The story of the Anglican Aboriginal Churches in the Northern Territory cannot be told without including Gumbuli. He was the first Aboriginal person to be ordained as priest in the NT, and only the 2nd Anglican Aboriginal priest in Australia. He was respected by many at Ngukurr for standing against alcohol being brought into the …
Gumbuli Wurramara aboriginal elder of Arnhem Land standing against alcohol Read More »
DANIEL AFU (Fiji, 1873) In our Fijian Mission there are new 634 chapels and 354 other preaching places, making in all 988, or nearly a thousand pulpits to supply every Sunday. What are called our paid agents in Fiji, are paid by the Fijian Churches and not by the Missionary Society. It is a principle …
“I turned away from the Lord because grog was available. I became an alcoholic. I knew that I was doing wrong things, and I’ve done wrong things in my life, but I couldn’t stop. I tried to give up the drink many times, in my own strength, but I couldn’t do it. I was a …
The Lord rescued drover Richard Jakamarra ‘blind’ drunk to see the Lord’s goodness Read More »
“Perry Anderson was near the brink of death when he first walked into Salvation Army hostel The Beacon. At 29, he had been battling alcohol addiction for more than a decade and had lost everything, including his marriage and home. “ This former carpenter had lost his job after a back injury. He drank and …
Perry Anderson homeless alcoholic to sober Salvation Army soldier. Thanks to Jesus! Read More »
‘… as I was working in banquet management, I felt the hunger to speak for the Lord. I was a new Christian, and wherever I spoke things would happen. People would ask if I had ever considered that God had gifted me in the role of evangelism. It was natural to me, whether I was …
Ravi Zacharias rejected hotel industry to preach the Gospel Read More »
God and H.G. Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness stated: “It is, I trust, temperance, in the Bible sense — that is, the government of the passions — which is leading to the careful abstinence from intoxicating drinks; they avoid them as temptations by which the inhabitants of this province have been led into terrible evils; and …
H.G. Guinness grandson of brewer endorses abstinence from alcohol Read More »
Graham Kerr, celebrity TV chef of the 1970s. Before his conversion to Christ, he was previously known for crude jokes, cooking with alcohol and constantly guzzling it too. But then in 1975 he became a New Creation, and what a difference! “He became famous for his one show, the ‘Galloping Gourmet.’ 455 episodes were filmed …
‘Well look at them and look at us. I’m having a go at what they have got.’ —Arthur Stace “Mr. Eternity” Alcoholic Arthur Stace repented when he saw how Christians at St. Barnabas Church were NOT like him. The church’s Anglican rector, RBS Hammond, was a total prohibitionist, and Arthur was a drinker of methylated …
Mr. Eternity: Alcoholic converted because Christians were UNLIKE him Read More »
Interviewer: “Mr Bradman, you must have a wonderful physique to be capable of endurance required in your amazing world’s record.” Don Bradman: “Well, I don’t think so. I don’t think my physique is any different to anybody else’s. I think one of the main reasons why I am able to carry on so long is …
George Foreman says: how I quit drinking – former heavyweight boxing champion On my nineteenth birthday, I got so drunk that I couldn’t remember what happened that night. The next day, I ran into my friend who had been badly beaten up. He had a swollen eye and other bruises. I asked what happened. “Don’t …