On the Sydney Presbyterian Theological College (PTC) blog Peter Moore writes a series of articles entitled ‘Rhetorical Feature Of The Week’. Moore takes a Greek word descriptive of some rhetorical device which he then encourages preachers to make use of in their sermons. This week he features what he calls: προσωποποίια (prosōpopoiia) ‘to create characters’. …
Have you ever given a (reflective) narrative of your whole life in sixty to ninety minutes? How many times and to how many people? In most relationships this information usually gets passed on in bits and pieces over time. One thing we are doing this week is hearing each other’s stories. It will form the …
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria held their Commission of Assembly last week. The following statement explains what a Commission of Assembly is and what it does. Reading these decisions is interesting and informative. It allows us to know what is happening in other parts of the kingdom. It also provides us with information that we …
Okay, I have conservative Christian background. My idea of ‘men’s retreat’ was something like the Late Show’s Wild Man sketch. (Look it up on YouTube if you don’t own the DVD) Banging drums, dancing around a fire, unrepressing memories, group hugs, feeling the freedom to sing show tunes and watch chick flicks, that sort of …
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