I found Nathan Lovell’s three-part series posted on The Briefing blog very helpful. He explores how eastern and western – Christian and Muslim cultural backgrounds manifest themselves in situations such as the recent waves of riots over the youtube video which portrayed Mohammad. I believe the points made have implications for individuals and churches involved …

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R. Scott Clark writes about the curious contemporary phenomenon by which children decide which church their families will attend. Is it any wonder contemporary church is evaluated on its entertainment value and not on its faithfulness to truth? Surely such families will also put their children in charge of making decisions of equivalent importance. Over …

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The John Flynn episode of ABC’s Compass, The Man On The $20 Note was on ABC Television 1’s Compass last Sunday night. For those (like me) who missed it, the episode is currently available at Compass’ webpage. It can be viewed there, downloaded, and a transcript is available. The episode is an informative portrait of …

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I think this is a prevalent trend among Australian men, as well. From Marc Cortez’s Everyday Theology blog (which also has a video grab): Alistair Begg recently spoke at Western Seminary. And just before he got into his sermon, he went on a fascinating little digression about the fact that American men don’t sing during …

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