I’ve been enjoying the ABC’s blog covering the Global Atheist Convention (subscribe here). There is a good team of guest bloggers, including Christians I respect, Ben Myers and Chris Mulherin. So far, the blog has spent much of its time questioning whether the Convention will be reflective and constructive, or strident and […]
These two posts (here’s part 1) cover 10 factors behind the remarkable growth of the Christian church in its first 500 years and beyond. Each factor has important implications for how we think about mission and the church today. It’s part history and part sociology. The material comes from a […]
These two posts cover 10 factors behind the remarkable growth of the Christian church in its first 500 years and beyond. (Part 2 is here.) Each factor has important implications for how we think about mission and the church today. It’s part history and part sociology, and the material comes […]
I’m doing an essay on the bit of the Bible where God talks about the Leviathan – cool, huh! I’m amazed by how much effort has gone into trying to work out what the Leviathan was, and how much literature refers to Moby Dick! Apparently it is quite exegetically important […]
Christians and self-esteem has come up in conversation and on the blogosphere a few times for me recently and the resounding message that I hear reformed Christians giving is that self-esteem ought not to be based on ourselves but on looking to God. In his institutes, Calvin notes how we […]
In Galatians 6:10, we’re urged to do good to all people, but especially to our family of believers. If you’re concerned about the earthquake disaster in Haiti, you ought to know a bit about the church in Haiti — who are these brothers and sisters, and what are their needs? […]
Some of my most vivid devotional experiences have come in the simplicity of children’s music. Driving with a friend in Sydney recently, we listened to Colin Buchanan’s ‘Jesus Rocks the World’ for the sake of our friend’s daughter. Normally I find Colin’s music pretty folksy and his lyrics a bit […]
Meet Jesus at uni 