Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Why did Christianity go from a marginal sect to a dominant force in the Roman Empire?

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For many years Rodney Stark was a Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. He wrote an introductory college sociology text t...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Contrasting ways that Asians and Westerner's think about theology

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 In the theology reading group over two months we discussed Asian Christian Theology: Evangelical Perspectives , published by Langham. It is...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The battle for succession: from King David's sons to 21st-century American evangelicalism

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 At church we have just started a sermon and study series on the book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. To get the big picture of a book of ...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Reflections on Prayer

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Guest post by Robin McKenzie It seems to me that a lot of our prayers are Santa Claus prayers: giving God a list of things that we want him ...
Friday, July 15, 2022

An appreciation of Charles Ringma on his 80th Birthday

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 Last Friday evening about forty friends of  Charles Ringma gathered in Brisbane to celebrate his 80th Birthday. There was a lot of creativ...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

How should churches care for the homeless?

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My wife Robin and I are involved with Village Mosaix a ministry of our church that cares for the marginalised in our community, including th...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

The intellectually illegitimate children of Isaac Newton

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The incredible scientific success of Isaac Newton led to intellectual revolutions in science, philosophy, economics, and theology. But many ...