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Dr Peter Singer: Who’s unethical?

Peter Singer hails from my land – Australia. He is one of the world’s leading ethicist/philosophers, not because his ideas are necessarily more ethical but because he has gone further and pushed harder...

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Adoption: It’s a lucky dip

It seems that not a week goes by without some kind of religious hullabaloo. What is it this week?  A topic that is close to my heart.  Adoption. I am thankful daily for the blessing of growing up in a...

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The Bad Thing About Love

Why love? I spoke at a friend’s wedding the other day here in Bulgaria.  It was an interesting experience as all first time cultural experiences are.  It went smoothly.  No hiccups are bloopers....

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Missions Musings 15: Sneaky sneaky

Colonialism is a swearword. Why? Well, look what Mr Dictionary.com has to say… co·lo·ni·al·ism    [kuh-loh-nee-uh-liz-uhm]   Noun 1.  the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent...

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Book Review: Hearing Her Voice – A Case for Women Giving Sermons. By John...

Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons.  By John Dickson.  Zondervan, 2012. $4.22 (On Kindle here). The main theme of John Dickson’s latest ebook is the way that modern notions are...

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Missions Musings 16: The controlling legacy

We’ve inherited a legacy. My mum always said, ‘If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it at all.’   I try to operate by that principle with my blog posting.  Ok, I revise it a little.  It...

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Trinity Theological College: One good reason

Here is a very good reason why Trinity Theological College (Perth, Western Australia) is a great option for theological studies. In the clip below Dr Matthew Malcolm talks about how TTC approaches the...

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Don’t fool yourself

The dissertation that I’ve just started writing is on stuff about Martin Luther. So I’ve begun reading through Luther’s works.  Where did I start?  Where else but where it all began, his Ninety-Five...

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Jesus’ Patchwork Kindness

Jesus didn’t really mean it. Is it true that Jesus didn’t really mean what he said in Mark 10:17 when he told the rich young ruler to sell everything he had and give it to the poor? How do we play this...

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Missions Musings 17: Reaching the churched

Many of us who live and work in foreign contexts are working with the churched. When I say churched I am speaking about those people who have been enculturated within a society where the institutional...

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