“If preaching the Word was a crime, would you be convicted?”
Editorial: Mike Bain Forty years ago, my first radio boss asked me a question that stripped me bare: “If being a personality was a crime, would you be convicted?” It…
We’re Done With Being Polite
This is not a polite note. This is a wake-up call. To church leaders, to political leaders, to congregants who have grown comfortable with the hum of their own righteousness:…
Apostle or Actress: The Kathryn Krick Controversy
Katy Nolan The church must never become so skeptical that it dismisses everything supernatural, nor so undiscerning that it embraces anything that looks spiritual. Scripture warns, “Do not quench the…
Free Speech, Faith, and the Line Christians Must Refuse to Cross
Mike Bain New Zealand is once again circling the drain on hate‑speech laws, and Christians need to stop pretending this debate doesn’t involve us. The Law Commission’s Hara ngākau kino…
Why the Church Should Learn From a Rugby Crowd
It was tribalism at its finest this weekend. A Hurricanes side lifting the Super Rugby Pacific title.The Wahs faithful erupting at Te Kawa Stadium.Egyptian fans celebrating like they’d won the…
The Unthinkable: The World on the Brink of Four Simultaneous Conflicts
As published in The Daily Examiner News Website and based on the Christian Voice New Zealand podcast: The Unthinkable It’s hard for the typical New Zealand citizen to imagine that…
CALL FOR GREATER EQUALITY AND ACCESS TO LAND
Ever since I sat down to write this blog, I have struggled with its content. It concerns race issues, relating to New Zealand, but it is a message which goes…
DID SPLIT ENZ GET IT WRONG?
On what planet were the writers of the Split Enz hit song, “History Never Repeats”? No matter how catchy the tune or how they incorporate the word Aotearoa, it’s simply…
True Church in New Zealand: Reality vs. Expectation
A young farmworker finds himself outside of church in a well to do part of a city. He gets out of his muddy Ute which he has parked in the…
The collapse of society is imminent
The collapse of society really is coming, and most of us will find themselves completely and utterly unprepared when it finally happens. Survey after survey in New Zealand points to…