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Leaving church badly
This is an interesting article from Archie Poulos on how to leave a church well. While this article deals with HOW to leave well as opposed to WHY to leave Archie raises some interesting questions So I...
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Just because you CAN do something….
… doesn’t mean you should do it. There’s some great examples of this in 1 Corinthians 14. Paul says Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, another language, or an...
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Review – The Blue Parakeet
A conversation that started in the comments of this post lead me to reading the The Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight. The book is not directly about the Complementarian/Egalitarian discussion....
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Progressive Christianity??
Steve Kryger (Communicate Jesus) writes an interesting post responding to this poster displayed outside of a New Zealand church. I share Steve’s confusion and offense at the poster, but after a little...
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Thinking about church planting
Yesterday our team spent some time hearing about a church plant gone wrong from the minister who eventually made the decision to shut it down. It was interesting listening to his reflections on what...
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Your adversary, the devil, is prowling
I’m always saddened and angered by sexual misconduct within the church but this is particularly disturbing A TEENAGER fighting for her life in hospital was raped before her attacker splashed petrol...
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“You want to be ordained in Sydney???”
I had a conversation today about studying at college and what I do at church etc etc. At one point I was asked what I planned to do after college and the conversation went something like this. Guy: So...
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Complementarianism and Egalitarianism: the coming divide
Some great posts happening at The Sola Panel. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (via Mark) *Edit: Part 4 is now up. While I think these posts are excellent, I do think there is an aspect that is missing in this...
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God redeems the despised things
At church we’re coming to the end of a 14 week sermon series in Levitcus and Numbers. I’ll admit that I was not particularly looking forward to 3 months in these Old Testament books but I’ve loved the...
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Faith like Hannah
Today we started a sermon series on 1 Samuel. Here are my reflects on Hannah from 1 Samuel 1. If I’m honest, I have mixed feelings about Hannah. On one level we share a deep sadness. We’re both...
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Traditional Sexuality, Radical Community
From the Gospel Coalition I looked nervously across the table, fidgeting with my coffee cup. Do you realize what you’re asking of me? he questioned. We’d been meeting for more than an hour, talking...
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Reflections upon Reflections: General Synod and all the Sydney Women
I realise this is a few months old, but someone pointed this out to me today. Some reflections on General Synod from the Newcastle Diocese. Here’s some of what Bishop Peter Stuart had to say. The...
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Really, it’s okay to be single
It’s also ok to read articles on singleness and disagree with them. Which happens often. But this week I’ve read 2 excellent articles on singleness. Sex and the Single Woman. I love everything about...
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