … Read the rest
Man In Black
While listening to a CD of South African Soweto music, I came across a song entitled, ‘The Man in Black’. It says,
I’m being harassed by the man in the black coat,
Every pay day I find him waiting for me outside the gate,
He demands all my money even when I hide it.… Read the rest
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