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Continue reading →: Piper says God talk doesn’t cut it anymoreJOHN PIPER TO RICK WARREN: “This is a very theocentric emphasis here, as oppose to Christocentric. So my question is would you, I ask this question because it was asked to me at The Gospel Coalition panel the other night, has your Godcentric message become more or less Christocentric, or…
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Continue reading →: Was Jesus a Prophet of Islam?First we had the Atheist billboard campaign, now we have the Islamic billboard campaign. I hear advertisements will be appearing on billboards and buses around Sydney next month proclaiming: Jesus: a prophet of Islam Holy Quran: the final testament Muhammad: mercy to mankind The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney,…
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Continue reading →: Thankful to be Left BehindIn the article Who Gets Left Behind? the folks at Christianity Today suggest the Rapture Ready have got it all back the front, that its the unrepentant who get taken away on the Day of the Lord and that its the repentant who get left behind. Drawing attention to Matthew 24-25 they…
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Continue reading →: Seven Disruptive Technologies Christians Need To Know AboutNew Scientist had the crystal ball out this week, reporting on “seven disruptive technologies that will change the coming decade”. In brief, they say we should keep an eye on: Robot Travel (commuting via telepresence, like in “Surrogates”) Augmented Cities (the looking glass invades shopping malls) Evolved invention (the automation…
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Continue reading →: Tips for conversations with PagansI am often amazed when Christians find it so amazing that I converse so readily and easily with Pagans. I gather many assume conversations with Pagans are unavoidably adversarial and therefore scary and best left to “experts”. But this need not be the case. It helps though if you follow…
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Continue reading →: Canon or Apocrypha? Explaining Star Wars To My KidsYesterday I had to explain to my sons the difference between the Star Wars canon (Episodes 1-6) and the Star Wars apocrypha (the Clone Wars cartoons, the various spinoff novels, and the Youtube fandom movies). Watching the Clone Wars they kept asking, “Is this Episode 7?” No, no, it lacks…
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Continue reading →: Korean Christian Art: The Resurrection“The Resurrection” by an unknown Korean artist. Beginning now, how are we living it?
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Continue reading →: 10 things I don’t believePeople often assume that, since I’m a Christian, I believe everything that any other Christian they’ve ever met has ever believed. But this can be quite problematic, not to mention annoying, particularly when their experience of Christianity is limited to what they know from their neighbours or their television set.…
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Continue reading →: Service of ShadowsEarlier this evening we held the Tenebrae service once again. This year my eldest son joined me. I had to get him to promise to be really, really quiet (and prove to me during the set up that he could go for 5 minutes without talking). It was a challenge…
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Continue reading →: Easter Fail: Tails of a Crucified Stuffed BunnyThis painting by Bruce MacDonald is called “Crucified Stuffed Bunny.” I’m not really sure what to really make of it but there’s no doubt the Easter message sometimes gets lost in the Easter celebrations.
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