The Conversation You Must Have With Your Sons

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Neil Stott

Forwarded to me from White Ribbon Day.

This is a must read article for Fathers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carina-kolodny/the-conversation-you-must-have-with-your-sons_b_3764489.html

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Support our Chaplains

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Neil Stott

Real Men Challenge fully support the Chaplaincy Program.

For the second time, SU QLD has been called before the High Court of Australia to defend the school chaplaincy program.

This second challenge has the potential to impact the funding of thousands of chaplains across the nation who support and encourage Australian children every day.

Two years ago, we asked you to sign a Statement of Support to show the Federal Government that Australians are passionate about keeping chaplains in their local schools. The response was phenomenal, with 85,000 statements submitted.

Your support meant that within a week of the first High Court decision, both sides of parliament passed new legislation, protecting chaplaincy and a number of other important community programs.

This time, the same plaintiff is challenging that new legislation, which was put in place to protect our children’s right to have access to a caring, compassionate chappy. So I’m asking if you will again rally with us to show that the support of chaplaincy continues to grow.

Our dream is to present well over 100,000 signatures to key Members of Parliament and prove beyond a doubt that school chaplaincy is critically important to thousands of Queensland families.

I’m now asking you to ‘Back Our Chappies’ by signing our new Statement of Support, which is in direct response to this new High Court Challenge. Your signature will enable SU QLD to continue to give kids the vital support and encouragement of a school chaplain for generations to come.

As you fill in your Statement of Support, please also request a ‘Back Our Chappies Advocacy Kit‘ to rally support for chaplaincy from your colleagues, family, friends and community.

Finally, as we mount our defence, please consider giving a special gift today… Because our kids are worth it!

Warm regards,

Peter James
CEO, SU QLD

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Responding to Kevin Rudd

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Neil Stott

As a Christian leader it was very disappointing to see Kevin Rudd manipulate, distort and misquote the NT to bully Christians into following his own viewpoint on Gay Marriage. This debate is often argued along the lines of discrimination, yet those who subscribe to a traditional Christian view of marriage are in fact being discriminated against. I am a man married to a woman but the Gay Marriage legislation will rob me of that identity and my traditions. 

I would, however, support a civil union for all couples that does not change the current definition of marriage. 

Thank you for reading this.

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The Resolution Challenge Sunday September 22

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Neil Stott

In 2012 18 men signed The Resolution.

Resolution Challenge 2013Are you up to the challenge in 2013?

1. Watch the movie “Courageous”

2. Come to the training

3. Sign the Resolution

 The Resolution

  • I DO solemnly resolve before God to take full responsibility for myself, my wife and my children.
  • I WILL love them, protect them, serve them, and teach them the Word of God as the spiritual leader of my home.
  • I WILL be faithful to my wife, to love and honour her, and be willing to lay down my life for her as Jesus Christ did for me.
  • I WILL bless my children and teach them to love God with all of their hearts, all of their minds, and all of their strength.
  • I WILL train them to honour authority and live responsibly.
  • I WILL confront evil, pursue justice, and love mercy.
  • I WILL pray for others and treat them with kindness, respect, and compassion.
  • I WILL work diligently to provide for the needs of my family.
  • I WILL forgive those who have wronged me  and reconcile with those I have wronged.
  • I WILL learn from my mistakes, repent of my sins,
    and walk with integrity as a man answerable to God.
  • I WILL seek to honour God, be faithful to His church,  obey his Word, and do His will.
  • I WILL courageously work with the strength God provides to fulfill this resolution for the rest of my life and for His glory.

 

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Another Challenge from  Steve McCracken 

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Neil Stott

Mark 9:33-35 (NIV) They came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

This is such a clear statement of how God views life.

Life is not about being first and being the greatest. It’s not about making it to the top and being the most successful. Life is not about bigger, better or greater. Life is simply not about what many often pursue.

Life is about loving God and loving people. Life is about serving God and serving people. Life is about putting other people before ourselves. Life is about giving and not about getting.

Life from God’s perspective is up-side-down to what the world says life is all about. It’s not all about me – it’s about God and others. God’s ways truly are different to man’s ways.

“So is your focus more on yourself advancing or on helping others fulfil their God-given destiny?”

Let’s commit our lives to loving and serving others; to giving to them and adding value to them. This is God’s way.


 

Steve McCracken


David McCracken Ministries

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