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Reformation Trust is freely giving away the eBook edition of Richard Phillips’ The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men.

With Father’s Day in their sights, they have made available a book which issues a call to a reformation in the evangelical church’s attitude toward the role of men in the family, the church and society.

"There is a crying need in the church today for men to be men. But competing visions for what a man is to be —some growing out of popular culture and others arising from flawed teaching in the church—are exacerbating the problem. " (Ligonier)

You will need to be quick as the offer expires soon; available HERE.

Welcome to the ministry of Adrian van Leen and Lookout Ministries Inc. 

"Celebrating MORE THAN A Quarter of a Century of Commitment to Truth, Compassion and Balance".

On June 30, 2012, after 33 years of serving individuals, families, the Christian community and the general community, Concerned Christians Growth Ministries (CCGM) including 'LOOKOUT' ceased their general public official activities, apart from producing some more magazines, newsletters and 'Sonshine Radio' programmes until May, 2013.

In doing so, they ceased adding to their extensive files, research into new groups, dealing with inquiries or seeking Ministry speaking engagements.

However, and very significantly, the complete 'LOOKOUT' article content are being re-located to this website.

In doing so, the EXTENSIVE ARTICLES SECTION is now accessible to you. Please read on for important links and information ...

It's OK!

Really - just relax!

We haven't taken the Studies of Religion content away and buried it!

What we have done is simply re-located the SOR pages.

Look to the right side of this front page and you will find the 'entry window' into the SOR content. OR ... we have the pages listed for you on the alphabetical list on the left hand section of the front page.

Christian Audio has, again, came up with an offer far too hard to ignore, humanly speaking of course.

A free download is open to all of us THIS MONTH ONLY.

You have to register of course but it's a painless procedure. Download format is either mp3 or m4b (or both).

Matt Chandler's book "is a call to true Christianity, to know the gospel explicitly, and to unite the church on the amazing grounds of the good news of Jesus!"

Well, did you notice?

Did you notice any changes?

Look at the top of this page.

It's all to do with our NEW website address!

We are now, officially, 'www.christianfaith.com'

No '.au' folks (.au = Australian) - we are now just a regular '.com': CHRISTIAN FAITH DOT COM!

Please tell your friends!

Last night I downloaded 14 very helpful eBooklets by RC Sproul from the ''Crucial Questions Series'.

I own a Samsung tablet which you all know is an android device. However, a Kindle app allows me to read Kindle eBooks in all their glory. So, I don't need a dedicated 'Kindle' device to read these booklets; my android is fine.

These booklets are outstanding and Monergism has announced that these ebooklets are free forever.

Be that as it may, I wasted no time in downloading them due to the author's fine reputation as a Bible teacher but also the crucial nature of the topics.

Please read on for more ...

The man whose hero once attempted to overthrow the state, now appeals to ‘separation of church and state’ to have same sex marriage introduced.

I could be wrong, but I suspect most Christians never thought Kevin Rudd would beat Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to the ‘same sex marriage’ table. We comforted ourselves that Kevin, the self-proclaimed “Christian” politician (and former PM), backed our world view in parliament while the current PM lived in a de facto relationship and probably opposed the moral code of the Bible full stop.

Think again. Mr Rudd this week came out in support of same sex marriage, “as a result of a lot of reflection”. His reasoning was as inconsistent as it was disappointing.

Below is a fascinating (read: 'very concerning') video featuring Rob Bell; former mega-church 'evangelical' pastor in the USA.

It's fascinating because it highlights the critical nature of HOW we arrive at moral positions as Christians. Is it via observing our culture 'in action' and adopting its changing popular (yet humanistic) values (like Rob Bell does) or by learning divine moral values from the Scriptures (like Jesus did)?

Watch the video closely and see how Andrew Wilson very graciously challenges Rob Bell, as a 'Christian', as to how Bell actually arrived at his radical theological position on homosexuality and 'same-sex' marriage.

This is an excellent exercise in ethical theory (the justification for our moral positions).

BTW - these 2 issues, for Christians, are not really about whether you regard homosexuality and same-sex marriage as OK or not OK. The point is this: HOW did you arrive at your 'moral' position on both issues?

Please read on ...

Recently I attended a major men's Christian conference in the chilly mountainous region west of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

We listened to some excellent teaching (apart from a good old fashioned ‘act-of-the-human-will’ diatribe – sigh!) but none better than from an Irishman who goes by the name of ‘Chris Wright’. He beckons from London actually and he said something so profound, so extremely helpful, that it will (hopefully) stay with me for the rest of my life.

What did he say? Well, you will have to read on …

The writer to the Hebrews states that it is ‘an awesome thing to fall into the hands if the living God’. (Hebrews 10:31) Rudolph Otto spoke of a similar kind of encounter in terms of experiencing what he called ‘The Numinous’. His ideas are found in his influential book Das Heilige (1917; translated into English as The Idea of the Holy, 1923). Otto says, that to have an experience of the ‘Numinous’ is to have an overwhelming sense of ‘wonder and awe’ in the presence of a Being greater than oneself.  Numinous gives the feeling of the greatness of the One that is experienced and the smallness of oneself.

The author Kenneth Grahame explores a similar theme in his book, The Wind in the Willows. In Chapter 7 entitled: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Ratty and Mole have an encounter of mysterium tremendum et fascinans (fearful and fascinating mystery) when they come across a grove dedicated to the god Pan. This was Mole’s response: 'Rat!' he found breath to whisper, shaking. 'Are you afraid?'

'Afraid?' murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love. 'Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet— and yet— O, Mole, I am afraid!'  Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.

Please read on...

We have just turned 4 years young and appreciate your ongoing support very much. Please recommend us to others!

There are some great additions to this site such as:

• 'The Problem of Evil' by James Rochford. (You can also download a free lecture on this same page).

• Also from this site: FREE CLASSES IN APOLOGETICS. This is a series of MP3 lectures on apologetics (Unseen Evidence)

• ARTICLE: 'Friendship Evangelism Is Neither Friendship Nor Evangelism' by Tony Miano (CARM)

Please read on; there is a lot more...

We want you to do something.

We want you to vote now – that’s right, vote.

On the right-hand side of this page you will see a 'poll'.

The poll statement (for you to finish) is, “The 'Gospel' is a message ...

a. … exclusively about Jesus OR

b. … mostly about Jesus but includes us OR

c. … about Jesus and us OR

d. … mostly about us

So, what do you think? What is the most accurate statement? We’d really appreciate your input … so … time to vote! Thanks.

In this influential book, the (late) Christopher Hitchens suggests that not only is all belief in the supernatural false but that it generally leads to bad outcomes; ignorance, hatred, evil, anti-science thinking and violence to name a few.  His underlying premises include 3 significant points:  

Firstly science, and in particular  evolution, has disproven God.  All religion is therefore simply a construct of man’s imagining and revelation cannot exist.  

Secondly, he seeks to show that religion is one of the primary causes and motivations for hatred, wars and oppression.  In pursuit of this task he uses a number of historical examples presented in a biased fashion.  

Lastly, he extrapolates the bad things done by some proponents of these belief systems to therefore demonstrate that the beliefs themselves are inherently bad, in the process failing to distinguish between those conducting evil because their belief system engenders it and those conducting evil in opposition to their belief system.

Book review by Dr. Bruce Watts. Please read on ...

That's right!

FAITHLIFE is giving away 2.5 million study Bibles.

'The Faithlife Study Bible', valued at $89.95 (US), is (allegedly) the world’s largest and most advanced study Bible - a Bible you can take anywhere. 

Get yours free now on your iPad, iPhone, Android device, or even online at Bible.Faithlife.com, and enjoy:

• Three layers of study notes
• 400 photos, videos, infographics, and maps
• Notes you can share with your friends
• Free built–in Bible dictionary
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Read on to see explanatory video ...