Monthly Archives: January 2010

St Augustines Classical Christian College

Is this Australia’s first ‘new breed’ classical Christian school? Would love to see more of these… Classical education involves understanding the present by learning about the past through history, philosophy, theology, literature, art, Latin, Greek, logic and rhetoric. Students see … Continue reading

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Tour of Doug Wilson’s Study…. not quite

Someone asked Doug: ”Can you show us how you organise your study?  Can you take us through a normal day in the life of Doug?” Unfortunately Doug did not let the cameraman give us the tour of the study/library. Not … Continue reading

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Al Mohler’s Study

This pastor’s study is incredible. Granted he is a key leader in the world’s largest denomination. And a godly faithful man. Al Mohler – Study Video from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

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Recent Sermons: Messianic Psalms

I’ve loved preaching this series on Messianic Psalms. Covered 2, 110, and 132. Others were doing 16 and 8. Would have liked to have covered Psalm 45 also. Jesus is all over the Psalms! January 24, 2010 One King to … Continue reading

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We must nurture the humanities

Another article related to a classical or liberal arts education – this time at the tertiary level. I find myself surprisingly in agreement with Singer’s appreciation of the humanities. My hunch though is that our current ‘job factory’ culture within … Continue reading

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Aquarium

I love days off with my beautiful family.

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Culturally adrift without classical moorings | The Australian

Good article. Wish I had learnt Latin and Greek in school. Educators once believed in the classical education very strongly. Little more than a generation ago you could not get into Oxford or Cambridge without demonstrating competency in Latin, and … Continue reading

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Hard drive speeds

Doing some yearly IT maintenance over January. Upgraded my main hard drive from 200 gig to 500 gig (it was getting full). This contains all my photos, 18 years of email (includng gmail backup), steam games, all my documents etc. … Continue reading

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MTS Victoria Training Day “Loving and Leading God’s Church in the Last Days”

This will be a great training day at Ridley on Thursday 11th Feb. The MTS network is an excellent gathering of like-minded evangelicals in Melbourne across different platforms… MTS Vic Training Day 1 2010.pdf

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Challie’s Study

He has done cool flickr annotations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/challies/4248235677/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/challies/4248235113/in/photostream/

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Mark Dever’s Study

I love thinking about the shape of a pastor’s week and about their study/office. Here is a tour by Mark Dever: Mark Dever – Study Video from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo. H/T Justin Taylor

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Best article on the Theology of Acts

This was one of the best articles I read while studying at Ridley. In it God confirmed a bunch of important theological realities and took them even further. Peterson’s commentary on Acts is excellent, but this article will give you … Continue reading

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Recent Sermons – End of Acts

Finished preaching through the book of Acts. Great to get through the whole book in three ‘blocks’ over three years. December 13, 2009 The Kingdom of God at the Ends of the Earth (by Wayne Schuller) Acts 28:11-30 (Part of … Continue reading

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