Challenge Good News Paper - February 2020
Deadly bites
One summer day two men and their wives went fishing on a lake. They had some of the finest equipment and were looking forward to a good catch, but after several hours without a bite, they decided to return home
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Asian Schindler saves thousands from sex trade
His nicknames hint at his choice of vocation – ‘the Asian Schindler’, the ‘James Bond pastor’, the ‘Godfather of North Korean defectors’.
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Flowing blood found in frozen mammoth
Russian scientists have recovered blood from a woolly mammoth so well preserved that hopes of obtaining viable DNA for 'cloning' the extinct species have surged again.
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It starts with a spark
The Carr Fire in California in July and August 2018, which destroyed nearly two thousand structures and claimed eight lives, started when a tire failed on a trailer
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AIDS survivor tells of miracle
‘If I die where is my soul going?’ Margaret wondered
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Prison saved me from myself
Jeffrey Wright considered himself to be a good-hearted person, but anger issues and an addiction to alcohol caused him to end up in a messy court case.
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Mark 8:1-21 - The Gospel of Mark
Bible study
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Raising the bar
Aussie Nicola McDermott has made a name for herself in the sport of high jumping.
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Bonus lesson from a sausage dog
Carrie, as a sausage dog, is of course very short-legged. This has some advantages for me
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Nuclear physicist defends Creation
Dr Heinz Lycklama earned a Ph.D in experimental Nuclear Physics from McMaster University in Canada in 1969.
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Finding hope in the flames
The recent fires in Australia that have laid waste the landscape, decimated the wildlife population, destroyed homes and killed at least eight people have been heartbreaking and unimaginably destructive.
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Sex Trafficker Finds forgiveness
Brandy Mamohau Mokoena had issues with alcohol, drugs, and anger management
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Mark 7:24-37 - The Gospel of Mark
Bible study
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Question: Starting to follow Jesus seems the right thing to do but I have so many ‘buts’.
Peter Meadows answers your questions about God
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Paradise found
Happiness is surely a universal pursuit. We all want it. I cannot imagine anyone leaping out of bed in the morning and saying "I hope this is going to be a really unhappy day."
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As silent as a flying owl
If you watch an owl flapping or gliding, it's like viewing film footage with the sound on 'mute'—they are so silent.
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An ode to chaplains
This poem was written to convey the appreciation I feel for the work of prison chaplains
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Never too old to start again
Friends from North Sydney Ray Turner, 82, and Chris Lawes, 75, were very proud of each other when they publicly declared their faith in Jesus recently.
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Lonely little girl finds eternal friend
Poppie Mathibela was separated from her mother when she was eight years old and never understood why she could not see her.
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Mark 7:1-23 - The Gospel of Mark
Bible study
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Question: Does the claim that God is ‘holy’ have anything to do with real life?
Peter Meadows answers your questions about God
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Making positive connections
To Jonah*, walking into prison felt as though his life had ended. And it had – because his old life of drugs and crime was finally over the moment he encountered prison chaplains.
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Mounds of evidence for creation
Don Batten from Creation Ministries International interviews termite expert, Dr Victor Meyer
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‘Damaged soul’ now helps others
Brent Bishop's life "started pretty rough."
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Be careful what you say
On a safari to the Pilbara region of Western Australia we saw lots of Aboriginal drawings.
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Rescued from a cycle of drugs, crime, prison and despair
Valeria's story is part of an initiative by Eternity Church, based in Mirrabooka Perth, to share how Jesus changes the lives of real people in their congregation.
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Mark 6:30-52 - The Gospel of Mark
Bible study
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Slowing down on the steps of life
On a recent trip to Israel, Karen and I were taken to the "Southern Steps" in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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