Murray from Mentone (a suburb in Melbourne, Australia) wonders whether the famous Australian ‘laid back’ ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude is really just symptomatic of not caring. He ponders whether this is also evident in the church: Not only the average Aussie, Christians have caught this contagion too. One of the observations that has been …

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‘The Hallway and the Rooms’ is the title of an essay in which Michael Horton contasts the difference between ‘movements’, such as ‘evangelicalism’ and the churches. A movement can be a wonderfully fruitful means of carrying out mission and ministry, but they are not a substitute for churches. Movements can serve an important role in …

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Christianity Today features an article about the growth of online seminary education: ‘The iSeminary Cometh’. Here’s a one page link. Scott Clark provides a vigorous reply about the value of campus based training: ‘And Now for the Rest of the Story’. Clark also has an essay which carries the same theme in a more nuanced …

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