Honouring all those who gave their lives during the First World War and subsequent conflicts, many Commonwealth nations hold Remembrance Day services on 11th November each year, but often without appreciating the profound spiritual significance of the flag ceremony, the playing of a bugle, and the wearing of red poppies.
Anzac Day not only highlights the nation-forming history and potential of the Anzac tradition, but it declares the individual's calling to die and rise with faith in Christ. So the Last Post is played first, then the Rouse, since we must sleep in death before we rise up into eternity.
Instead of rejecting civic systems as evil, or fixable only by divine restoration, God's people are called to prayerfully bring his goodness to pagan society. Regaining custody of wisdom, justice and peace through civic leadership, we may enrich the community - while naming God as the giver of every good gift.
For years, the Greens have been treated as a political curiosity. They won a spot or two in the Senate, but were absent from the real place of political power, the House of Representatives. That has now changed. They will have more senators from July 2011, and a seat in the House. They are in an alliance with the minority Labor government nationally and in Tasmania.
Despite their environmentalism, “the Greens are not a single issue party.” Their objective is: “to transform politics and bring about Green government.” They are part of a worldwide movement that is actively engaged in the political process and aims at a radical transformation of the culture that underpins Western civilisation.
The Greens should be subjected to the same scrutiny as any other political party.
To comprehend the Greens’ political ideology, it is necessary to understand
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