Holidays are over if you haven’t guessed. Speaking to a colleague (from another state) last week who was also returning from holidays he mentioned how it was like putting a weight back on. He was referring to the concern pastors have for the direction and unity of the congregation, the different spiritual states and struggles …
This video was posted on both the Gospel Coalition and White Horse Inn sites. There are some helpful observations regarding the notion that the antidote to nominalism in a corporate setting is not individualism. Piety and Confessionalism: Friends or Enemies? from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
News on the decision of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill church to move from a ‘one church – many campuses’ model to a ‘one network church – many churches’ model. Apparently the decision was made by executive leadership and eldership, not by the congregations themselves. Last month we decided to put an end to the word …
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria made an extensive submission to the Victorian Government about its proposed adoption of a human rights charter. The Melbourne tabloid Herald Sun picked up the report’s support for parental corporal punishment and ran with it. Here’s their editorial comment ‘A question of punishment’. TO punish or not to punish – …
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