I can well remember the complete astonishment on during a teaching time on the Indonesian Island of Nias when my friend Rudy Furlong was preaching and mentioned ‘Michael Jackson’. Blank look from the interpreter and all the locals assembled. Turns out they’d never heard of him. I think the negotiated settlement on a famous music …

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As referred to in yesterday’s post about Bruce Winter’s change in role at the Queensland Theological College, here is a copy of the official advertisement for a lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew and College Principal. International and Australian readers, please publicise these, drawing attention to the website of the QTC, where all relevant details can be …

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Harry Reeder offers some ‘Thoughts On Liberating The Church From The Babylonian Captivity Of Relevance’ and asks Is it possible that the Church has become another piece of cultural furniture in its pursuit of relevance? It’s one thing to speak to the culture in terms which it understands but it’s an entirely different thing to …

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