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New Website Ark.net.au - Christ.net.au

New Website Ark.net.au

edit 5 Aug 2021

There's a newer version of the language quizzes and some of the other pages at the new website Ark.net.au. The new website has some added and improved features, including the original...

Multi-Choice Bible Reader - Christ.net.au

Multi-Choice Bible Reader

edit 12 Jul 2021

Read through each bible verse of your choice, one word at a time, in a multiple choice format. An aid to learning the Bible in Engligh, or ancient original languages....

Selectable Bible Chapter Greek and Hebrew Quiz - Christ.net.au

Selectable Bible Chapter Greek and Hebrew Quiz

edit 10 Jul 2021

Pick any chapter of the Bible and you can quiz the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament words in that chapter....

Biblical (Koine) Greek Bible Verse Quiz - Christ.net.au

Biblical (Koine) Greek Bible Verse Quiz

edit 22 Jun 2020

Which English Bible verses match these ten Koine Greek verses, that were randomly selected from the Greek New Testament? This Biblical Greek quiz is meant more as a learning exercise than an assessment. You don\'t...

Introduction to the Books of 1 and 2 Kings - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Books of 1 and 2 Kings

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the books of 1 & 2 Kings in the Christian Bible. (1 & 2 Kings are also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering them...

Introduction to the Books of 1 and 2 Samuel - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Books of 1 and 2 Samuel

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the books of 1 & 2 Samuel in the Christian Bible. (1 & 2 Samuel are also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering them...

Introduction the Book of Judges - Christ.net.au

Introduction the Book of Judges

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Judges in the Christian Bible. (Judges is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Joshua - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Joshua

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Joshua in the Christian Bible. (Joshua is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Deuteronomy in the Christian Bible. (Deuteronomy is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Numbers - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Numbers

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Numbers in the Christian Bible. (Numbers is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Leviticus - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Leviticus

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Leviticus in the Christian Bible. (Leviticus is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Exodus - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Exodus

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Exodus in the Christian Bible. (Exodus is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Introduction to the Book of Genesis - Christ.net.au

Introduction to the Book of Genesis

edit 2 Jun 2020

This page is an introduction and summary for the book of Genesis in the Christian Bible. (Genesis is also in the Jewish Bible, but I'll be covering it from a Christian perspective). I'm doing...

Christian Books About Singleness - Christ.net.au

Christian Books About Singleness

edit 1 Jun 2020

Here are some Christian books about singleness. In some ways being single is harder as a Christian, especially when you're also celibate. Though in some ways, it's easier. I've got a large collection of Christian books...

Books to Help Quit Drinking - Christ.net.au

Books to Help Quit Drinking

edit 31 May 2020

Here's a selection of books to help to quit drinking, or to slow down on drinking. I'll write up better explanations as I get time... The first one is the one that helped me the...

A Prayer to Help Quit Drinking - Christ.net.au

A Prayer to Help Quit Drinking

edit 17 May 2020

Here's a prayer which could help to quit drinking. It's been many years since I had a serious drinking problem, though after that I was on and off with drinking (and sometimes too much...

Christian Books - Christ.net.au

Christian Books

edit 16 May 2020

This page shows some books which have helped and inspired me to learn more about Jesus, and how to follow him as my Lord and Saviour. I have a lot more books to add soon......

Improve Sore Eyes when Reading and Studying - Christ.net.au

Improve Sore Eyes when Reading and Studying

edit 16 May 2020

Do you get sore eyes from doing a lot of reading and studying? I had perfect eyesight for most of my life, though in the last few years this had declined. Here are a few...

Is There Really a Hell? - Christ.net.au

Is There Really a Hell?

edit 15 May 2020

The Bible mentions "hell" several times — so if the Bible is true, does that mean that there must also be a hell? And if so, what is that like? And what determines who goes...

How to Believe the Bible is True - Christ.net.au

How to Believe the Bible is True

edit 15 May 2020

This page shows how anyone can find hope, happiness, and meaning in their life by learning to believe that the Bible is true, and the Word of God. Common Obstacles to Belief in the Bible One thing...

Learn to Be Happy in Any Situation - Christ.net.au

Learn to Be Happy in Any Situation

edit 15 May 2020

It's possible to learn how to be happy in any situation. We can truly know that it's possible, because many people have done it. And we can read their stories as inspiration. And to learn...

You Can Have a Real, Actual, Working, Lightsaber. Yes, Really. - Christ.net.au

You Can Have a Real, Actual, Working, Lightsaber. Yes, Really.

edit 3 Feb 2020

When I was much younger, I used to think that a real, working lightsaber was the single best material object it could ever be possible to own, out of anything I could imagine. Even for...

Bitzer Was a Banker! – Reasons to Learn Hebrew and Greek - Christ.net.au

Bitzer Was a Banker! – Reasons to Learn Hebrew and Greek

edit 11 Aug 2019

I've been very inspired by the article "Bitzer Was a Banker!" by John Piper. It's about reasons for learning the original languages of the Bible. I first saw the article quoted in the first Hebrew...

When Objects Start Flying Across the Room - Christ.net.au

When Objects Start Flying Across the Room

edit 9 Aug 2019

I've been thinking of a while now that I really should write up a list of all the "strange coincidences" that I notice. Things which seem to me to be too much of a coincidence...

Initial Progress Learning Biblical Languages – Good and Bad News - Christ.net.au

Initial Progress Learning Biblical Languages – Good and Bad News

edit 9 Aug 2019

The good news is that I got two high distinctions for first semester, one for Greek and one for Hebrew. Considering that the languages at Morling (and I get the impression in general) are regarded...

Try the SBC Pumpkins Tithing Challenge – And See if You Go Hungry! - Christ.net.au

Try the SBC Pumpkins Tithing Challenge – And See if You Go Hungry!

edit 18 Jul 2019

It's fun! It's a challenge! And it will bring your spiritual walk with God alive... I encourage you to do it in every possible, imaginable way. Try the SBC Pumpkins Tithing Challenge — and see...

How to Not Feel Like an Impostor at Church - Christ.net.au

How to Not Feel Like an Impostor at Church

edit 5 Jul 2019

When I first started going to church I used to imagine that at any minute, someone would come and tap me on the shoulder — and say something like "Well, you know, we get that...

Introducing the Gospel of Matthew - Christ.net.au

Introducing the Gospel of Matthew

edit 2 Jul 2019

This page is taken from an assignment I did for Bible college last year. The assignment asked for a written script of a sermon introduction, for a hypothetical series on the Gospel of Matthew. The...

Goin' Down, Party Time? - Christ.net.au

Goin' Down, Party Time?

edit 1 Jul 2019

The word for "the devil" also has the meaning of " the adversary", that is, "the opposer". The devil is meant to oppose. His name means that. By definition, he's an evil being....

What If You Actually Believed You're Going to Heaven? - Christ.net.au

What If You Actually Believed You're Going to Heaven?

edit 28 Jun 2019

Take a quick break, just for a minute — and think about what would it feel like if you truly did believe you're going to go to heaven. Heaven. Heaven. What even...

Don't Be Afraid of What's Happening in the World - Christ.net.au

Don't Be Afraid of What's Happening in the World

edit 19 Jun 2019

We constantly hear and see examples of things telling us how our world is falling apart at the seams. Yet as Christians, we have nothing to ultimately fear from anything that happens in this...

How and Why I Quit Drinking - Christ.net.au

How and Why I Quit Drinking

edit 19 Jun 2019

Since I have enough experience (and success) with this topic to easily write a whole book about it, or even a series of books, this first web page about how to quit drinking is going...

Deep Christianity – Going to a Whole New Level of Faith - Christ.net.au

Deep Christianity – Going to a Whole New Level of Faith

edit 18 Jun 2019

Around two years ago, my faith in Jesus Christ began to take on what felt like a whole new dimension. After being a Christian for about eight years, I felt like, finally, I'd started to...

10 Years of Playing Christian Worship Guitar - Christ.net.au

10 Years of Playing Christian Worship Guitar

edit 18 Jun 2019

Sometime in the next few months (I'm not sure of the exact date), it's coming up to the 10th anniversary of when I started playing Christian worship guitar at church. I'd only just became a...

Remember that You're Going to Heaven! - Christ.net.au

Remember that You're Going to Heaven!

edit 17 Jun 2019

Before I was a Christian, I used to think that someone who believed they were going to heaven would just be happy all the time. Since, what would there really be to be worried or...

If We Could Realise How Much God Loves Us - Christ.net.au

If We Could Realise How Much God Loves Us

edit 16 Jun 2019

I often think that if only we could fully realise how much God really does love us, so many of the problems we face in this world would be no more, and we would live...

First Impressions of Logos 8 Free Bible Software - Christ.net.au

First Impressions of Logos 8 Free Bible Software

edit 16 Jun 2019

Last week I installed Logos 8 Bible Software, the free version. I haven't used anything like this before, which from the point of this review is both good and bad. Bad in the sense that...

Is Your Christian Faith Stuck in a Rut? - Christ.net.au

Is Your Christian Faith Stuck in a Rut?

edit 16 Jun 2019

Some years after discovering Jesus, sometimes people find that their initial excitement and enthusiasm to follow Christ can wear off. Things start to feel routine, and ordinary, and not as special as when you were...

Einstein Explains God's Six-Day Creation - Christ.net.au

Einstein Explains God's Six-Day Creation

edit 29 Mar 2019

In Genesis 1, the Bible tells us that God made everything in six days. Yet according to modern science, the Earth is 4.5 billion years old. And the universe is something like 10-15 billion...

Is the Bible True – How Do We Know? - Christ.net.au

Is the Bible True – How Do We Know?

edit 29 Mar 2019

How can we know that the Bible is true? This page is the second of six parts based on an excellent series my church is running, called "The God Questions". This series is based on...

Is God Real – How Can Anyone Really Know? - Christ.net.au

Is God Real – How Can Anyone Really Know?

edit 25 Mar 2019

How can we know that God is real? This page is the first of six parts based on an excellent series my church is running, called "The God Questions". The first question is the most...

History of Christian Missions to China - Christ.net.au

History of Christian Missions to China

edit 14 Mar 2019

The stories of Christian missionaries are an inspiration to all Christians, and highlights their dedication to spreading the gospel — often at extreme personal cost. This page outlines some of...

Memory Hints for Biblical Hebrew Words - Christ.net.au

Memory Hints for Biblical Hebrew Words

edit 13 Mar 2019

This page gives some memory hints to help remember Biblical Hebrew vocabulary words. Some of these I've thought up and others I got from other places. I'll update the page as I go with new...

How to Learn to Pray - Christ.net.au

How to Learn to Pray

edit 11 Mar 2019

This page gives ideas for many different ways you can pray. You can choose which ones you like the best. You certainly don't have to try everything suggested here (though you could, if you wanted...

Have You Ever Watched Pure Gold Evaporate? - Christ.net.au

Have You Ever Watched Pure Gold Evaporate?

edit 26 Feb 2019

If I had to write a list of the most interesting things I've ever seen, it would definitely include watching pure gold melt, then boil, and then evaporate — and then transform itself into something...

Shortcuts for Beginning Biblical Hebrew - Christ.net.au

Shortcuts for Beginning Biblical Hebrew

edit 24 Feb 2019

This page gives some shortcuts for beginning to learn Biblical Hebrew. Most of these are just things I thought up myself, to help me remember some of the words and grammar. I'm only new...

Shortcuts for Beginning Koine Greek - Christ.net.au

Shortcuts for Beginning Koine Greek

edit 24 Feb 2019

This page gives some shortcuts for beginning to learn Koine Greek. Most of these are just things I thought up myself, to help me remember some of the words and grammar. I'm only new...

How I Began Learning the Biblical Languages - Christ.net.au

How I Began Learning the Biblical Languages

edit 15 Feb 2019

This page describes how I started learning the biblical languages of Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek. This year (2019) I'm going to be formally studying them at Morling College in Sydney, Australia — however I've...

Koine Greek Meaning Quiz - Christ.net.au

Koine Greek Meaning Quiz

edit 20 Jan 2019

Which meanings match these ten Koine Greek words, that were randomly selected from the most popular 15 to 5,453 biblical Greek words? Use the drop-down list to select how many words the quiz will be...

Koine Greek Word Quiz - Christ.net.au

Koine Greek Word Quiz

edit 20 Jan 2019

This is the easiest of the language quizzes for beginners. Which Koine Greek words correctly match these ten definitions, that were randomly selected from the most popular 15 to 5,453 biblical Greek word definitions? Use...

The 66 Books of The Bible - Christ.net.au

The 66 Books of The Bible

edit 13 Jan 2019

This is a very new page and I'll fix it up soon... It's very rough at the moment. It was pasted in from a private document I made in 2018, to help me learn...

Christianity Through the Eyes of a Child - Christ.net.au

Christianity Through the Eyes of a Child

edit 5 Jan 2019

"I'm older than you, Dad!" said my son one day in the courtyard outside church, when he was six. Then he said, "I'm six million years old!". His friend standing next to him then said...

Now I Will Dare to Say Mad Words - Christ.net.au

Now I Will Dare to Say Mad Words

edit 3 Jan 2019

Reverend Richard Wurmbrand spent 14 years in Romanian communist prisons for his crime of refusing to deny Jesus Christ. He spent nearly three of those years in solitary confinement, alone in a small ...

Biblical Hebrew Meaning Quiz - Christ.net.au

Biblical Hebrew Meaning Quiz

edit 28 Dec 2018

Which meanings match these ten Hebrew words randomly selected from the most popular 15 to 8,678 biblical Hebrew words? Unlike the Hebrew Word Quiz, the transliteration can be turned on without giving the answers away...

Biblical Hebrew Word Quiz - Christ.net.au

Biblical Hebrew Word Quiz

edit 27 Dec 2018

Which Hebrew words correctly answer these ten questions randomly selected from the most popular 15 to 8,678 biblical Hebrew word definitions? The quiz is much easier with the transliteration turned on, which shows how the...

My Calling to Bible College - Christ.net.au

My Calling to Bible College

edit 20 Dec 2018

This story begins in the early 2000s, when my life was not in a good place. For many years I'd been following a mixture of different varieties of new-age spiritual practices. But around the...

Quick and Easy Proof that God Exists - Christ.net.au

Quick and Easy Proof that God Exists

edit 17 Dec 2018

In our desperation to imagine that current human opinions have supreme authority about things like correct vs. incorrect, right vs. wrong, real vs. imaginary, good vs. evil, and so on..., people often make the...

Are You Awake or Asleep Right Now? - Christ.net.au

Are You Awake or Asleep Right Now?

edit 16 Dec 2018

This page is addressed to anyone who feels a deep need to have things "proven" to them before they can believe in something. The purpose of the page is to point out that we can...

Classic Christian Books You Can Read For Free - Christ.net.au

Classic Christian Books You Can Read For Free

edit 10 Dec 2018

This new page contains links to classic Christian books that you can read or download for free. I'll add a lot more over the summer. A classic is an outstanding example of...

Your Logical Mind is a Trap - Christ.net.au

Your Logical Mind is a Trap

edit 28 Nov 2018

The Computing Machine in Our Minds Our logical mind is just a part, one part, of our mortal human brain. It has certain specific functions — for example, it receives impulses from other parts of...

The Two Types of Science - Christ.net.au

The Two Types of Science

edit 28 Nov 2018

Most people don't realise there are two entirely different concepts that are commonly called "science". And that they can, at times, completely contradict one another. 1. One is...

The Paradox of Losing Your Life to Find It - Christ.net.au

The Paradox of Losing Your Life to Find It

edit 28 Nov 2018

Read through each bible verse of your choice, one word at a time, in a multiple choice format. An aid to learn the English, Greek, and Hebrew of the Bible....

Eight New Testament Letters Summarised - Christ.net.au

Eight New Testament Letters Summarised

edit 19 Oct 2018

I'm doing an exam in 3 or 4 weeks on these eight New Testament letters, plus the book of Revelation (which I'll summarise in a separate web page). Since it's almost just as easy to write...

Going to Church - Christ.net.au

Going to Church

edit 13 Oct 2018

Do You Have to Go to church? You don't have to go to church to be a Christian. Most Christians who are active about their faith do go to a church of one kind or another....

Who is Jesus Christ? - Christ.net.au

Who is Jesus Christ?

edit 13 Oct 2018

Jesus came to Earth to show us how God works, and how by believing in him and following him, we can be saved. And to show us how to live in a way that's...

What is Christianity About? - Christ.net.au

What is Christianity About?

edit 13 Oct 2018

In our modern world, nearly everyone has heard of Christianity. But that's about as far as it goes. What really is it? What's it about? Okay, it's a religion. But what does that even mean?...

Why Become a Christian? - Christ.net.au

Why Become a Christian?

edit 13 Oct 2018

The short answer to the question "Why become a Christian?" is that it's so much better. Better now and better in the future. Jesus Becomes the Centre of Your Life As a Christian, Jesus Christ becomes the...

Bring Your Faith Back to Life! - Christ.net.au

Bring Your Faith Back to Life!

edit 13 Oct 2018

This is a new page, that will be fixed up properly over June/July 2019... Ideas to Help Renew Your Christian Faith Here's a list of ideas that might help to renew your Christian faith. If you're...

You Can Become a Christian Right Now - Christ.net.au

You Can Become a Christian Right Now

edit 12 Oct 2018

If you've decided that you want to become a Christian, you can, right now, in the time it takes to read this web page. If you're not sure, you can think about it some...

Christian Resources and Organisations - Christ.net.au

Christian Resources and Organisations

edit 12 Oct 2018

Here are some recommended Christian resources. This is a new page, and will grow and improve considerably over time... The page Bring Your Faith Back to Life! contains an overview of several different ideas, and...

About the Photo Albums - Christ.net.au

About the Photo Albums

edit 9 Oct 2018

How to use the Photo Albums This is a very rough initial edit of this page and will be improved substantially... There is one (pretty much complete) photo album so far. The actual photo albums...

A Bird's Eye View of the Bible - Christ.net.au

A Bird's Eye View of the Bible

edit 9 Oct 2018

This page gives a quick overview of the Holy Bible. It's a new page and still undergoing completion and improvement. The Bible on Christ.net.au There are currently nine versions of the Bible on Christ.net.au, seven of...

The First Blog Page on Christ.net.au - Christ.net.au

The First Blog Page on Christ.net.au

edit 9 Oct 2018

Welcome to the first page of the blog section of Christ.net.au. At this stage (early October 2018) the site is only brand new. Many of the links and other things still don't...

How to Read the Bible - Christ.net.au

How to Read the Bible

edit 5 Oct 2018

I was nine years old the first time I tried to read the Bible all the way through from front to back. I got up to halfway through Exodus, which is the second book out...

How to Begin a Completely New Life Starting Right Now - Christ.net.au

How to Begin a Completely New Life Starting Right Now

edit 5 Oct 2018

Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life Would you like to really change your life? Popular Western media both expresses and massively influences what we think, feel, and assume about life. An...

Changelog of Updates to Christ.net.au - Christ.net.au

Changelog of Updates to Christ.net.au

edit 5 Oct 2018

Monday, 17 June 2019 The language quizzes now have an "instant feedback" feature, which shows immediately as you answer each question if you chose the correct answer, or not. This feature can be turned on...

About Christ.net.au - Christ.net.au

About Christ.net.au

edit 22 Sep 2018

Mostly what I want to do with this website is express my love for Jesus Christ, who has saved me. And brought me back from the dead to the living. Even if you don't...

Legal Information and Disclaimer - Christ.net.au

Legal Information and Disclaimer

edit 16 Jul 2018

Authority of the Bible The Bible as God's word is the priority of this website. All authority comes from the living Christ Jesus, and the biblical record of what he said and did. These things are...

The Holy Bible - Christ.net.au

The Holy Bible

edit 15 Jul 2018

There are nine different Bible versions available, all public domain. The most recent version is the World English Bible from 2000. ...

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