What’s Changed
Mike Bain New Zealand is a first-class country run by second-rate people. Harsh? Perhaps. Wrong? Take a look around. After weeks of election promises, slogans and carefully scripted announcements, one…
WHAT LENS ARE YOU LOOKING THROUGH?
Why two people can see the same facts and arrive at completely different conclusions One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Nobody really knows who first said it, but…
Will My Grandchildren Inherit Transformers or Genesis?
We spend much of our lives battling the problems inherited from yesterday while giving little thought to the future promised for tomorrow. As AI and technology transform the world around…
The Orphan Called Responsibility
There is a foul smell hanging over Wellington. No, I’m not talking about the sewage. I’m talking about the stench of responsibility abandoned. The latest chapter in the Moa Point…
The One Thing We Keep Running From
Let’s stop lying to ourselves. Responsibility isn’t the elephant in the room — it’s the stampede flattening our nation while we stand around pretending, we don’t hear the thunder. We’ve…
If Larry the Cat Is Your Most Stable Leader, You Might Need Jesus
If last week’s attempted political coup in New Zealand taught us anything, it’s that even political theatre can flop — loudly — while still revealing the simmering frustration underneath. The…
“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:…
The Week We Forgot How Parliament Works
It was only three years ago that I stood and encouraged Christian voters to exercise their legal and moral right to help steer this country away from the path it…