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In which the Interns discuss theology in Rory’s study

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Photos from our weekly interns meeting yesterday. Discussing theology in the study--this is what being a Unichurch Intern is all about!

Death by Love

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

On Sunday the teaching was on Romans 3:21-31 and, as a consequence, on the death of Jesus. We looked at the three big word pictures Paul throws us to try and get our head around what was going on on ...

“Please, turn in your Bible to the Apocrypha, Wisdom of Solomon 13:1″

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

"What fools are men who live in ignorance of God, and who from the good things before their eyes could not learn to know him who really is, and failed to recognize the artificer they observed through his works." Wisdom ...

News to remember

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Getting reading for this Sunday's talk from Romans 1:1-17. Theme seems to be the gospel, which means "good news" or possibly "major news" or even "serious news." One of the features of modern life is that we get heaps of news, ...

MYC next week

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Next week I am speaking at the Christian Unions' Mid Year Conference. Three talks written, two more to go. Topic is ethics. Really looking forward to it. T

How to contact me

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Today I found an official letter I haven't noticed for about 3 weeks (it was, in fact, a $900 cheque from Kevin Rudd, in honour of my services to humanity, I believe). Made me realize what little attention I pay ...

From Rachel

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

In my opinion one of the highlights of recent weeks at Unichurch was our interview with Rachel de Ruiter who serves the Lord in Guinea Bissau. It was, as the French would say, tres inspiring. And Rachel is from Albany, ...

The Gospel and the Student Part 2: How thick are students?

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

I don't mean "how dumb are they?", I mean "how thick are they as a social unit"? You see it is worth thinking about reaching particular groups (as opposed to individuals) only if they have a sufficiently thick social cohesion. So ...

Two of Unichurch’s Finest

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Talks for Mid Year Conference

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

As followers of this blog will know, I am giving the talks at the AFES Mid Year Conference this year in Perth. 13-17 July. Topic is Ethics: Free to Love. (Want to come? PDF of rego form here) Here's my (near) ...