The dictionary defines encourage as:  “To inspire with courage, spirit or confidence; stimulate by assistance or approval.”

I’ve been re-reading Genesis recently. I found within Chapter 3 a succinct step-by-step guide to sin. I’d like to share it with you (not, of course, to encourage us to sin; but to warn and immunise us against it.)

We left Melbourne airport on Sunday morning and arrived in Los Angeles International airport that same Sunday morning. We were tired, hungry and anxious to get to our hotel. When dad told us we would be attending church after fifteen hours of flying, we became quite disgruntled.

I still remember the day in 1989 when “cold fusion” became a reality. I was working with the Blacktown congregation and was on my way to the local shops when the announcement was made. Two American scientists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, had successfully produced “cold fusion” in a laboratory experiment.