A war of words has broken out between the Victorian Government and the Roman Catholic Church. The Premier is bidding to outlaw the seal of the confessional while Catholic hierarchy is defending it as sacrosanct.
First of all, I need to note an important…
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The Premier and an Archbishop and a Mediating Baptist
I’ll be honest. I have rarely thought about the doctrine of the Incarnation, except perhaps last year at Christmastime, in preparation for and delivery of Christmas sermons. But apart from that, I can’t recall many recent pastoral conversations about the nature and necessity of God becoming one of us.
I’ll be honest. I have rarely thought about the doctrine of the Incarnation, except perhaps last year at Christmastime, in preparation for and delivery of Christmas sermons. But apart from that, I can’t recall many recent pastoral conversations about the nature and necessity of God becoming one of us. And most of our worship songs these days don’t reference the dangers of Nestorianism or Apollinarianism, either (can you think of any? Me neither). I remember writing essays on the topic at theological college, but haven’t put much pen to paper since then. So I recently challenged myself to find…
I’ve not considered dancing with my Senior Pastor, but to be fair I’ve never had the opportunity. Yet, in his book, The Power of Two: Delighting in the Leadership Dance, Danny Hunt uses this helpful language to describe what it is to be a second-in-charge leader. Whether it be
ARCANE AND GERMANE BOOK REVIEWS #2 “After reading a new book, never allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” (C.S. Lewis) Born in 1906 in Breslau, Dietrich Bonhoeffer grew up in Berlin. The son of a physician and academic, he showed early
What are your teenagers reading? Before I read this new translation of The Sacrifice of Praise by Herman Bavinck (a Dutch writer and reformed theologian of the late 19th and early 20th century), I was feeling rather pleased that my teenager, who is generally an avid Percy Jackson fan,
