Keeping abreast of what’s going on in secular culture is key to engaging with unbelievers. Not only does it give you something in common, it can also give insight into what the felt needs are and how the gospel speaks into that. This is why I’ve previously blogged about Twilight, […]
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. […]
5 reasons why women shouldn’t do theological education: It will erase your femininity. Outspoken and articulate women aren’t real women. It will neutralise your ovaries Doing a full theological degree will stall your God-ordained role as mother. It will grow hair on your chest. Ministry and theology […]
Saving the best until last was a lesson I learned very early on in my childhood when I’d eaten all the yummy things on my plate and was left with a pile of mashed potato. So in my SWOT Vac I motivated myself for Old Testament and New Testament by […]
I’ve been thinking a bit about 18th / 21st / 30th speeches recently. I’ve been asked to give a few but recently I’ve been wondering what I would say at my own child’s celebration. I realise I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here! But bear with me. […]
Last week the ‘Grey’s Anatomy / Private Practice’ special hit the issue of religion. This week, Private Practice went for gender as well. There are a number of couples dealing with the issue of what it means to be a man or be a woman in the relationship but I […]
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