Holding on to this thought is helpful to guard against the notion that Christianity helps us live better lives and that Jesus is our life-coach. It helps protect us from preaching and teaching that uses Scripture for moralistic and therapeutic purposes instead of pointing us to Jesus. From Mark Altrogge at The Blazing Center. When …

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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 …

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Thanks to Graham Nicholson and the saints at Hawthorn Presbyterian Church, Melbourne for making available the audio of the whole service at which Peter Hastie was inducted as Principal of Melbourne’s Presbyterian Theological College. David Jones, Australian Presbyterian Moderator-General, preached the occasional sermon which is entitled All Change – No Change, based on Hebrews 13:8 …

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