A Journey into the Postmodern Hinterland
This was Forsyth, and the intellectual environment of the Evangelical Union: read everyone, apparent friend or possible foe, because the Christian faith can cope with it.
Our Godly Practices Matter
The Christian lives coram deo (“before God”). This is true, whether the home is on view, the study or the church or the academy. Living intentionally before God involves a number of practices (regular patterns of activity), which stem from our espoused beliefs and values. The importance of our practices came home to me some years ago, when I had the wonderful experience of spending a yearlong sabbatical in Cambridge. I got to know numerous doctoral students and scholars from all over the globe. In some cases, a great change in their theological outlook took place, especially among some doctoral...
Three Essentials for Reshaping Australian Theological Education
In a late-2018 article published in Eternity magazine, Michael Jensen described some of the challenges facing Australian theological colleges. In the closing paragraphs of the article he called for “a new vision … for theological education” and “some Spirit-led and courageous investigation of how God’s mission may best be served into the future.” I think his article was a timely one. The new challenges—and the new possibilities—of our time call for some creative and visionary thinking about the shape that theological education ought to take in the decades ahead. But, as Michael rightly acknowledges in the article, the new thinking...
Why We Sent Our Children to Local State Schools
Schooling represents a significant, and perhaps increasingly fraught, area of choice for Christian parents. With worries about the advance of secularism on one hand and the dangers of over-protectiveness on the other, parents often worry whether they have made the right decision about how to educate their children. Here, as a follow-up to Emily Cobb’s reflection on the same topic, is another perspective from Fiona McLean The issue of where and how to educate our children is controversial, so I write with some trepidation. I know and respect Christians who have chosen to educate their children in Christian schools, in private...
Christian Parents and Educational Choices
Gather any group of Christian parents in a room to discuss education and fairly quickly lines are drawn...
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