July 10th, 2010 
Ministry, Mission, Theology
Just watched these videos of the Ridley debate. Lots of fun – what a great college and great bunch of students!
Found on this blog.
Will the real Mars Hill please stand up? 1/3 from Arthur Davis on Vimeo.
Will the real Mars Hill please stand up? 2/3 from Arthur Davis on Vimeo.
Will the real Mars Hill please stand up? 3/3 from Tamie Davis on Vimeo.
July 7th, 2010 Church, Teaching
My last three sermons at HTD in the morning. 1 Thes was mostly an Andrew Reid series but I snuck a few in as well:
The Preaching Pastor’s Encouragement – 1 Thes 2:17-3:10
Godly Ambitions – 1 Thes 5:9-12
Final Instructions Before the Final Day – 1 Thes 5:12-29 (recording is missing the introduction)
July 7th, 2010 Education
Interesting article. I can think of even two more significant reasons: Firstly the Bible is true. Secondly, only the Bible can provide the worldview coherence that education necessitates.
Why? Why shouldn’t elements of the Bible be taught in public schools? It has had an unparalleled impact on Western culture, history, music, the arts, politics, morality, law and literature. Are we embarrassed about our country’s foundations or, worse, have we become intellectual cowards?
via Quadrant Online – Why the National Curriculum Must include the Bible.
June 29th, 2010 Apologetics, Silly
A $65 million dollar trip and rip. Two words come to mind: “oops” and “sorry”.
Meanwhile, one appraiser told the Post that the value of the painting is likely half of what it was prior to the accident—bringing it down to about $65 million.
June 28th, 2010 Apologetics, Silly
The world’s treasures are beautiful but fleeting. I’m devoting my life to plumbing the unsearchable riches of Christ.
The guests came at five-thirty, and Wynn ushered them in. On the wall to his left and right were several paintings, including a Matisse, a Renoir, and “Le Rêve.” The other three walls were glass, looking out onto an enclosed garden. He began to tell the story of the Picasso’s provenance. As he talked, he had his back to the picture. He was wearing jeans and a golf shirt. Wynn suffers from an eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision and therefore, occasionally, his interaction with proximate objects, and, without realizing it, he backed up a step or two as he talked. “So then I made a gesture with my right hand,” Wynn said, “and my right elbow hit the picture. It punctured the picture.” There was a distinct ripping sound. Wynn turned around and saw, on Marie-Thérèse Walter’s left forearm, in the lower-right quadrant of the painting, “a slight puncture, a two-inch tear. We all just stopped. I said, ‘I can’t believe I just did that. Oh, shit. Oh, man.’”
June 23rd, 2010 Church, Teaching
Sermons from Easter this year – greatest weekend of the year!
June 22nd, 2010 Church, Teaching
In the mornings this year at HTD we worked through Matthew 5-7. Here are my messages:
Being the Salt of the Earth – Matthew 5:13-20
June 21st, 2010 Church, Teaching
I have a bunch of mp3 sermons on the HTD web site that I haven’t linked here.
Earlier in the year we worked through Galatians in the evening congregation. This was very challenging and good medicine for us as a church. The rebuke to righteousness as a form of rebellion comes through most strongly in Galatians.
Justification By Faith Not Works – Galatians 2:15-21
Abraham’s Blessings Through Jesus – Galatians 3:1-14
June 17th, 2010 Anglican, Ministry, Mission
Berwick Anglican Church is located in the heart of the Casey growth corridor.
Friends will know that this area is significant to me, as my first curacy (Anglican assistant minister’s position) was in Cranbourne which is also in the Casey growth corridor.
This south east part of outer Melbourne is one of the fastest growing areas in Australia.
The population of the shire is 247,000 people, but that is projected to grow to 380,000 over the next 25 years. That will make it bigger than our country’s capital city Canberra (assuming little growth there!).
June 14th, 2010 Apologetics
A good review of a brilliant new book. I have written a review as well, which I’ll blog in due course.
A Review of The Rage Against God. By Peter Hitchens. » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch.
May 31st, 2010 Family, Ministry
We announced yesterday that I am being appointed Priest-in-Charge at Berwick Anglican Church.
This is huge and exciting news. We are so sad to be leaving the saints at Holy Trinity and the wonderful staff team.
Please pray for us. More posts to follow…
May 2nd, 2010 Mission, Silly
Warning: this is awesome:
May 1st, 2010 Mission, Silly
I’m a Melbourne person. I love Melbourne.
April 10th, 2010 Apologetics, Marriage
This film is under-estimated. Depp and Pacino at their best.
Father + son dynamics in a surprising context. A husband juggling family and the weight of the world.
Not for the faint hearted – one of my favourite mafia films.
March 23rd, 2010 Books
booko now searches both Book Depository web sites (UK & US) to find the cheapest place to buy books from within Australia.
Worth a look, but the cheapest is nearly always the US Book Depository.
March 23rd, 2010 Books, Marriage, Productivity
Great pastor’s study: » A Pastor’s Study Buzzard Blog.
March 22nd, 2010 Silly, Technology
I must admit, I am a fan of Wikipedia. Used wisely it is a wonderful resource. I even donated.
Incidents at Six Flags parks – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
List of scandals with “-gate” suffix – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_Manifesto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledesic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_juice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_ness_monster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande
See also:
Wayne Schuller’s Blog » Blog Archive » Interesting Wikipedia Articles #2
Wayne Schuller’s Blog » Blog Archive » Interesting Wikipedia Articles
March 19th, 2010 Apologetics, Books, Church, Family, Theology
It looks like all of Douglas Wilson’s Canon Press published books are ‘full view’ on Google Books.
Well worth an online read, you’ll end up buying some of them!
The Paideia of God and Other Essays on Education
Heaven Misplaced – Christ’s Kingdom on Earth
Angels in the Architecture – A Protestant Vision for Middle Earth
A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking
March 17th, 2010 Apologetics
“Son of Hamas” will be an important book:
GQ: But aren’t there two sides to Christianity as well? The side that launched the crusades, and that many believe is still active, steering the last administration’s foreign policy. Aren’t we really talking about the human failing here, not tied to a particular faith?
MY: No, no, no, no. This is what I'm trying to avoid. I point to the book, to the god. I am not pointing to the people. I judge and compare books and gods. In Christianity, it’s very clear that the god we worship is equal to love. The bible says, ‘God is love’;. The god we worship was sacrificed, crucified on the cross, tortured, spit on, and was still forgiving. This is our highest example. The god of Islam tells his people, “Beat your wife. Go kill infidels. Go Kill Christians and Jews.” This is in the Koran; it has been for 1400 years. Their god tells them to kill everybody who doesn’t believe in the god of the Koran. The problem is ideological—it’s not a people problem. Now, most Muslims don’t obey the order of god to kill infidels. This is why I say Muslims have more morality than their god. To be honest with you, I’m amazed at how Muslims keep their humanity after reading the Koran.
