30 movies in 30 days
Here’s a bunch of movies I’ve seen during the 2011-12 Adelaide summer. I enjoy stories that fiddle with my horizons, whether or not they entirely succeed! That includes “war-horror” films…
Woody Allen Jesus!
Musical whiz Tim Minchin has performed a pop culture Christmas carol: Praise be to Magic Woody Allen Zombie Superman Komodo Dragon Telepathic Vampire Quantum Hovercraft Me Jesus! What is it? Like pretty much all comedy, there’s a point to it and there’s something that it’s skewering. Tim Minchin more or […]
John Stott’s ‘Balanced Christianity’
Killer suit, isn’t it? Balanced Christianity: a call to avoid unnecessary polarisation is a 1975 booklet, the earliest expression I’ve seen of John Stott’s both-and approach, which seeks to embrace both poles in order to avoid polarisation. The strength of this lies not in the ‘both-and’ notion (which on its […]
Welcome to Australia!
Are you an Australian who’s sick of xenophobia and media hoo-hah about asylum seekers? Let’s help build a culture of welcoming newcomers to our nation! After kicking off in our home town and organising nationwide “welcome parties”, Welcome to Australia set up this brilliant photo campaign. Use this page to […]
The Books of the Bible (book review)
What sort of Bible do you own? Perhaps, like me, you own more than one version: different sizes; different translations; perhaps a study or devotional edition. Yet, all of these versions probably have one thing in common: their design. When you open a Bible, what does each page look like? […]
American Gods (book review)
You know it’s going to be an exciting novel when it wins awards for fantasy, science fiction and horror all at once! American Gods is a modern-day mythic tale by Neil Gaiman. All I want to do here is take a look at the novel’s intriguing premise.
More on choosing a Bible version
There is a glut of modern English Bible versions! None of them are perfect, of course, but how do we choose which is most appropriate? I’ve argued previously that the NIV is the most versatile version. However, different translations serve different purposes. For exploring this further I highly recommend this article by Bible translator […]
Meet Jesus at uni 