Over at The Drum Unleashed Greg Clarke asks the question “Do Christians need a Christian prime minister?” and I pretty much agree with his answer. An excerpt, but read the whole thing: Nowhere in the New Testament is there any concept that a Christian ‘prophet’ might be given word from God on who should govern [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Marriage Anthem
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010My wife and I recently celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary. Which is cool and fantastic. And then today she found this video. It says it all. Perfectly. Absolutely freaking perfectly.
The $placename Declaration
Sunday, July 25th, 2010It seems to be the “in” thing when your country faces an election for Christians to make a “declaration” named after some place where the declaration was made. In 2010 we have the Canberra Declaration, which is in the same vein as the Manhattan Declaration of 2009. It’s pretty short but emphasises the three typical [...]
The Filter From Sydney: Don’t Outsource Safety
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Just a quick pointer to a decent article at SydneyAnglicans that points out the flaws in internet filtering: “But I’ve come to see that the proposed filter isn’t the way to do it. Basically, this is because the proposed filter is akin to cleaning the ocean with a bottle of detergent. There is so much [...]
Complex Martyr Complex
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010A thought-provoking article from Acts 29 by John Bryson entitled “Learning to be Miserable.” Here’s an excerpt: “Don’t be a whiner, quitter, or baby and quit pouting or being surprised about “how hard” it is to do what you are doing. Of course it is. You are limited as a fallen human in a fallen [...]
Do the work of a lobbyist?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010I’ve done some thinking about the Australian Christian Lobby this year. This is partly because I find myself disagreeing with them on the topic of Internet Filtering, and partly a desire to consider the question of how Christians should be involved in politics and public policy. I know many who are involved in the ACL and [...]
Review: The Rage Against God
Monday, July 19th, 2010Here’s a lesson in “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” My expectation of this book by Peter Hitchens, the Christian brother of prominent atheist polemicist, Christopher Hitchens, was guided by blurbs and dust-cover pieces that could be pronounced by the voice-over of a Bruce Willis movie trailer: “Two brothers. Two beliefs. Two revolted. One [...]
Struggles in Christian Leadership
Monday, July 12th, 2010Eye-opening and thought-provoking article at Acts 29 on “Why every leader needs a shepherd”. An excerpt here, but read it in full for some challenging statistics. Pastors deal with an array of emotions as a result of ministering to a group of people. The stress of preparing sermons, developing leaders, handling boards, raising funds for [...]
C.O.W. Prize – Boris Johnson
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010In an article where parents are attacked on health and safety grounds for letting their children (shock, horror) ride their bikes to school. London Mayor Boris Johnson supports the parents and says the following to win a Comment Of the Week Prize. London mayor Boris Johnson has slammed the health and safely rule as “barmy”, [...]
