Avatar whingers
I like to think of Mikey Lynch as the mini-tuna man of ministry blogging, serving up nutritious bite-sized chunks. He recently posted about the way Christians react to Avatar. I’ve had similar feelings.
Gay conversion on Hungry Beast
Last night our much-loved Hungry Beast ran a story on ‘gay conversion’, along with a live forum. Gay conversion, also known as reorientation or ex-gay ministry, is the Christian idea that people with unwanted same-sex attraction can become ‘straight’. Here are a few thoughts from my Christian point of view.
Look at their squinty-eyed bully faces!
It’s a modern Australian atrocity. These four men are the ones whose relentless bullying prompted the suicide of Brodie Pamlock. Melinda Tankard Reist has been covering it (here, here, here) and there’s also this Facebook group. Actually, when I look at these men, it’s like looking in a mirror. I […]
Help Christians in Haiti
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? […]
Adelaide Christian Scene
One of the things we’ve been struck by since moving to Melbourne is the distinctives of our home town, Adelaide. Lots of people know Adelaide as the City of Churches. It’s not that Adelaide had an especially high number of church buildings, but Adelaide was the first place in Australia […]
Are we liberalising the Bible? (Scripture Series)
I’m yet to write on Witherington in our Scripture series, but I thought I’d take a brief look at a new article from the 9Marks e-journal. In it, Gregory Wills asks, What lessons can we learn from the history of liberalism?
Divine Endurance
Divine Endurance is one of my favourite novels. Like Neuromancer, its elegant balance of sci-fi and fantasy makes for a vivid world.
Meet Jesus at uni 