Was browsing articles at the website of Melbourne’s Herald Sun and saw the headline: Crown casino chaplain James Grant cans gamblers superstitious streak Wha…??? Crown Casino… …has a Chaplain. Crown Casino has a Chaplain. His comments on gambling and Crown: Crown’s resident chaplain, Fr James Grant, said that too many gamblers were not rational about …

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Had a conversation a couple of days ago about recognising men with pastoral/preaching gifts. Both of us conceded the temptation to find excuses about identifying such men because of the peculiar demands of pastoral life. Thabiti Anyabwile posts the following statistics about pastors: Don’t Make Your Pastor a Statistic? To dispel any confusion among the …

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I’ve had a bit of fun with the musicians at mgpc about the whole ‘spirit keys’ thing. Music playing in the background during preaching, prayers (seldom the announcements, I note). Bob Kauflin rhetorically asks ‘Should We Play Music Behind People Praying?’ I say ‘rhetorically’ because his answer is pretty much ‘yes’ and then he goes …

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