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The Preparation Years

The Preparation Years

What do Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and William H. Harrison all have in common?.

  • Weird and wonderful

    Yes, I can remember, at seminary 43 years ago we turned our attention in one semester to culture and Christianity in the light of world missions and noticed how experienced and wise missionaries regularly worked within cultural norms rather than trying to inset western culture.

  • Between two Worlds

    As a young child, I often thought about the differences I had to my peers, rather than the similarities. Nowadays, people still ask me why I am so different.

  • The Art of Communion

    I often wondered about the symbolic act of communion taken corporately in church.  When I was younger, my mum went to work and my dad and brother were distracted by a game they were playing, so I thought at the age of about 10 I would watch a DVD.

  • It’s true for you, but not true for me – Part 2

    If we study the teaching of the world’s religions we quickly discover that their claims are mutually exclusive. They cannot all be true because they contradict each other in their basic views about God, humanity, and our final destinies. The Boston philosopher Edgar Sheffield Brightman observed:

  • What are you fighting for?

    Boldness comes in various forms. To be bold is to be brave; to stand up, and sometimes to stand alone.

  • Why there is so much more to The Ten Commandments than we realise

    So much of our laws and our society is based off of The Ten Commandments.

  • A Problem With Evil

    What happens when you discover that evil is not what you thought it was? What if real evil is not that malevolence, the furious rage, the sinister force tales told us it was?

  • Railway track maintenance

    Weekend railway line repairs are critical to the running of our railways – city and bush. In my archive I found a News.com article gave a fresh voice to the public alarm when so many rail lines get closed at weekends and even surprisingly in peak hour time slots for track maintenance.

  • The lighted path

    I think the topic of ‘calling’ has caused many Christians grief over the years. Regardless of where you are in life, it’s likely you’ve thought about your personal calling and purpose at some stage.

  • 10 things Christians say that sound churchy

    We all have “that” Christian in our church. Regular church-folk find such Christian-ese tolerable. And for the unchurched, they are the reason why Christians seem weird. How’s your Christian-ese?

  • The under appreciated genius of C.S. Lewis

    I’m aware that the title of this article may not sit well with some readers. Please indulge me for a few moments. If by the end you wish to never read one of my articles again, then so be it. Hopefully, I will be able to take you on a journey, not like C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien can do, but a journey none the less.