A rambling post about some of my thoughts from bible study tonight. I’ve been in the group for a number of months, but I’m still getting used to being a participant in a group after many years of leading one, and a year of not going to one at all. Tonight we looked at Galatians …
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job or ministry?
Those things you’re doing for your church: job or ministry?
bible in church: paper or screen?
I was rostered on to read the bible at church this week. Even after years of preaching and leading church services, this is a responsibility that I take seriously – I pre-read the passage a couple of times, and brought my old NIV paper bible around to read from. This, combined with a post over …
facebook and faith
I had the privilege of speaking at Wesley Institute today on the topic of “facebook and faith”. I’ve tweaked the slidedeck so that it makes some sense without me talking in front of the screen. I’d love to know what you think! facebook and faith View more presentations from David Phillips The cutting room …
reading about gay marriage
A motion passed the Australian House of Representatives around two weeks ago calling on parliamentarians to gauge their consituents’ views on the issue of marriage equality. I’ve been looking for a few things to read on “gay marriage”, and had some recommendations, the longer ones I still need to wade through. The Christian response (where …
Don’t Waste Your Life – Free Audiobook in November 2010
If you’re looking for a Christian book to listen to, or to try out the concept of audiobooks for yourself, you can start with this one: John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life is a free download this month.
Is your faith rational?
You might like to take the multi-choice test that Nathan was blogging about over at Is your faith rational?. I was doing pretty well, but tripped up in the final few questions.
sermon – assurance
If you’ve been following my tweets over the past few weeks, you’ll know that I’ve been working on a sermon for the last little while. Unlike the last one, it’s on a more “Christian-y” topic – the working title was “How can I know I have been forgiven by God and belong to Christ?”. Obviously …
sermon – money and possessions
Last night I preached a sermon on what the Bible says about money and possessions. We’re still in between church computers at the moment, so I recorded it via the iPhone, then boosted the volume a little using Audacity and uploaded it as an MP3. My notes were around 3800 words (though for a while …
what you need to know to apply for acts 29 network
[ nathan ] I’m halfway through an M Div, and I think I would still need to go back to some reference books to be able to answer all the questions in this Acts 29 Network theological questionnaire. Worthy of further blogging, though perhaps not here on my main blog.