“The sign of idolatry is always inordinate anxiety, inordinate anger, inordinate discouragement. Idols are good things (family, achievement, work and career, romance, talent, etc.) that we turn into ultimate things in order to get the significance and joy we need. Then they drive us to the ground because we have to have them. If we …

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Corporate worship concludes, corporate fellowship continues. We stand and talk, which is nothing unusual, until the smallest finger on my right hand is grasped with firm intention. Excuse me, I seem to be going… She seems no higher than my knee, blond locks flowing, dressed in pink. We walk from the hall and its coffee, …

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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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