The Easter story in pictures
This is for our cross-cultural Bible group, made for retelling! Download it here. It’s a story about Jesus from Matthew and the drawings are inspired by Annie Vallotton (see 1, 2, 3).
The range of responses to Love Wins
With the release of Love Wins, it’s helpful to consider the different sorts of responses coming from the book’s primary context, American evangelical Christianity.
Love Wins: setting the scene (book review 1)
I recently got a copy of Rob Bell’s Love Wins: a book about heaven, hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived (I’ve got Kindle on my computer). I’m just starting to read it and thought I’d make a few comments about how I’m approaching it.
Rob Bell’s talking points
After my meta angle, let me change gears and start thinking about Love Wins from a more doctrinal point of view. (And no, the book still won’t be released for a month!)
Learning to speak Christian
Rob Bell is releasing a new book, Love Wins, raising the question of universalism. He’s been censured with astonishing speed by a string of American evangelicals, like these two at the Gospel Coalition. One guy has even written an embarrassing point-by-point refutation of — guess what — the book’s promotional video. How […]
Changes for us
This is our final year of theological college (third year of the MDiv) and our last 18 months in Melbourne. What will it mean for us to flourish? Space to thrive. We took on heaps last year — ten college subjects is a lot! Having overloaded, we’ve got a bit […]
The King of Glory (Psalm 24 sermon)
I was asked to pick a psalm for our home church in Adelaide and chose Psalm 24, one of the ascension songs. The St Matt’s version (2 January) focuses on work and relationships. The first couple of minutes are missing from this recording. The Christ Church Hawthorn version (6 February) focuses […]
Meet Jesus at uni 