Arthur Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
I sometimes get the feeling that Christians aren’t much closer to the meaning of gender than anyone else. On the one hand, there’s mainstream Australian Christianity, which often acts as if gender doesn’t really exist, or doesn’t say anything much about it, and so disempowers anyone with a gender. It […]
5 reasons your wife must never do theological education: It will bend your brain. You’ll be condemned to a life of hearing the woman’s perspective on everything. It will make your life hell. It’s hard to control a woman with coherent opinions. It will undermine your headship. […]
It’s an exciting and empowering time to be doing theological study. We’ve made some striking discoveries in our first semester. If you’ve never thought about doing this kind of study, now is the time! Historical criticism Some Christians have rightly been nervous of theological study. For more than a century, […]
Stand-up comedy — ‘can anything good come from there?’ Well, yesterday we discovered Eddie Izzard. He must be the student’s comedian. History, religion, language, pop culture… His fabulous (!) 1998 stand-up, Dress to Kill, is an hilarious journey through European history. We loved his bits about church history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope-1Zb5t-k and […]
Read this if you are (a) our mates and long-term supporters, (b) thinking about the future, (c) a student, (d) think Jesus is vaguely interesting. This is solid gold. Mikey Lynch http://xnreflections.blogspot.com/ of Crossroads Pressie, http://www.crossroadshobart.org/trac/wiki/About Hobart, is coming on board as campus director of University Fellowship of Christians (AFES). […]
We recently watched the 2007 debate between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox. One topic they touch on, unsurprisingly, is the argument that an ideology can be discredited by implicating it in atrocities. Christianity caused the Crusades and the Inquisition, therefore Christianity is false or evil. Atheism caused the Gulag and […]
Beware of the matrix And keep a warm heart inside Don’t jump off the train There’s still a long way to ride – Reality Check Dare The Human League, 1981 Synths aside, Dare has hardly aged a bit, even though it’s going on 30 years old. The vague angst of […]
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