I studied (and failed) preaching at the then Queensland Presbyterian Theological Hall in the early 1990s. Back then the class motto was ‘iron sharpens iron’, or something like that. If you mention that phrase around the guys who studied there in that period you’ll probably find a few automatically hit the floor whimpering in the …
Tom Cannon muses on a novelty pop-song and life teaching the Scriptures to a local congregation week after week, year after year. The challenge is to keep the message fresh, because we don’t really say anything new. He begins: “All the greatest hits from the past 40 years just use four chords. Same four chords …
On Sunday night we looked at Psalm 1 (149 to go) and I mentioned that it is not correct to think of the Bible as God’s ‘workshop manual’ for humans. Rather it is the revelation of Himself, His love for us, and our response. In Psalm 1 that which is being meditated upon is the …
Get a taste of how those fortunate students at the (Presbyterian) Queensland Theological College can expect to be equipped by the teaching of their incoming principal, Gary Millar. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament is hard. It’s hard because the Old Testament text itself can be hard to deal with—it’s long, complicated, and culturally distant. …
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