A couple of years ago the Brisbane suburb of The Gap experienced a storm of cyclonic proportions. There was a lot of damage to property, including The Gap Presbyterian Church, where my friend Chris Perona serves as pastor. Their worship center was rendered unusable by the storm, I don’t think the congregation ever worshipped in …

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In the introductory section of his new commentary on Micah (EP Books, 2010) Dale Ralph Davis illustrates the problems of scholarly study and commentary on Old (and New) Testament texts. I can’t think of anyone whose commentaries and sermons produce so many laugh out loud moments from someone who doesn’t tell jokes. Davis just has …

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