Monthly Archive: April 2009

Apr
30

Knowledge and Abandonment of the Son

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  Some food for thought!  Seamus, an ex-Moore College student has posted up a few good thoughts on some aspects of Christology.  These are a stimulating bunch of short readings, and quite helpful too! What Does the Incarnate Son Know? What the Son Knows, part II Thoughts on Patristic Exegesis and Trinitarian Debates Did the …

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Apr
27

New Themelios Out Now!

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The latest Themelios is out now…. In case you haven’t heard of it, it’s a theological journal sponsored by the Gospel Coalition.  And as a theological student – it’s a great resource!  This issues articles include: Editorial | D. A. Carson Minority Report: A Lesson from Peter the Barber | Carl Trueman The Embattled Bible: Four …

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Apr
22

UN opens up a global treasure of ancient documents

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This looks simply amazing.  It’s a website which offers digitally scanned images and information of books, manuscripts, maps and artifacts from ancient places.  Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania, the Americas – it’s all there.  Looks pretty cool and there might even be some finds for my Church History essay…. Let’s hope so! Here’s what the …

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Apr
22

Request for thoughts: What makes a good blog?

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At the prompting of Dave Miers, I’m toying with the idea of revamping this old blog… It’s been a few years since I’ve worked in the online IT world, but I think now’s the time to resurrect some of those skills.  My area of expertise was in the realm of online adverting at Sensis (Yellow …

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Apr
20

Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere

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I stumbled across the Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008 report tonight, and it’s fascinating.  I’m not sure whether I’m surprised or not in the general volume of blog traffic, but there are some interesting statistics to be taken note of. Firstly, some stats from other sources: comScore MediaMetrix (August 2008) Blogs: 77.7 million unique …

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Apr
20

Rice Youth Sydney 2009

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After another encouraging night at a RICE gathering, I’m convinced that this is a truly wonderful ministry! Two weeks ago was the RICE Vision night held at MTC.  They packed the house! Steve Chong opened, Sam Mak delivered, John Woodhouse endorsed, and a whole host of other people chimed in with introductions to the many …

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Apr
19

Slashdot News

2 good articles from every techie’s favourite: Slashot.org Antarctic Ice Is Growing, Not Melting Away, At Davis Station “A report from The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research says that Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away. Ice core drilling in the fast ice off Australia’s Davis Station in East Antarctica by the Antarctic Climate and …

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Apr
18

Social Networking with the Gospel Coalition

Now this is interesting! Adrian Warnock announces the public opening of The City for the Gospel Coalition – and yes, there’s an Australian subsection! My friend Lynne, who was working over at Mars Hill earlier this year told me all about this fantastic tool.  Apparently it’s used by pastors, laymembers, and has all sorts of …

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Apr
17

Schaeffer on the Unease of the Next Generation

Over at the Sola Panel, Andrew Barry has written a gracious and thoughtful short piece on some of the dangers in the current wave of Unease in the Next Generation.  If you haven’t read them, can I encourage you to.  In fact, I think they are applicable to the current generation too! From the many …

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Apr
16

Jelly and the New Calvinism

There’s a certain slipperiness and jelly-like quality to what’s being called The New Calvinism. Terms like Reformed and Calvinist are wobbling around like they’ve been served up for dessert.  But is this a bad thing? Even Brian McLaren’s getting in on the act and calling out the Calvinists (there must be some low-flying pigs – he’s …

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