Monthly Archives: December 2008

A Campus Carol

A few years ago, in ye-good-old student ministry days, Helen and I led a strand group at the AFES National Training Event. I think it was the year 2000. We were doing a study of Romans 3:21-26 and we wrote … Continue reading

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Even the tedious sections

As seen on an Amazon review of an audio bible: The best and most real to life reading of the Bible I’ve ever heard. It is easy to listen even the most tedious sections of the Bible such as Leviticus … Continue reading

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Excellent new Google Image Search functionality

I’ve used Google image search for many years to look for clipart. Now you can actually search for clip-art only or line-drawings. Just in time for those Christmas newsletters.

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Compare book prices in Australia with Booko

This looks like an interesting site for sourcing best prices for books in Australia from international and local retailers. A few test examples confirms what I already knew, the cheapest place to buy books is the Book Depository. We’ve been … Continue reading

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Coolness #2

Was reading a bunch of 90′s EFAC Essentials articles yesterday. I can’t remember the author, but one of the articles was called: “Reaching the Reebok Generation”. Not cool. See also: Coolness

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Ben Had Cancer

May God be glorified through the death of one of his loved saints. This afternoon Ben went to be with his Lord. After a short six month battle with NK cell lymphoma Ben has gone to a better place. As … Continue reading

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Long term assistant ministers

A letter to the Sydney Anglican newspaper: Underneath this is an important goal – promoting the option of long-term assistant ministers. But the way to do it is not to pretend they don’t exercise a similar kind of spiritual role … Continue reading

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Are Children of Believers Members of the Christian Church?

On holiday we visited two great churches and were deeply encouraged by both. But they had very different views concerning children of believers. One church counted children of believers as being Christians themselves. They were part of the whole service … Continue reading

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CS Lewis Science Fiction Trilogy

Read the Lewis Space Trilogy on my holiday and loved them all. Especially the much darker and edgier second book. Being a lover of sci-fi I had long avoided Lewis’ “experiment” into this genre. But actually he does it very … Continue reading

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Where is the new Nikkor 50mm?

I’m still dreaming about the 2180 Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S Auto Focus Nikkor Lens that was announced back in September. Doesn’t seem to be on sale yet in the USA. Can I justify getting one? It is cheaper than the … Continue reading

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