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2009
Nov
14
Chasing after the Wind
“Chasing after the Wind In the armpit of a tree between striking chords of grass everything chasing nothing everybody chasing breaking ...”
Oct
Sep
09
Review: Shenkin Cafe
“In an ideal world the Australian Federal Government would establish a system similar to Medicare ...”
Aug
31
24
20
Gentlemen Broncos
“Jared Hess (Napoleon from Napoleon Dynamite) has a new movie coming out: Gentlemen Broncos. If ...”
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12
Les Murray, Stephen Edgar
“How often do you get the opportunity to walk up to the author of some ...”
11
Back on the Street
“I was talking with Emma and my brother on the weekend (we were in Brisbane ...”
2 comments
Moore Wizardry
“At College Chapel this Friday we are having a Communion Service following the 1662 Book ...”
8 comments
Jul
28
This is not a Tuna
4 comments
26
The Socratic Method, Part 2
“What happens if you answer the question? There is an interesting little dynamic created within the ...”
3 comments
22
An important Clarification...
“It has come to my attention that some people may have been misled into thinking ...”
1 comments
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12
Jun
May
30
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On Weariness
1 comments
07
29 years, 373 days...
“Pains tend to run much more deeply into us than our pleasures. A true pain ...”
1 comments
04
02
Apr
Mar
31
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To change a life
“This week I'm away on mission in Springwood. The best thing about Mission is getting ...”
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Ethical Ladders and Idolatry
“How do you apply acid to a moral system or teacher of morality? How do ...”
16
06
Thoughts on Suffering and Hope
“1. Christians are saved into suffering - to be Christian is to put on Christ ...”
04
Hair
1 comments
Feb
Jan
31
28
Jerusalem and Athens
“Whence spring those “fables and endless genealogies,” and “unprofitable questions,” and “words which spread like ...”
Philosophical Letters II: The whip hand
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2008
Dec
Nov
Oct
30
29
Genes and Justice
“Last night I went along to an interesting discussion at the Philo Agora philosophy discussion ...”
HOPE STREET - Urban Orientation
24
Why we wrestle with Philosophers
“The concluding section of McGrath's critique of Heidegger reads like my own testimony in the ...”
23
Website hackers | csmonitor.com
Re: Dinner Options
“A poem on being asked to dinner with friends maunderingly entitled: A Paean of Joy somewhat ...”
20
Hope Street
2 comments
16
I Love Anglicanism (a bit)!
“I'm not always very positive about living in Sydney or about the Anglican Church but ...”
1 comments
14
Beginning with Gender
“Why is most conservative theology of Gender carried out only with reference to the Doctrine ...”
13
10
Thoughts on the Financial Crisis
“1. Evangelical Christians seem very quiet about it (except wannabe Marxists who just say, 'we ...”
4 comments
Financial Times - Martin Wolf
09
08
Porous, Buffered, Ecological, ?
“One of our lecturers earlier in the week alluded to the shift in an individual's ...”
2 comments
07
03
Heidegger, Anticipation, and authentic Discipleship
“To anticipate is to project oneself upon a possibility in such a way as to ...”
2 comments
02
01
Sep
30
29
Learning Voodoo
“We've just had a full day intensive on Educational Theory as part of our Congregational ...”
7 comments
22
Surfing for Australia
“Emma booked us in for some surfing lessons this morning. We were picked up at ...”
17
Wing and a Prayer
“We're on holidays in Byron Bay! A poetical destination - quite a lot of the ...”
2 comments
Aug
27
13
Dripping with Fat
2 comments
12
11
To put up and shut up?
“Some friends and I recently worked through Natural Theology, a book that binds together two ...”
08
Moore Confession
“We are always and endlessly fascinated with knowing the truth about ourselves. I've been attending ...”
Jul
31
A Pastor’s Legacies
“Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) preached this sermon on his last Sunday before being ejected from the ...”
30
communion and doctrine
“ a diligent endeavor to have the power of the truths professed and contended for ...”
Conversation: the point of things
“Creak your armchair over to mine for a moment, we’re going to have a conversation. I’m ...”
2 comments
10
A mechanism for fixing the Anglican Communion
“From an article by Matt Kennedy on Stand Firm. Who said Evangelicals aren't funny? Bishop Wright is ...”
Viva la Vida
“I'm listening to Coldplay's new album Viva la Vida. I think it's probably their best ...”
04
Jun
18
17
further:more
“Something is seriously messed up when I walk out of Thai La-Ong Restaurant onto King ...”
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12
relative courage
““Few things are more striking than the change which has taken place during my own ...”
Urban Hymns - Rainy Morning in the City
“I can’t hear myself. Clouds crowd the top of the buildings. Red hair a flare down the ...”
10
further:more
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04
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furthermore:
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May
Apr
03
The South African Edge
“There's this dimension to Church and life in South Africa that I've been trying to ...”
1 comments
Church on the Ridge
“Church on the Ridge (COTR) is a church-plant gettting into its 3rd year here in ...”
2 comments
02
Hadedas and Rugby
“We were woken by the sound of birds, a very sweet sound to those who ...”
01
Getting There
“Well, we are now broadcasting live from South Africa. As you can see we have internet ...”
Mar
21
The Christ Files
“We just finished watching The Christ Files with people from Church. Historian Dr John Dickson sets ...”
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Geocaching around Crows Nest, Manly, Dee Why
“Emma and I did some more geocaching around Sydney with Russ and Naomi yesterday. Russ ...”
3 comments
Total Depravity
“I love listening to John Piper preach - the guy is completely off the leash. ...”
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11
Geocaching in Manly
“On the weekend Anthea came up from Canberra and stayed over with us on Saturday ...”
6 comments
Immanentism
“"If there is an intellectual direction in the culture that has developed over the last ...”
4 comments
08
Dear Baby Jesus
“We watched Talladega Nights last week. It's not exactly high-brow comedy, but at the end ...”
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Feb
29
An Open Letter of Welcome to All The Peoples of the Future
“Hello, people of the future. Thanks for dropping in. Apologies for our antiquated interests and modes of ...”
2 comments
28
06
05
Neighbours
3 comments
Jan
31
29
Crookwell II
2 comments
02
2007
Dec
30
Crookwell
11 comments
21
Christmas Letter
1 comments
Oct
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
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Wild Greeks
3 comments
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City Soul
2 comments
City Light
1 comments
17
Studying Hebrew
2 comments
15
Worship - John 4:21
Mission Vid
“Here is a video from our recent college mission to West Lindfield. It's part of ...”
Aboriginal Islam
5 comments
11
10
Discussing Death
2 comments
09
Elephant Boy Cafe
2 comments
08
02
Sex and Death
4 comments
Live from West Lindfield
“This week is Moore College mission. The students from the College head out to work ...”
Apr
29
27
Australian Values
“Here is a proposal for a large scale investigation which I don't have the time ...”
4 comments
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Lest we forget
2 comments
24
Update
“Emma's off to her Tuesday night Diploma of Biblical Studies Course. I'm stuck at college ...”
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Let the Reader Understand...
Anna's Creed
“Anna has started a really interesting discussion on Creeds. What would you include in a ...”
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11
Studying Mark
“Well, there's been a bit of a hiatus here for the past week. I've been ...”
04
02
Starting a Declaration
“Then Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I ...”
2 comments
Mar
29
Ash Wednesday
Death
2 comments
What's going on...
“What's been going on with us? Emma finished up at her old work place and is ...”
Knowledge and Fellowship: Privileged Information
2 comments
28
26
See Him Coming
Sermon Outline: The Vandalised Creation
“Following on from my last post. Here's an outline from my sermon on Sunday. I ...”
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Graduation Night
“Tonight Emma and I have been out at the Moore College Graduation ceremony. All students ...”
15
On what we don't know... (I)
4 comments
More Dawkins
“On the topic of Dawkins, check out this very funny parable. Does Richard Dawkins Exist? ”
14
Dawkins: The God Delusion
“Richard Dawkins really is a Dork. Normally I would recommend Christians engage and seek to understand ...”
7 comments
In the News
1 comments
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07
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On the necessity of Knowing - I
Last Weekend
“Happy Engagement Michael and Trish!! On Friday night Emma and I travelled down to Canberra for ...”
13 comments
Server Issues
“I managed to completely delete this blog and make a huge mess on my server ...”
01
On Knowing
2 comments
Feb
28
27
On Language
2 comments
26
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Knowing God - beginning
“Q: Where do we begin with knowing God? A: humbly, asking him for this grace, using ...”
On Sundays
“The creation account, however, does not conclude with man and his mandate, for man is ...”
16
Off for the Weekend
“Emma and I have our 2nd Wedding anniversary on Monday. We're off for a weekend ...”
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13
Covered with Shame
2 comments
12
07
Homage to an Escalator
“I'm currently heading over to Newtown at about 7:30 in the morning. I catch the ...”
06
On Power and Weakness
“How do we reconcile our powerfulness with our knowledge that for the sake of his ...”
2 comments
05
02
Approached by God (VI) - What to Pray?
“Apart from telling us not to babble on in prayer, Matthew 6:7-13 also teaches us ...”
Jan
31
Approached by God (V) - The Words of Prayer
“When we meet together to pray, it’s easy to feel inadequate or not eloquent enough ...”
30
Approached by God (IV) - who leads in prayer?
“Romans 3:10-12 sets out God’s indictment against us with blushing starkness. “There is no one righteous, ...”
29
Approached by God (III) - Prayer starts with God
“A character in a novel I was recently reading claimed that St Augustine was the ...”
28
Approached by God (II) - Prayin' like a Pagan
“So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Then ...”
3 comments
27
Approached by God (I) - The Pressure to Pray
“I've been asked to put some thoughts together for an article on prayer to go ...”
19
a new year, a new home, a new city
“Welcome back to The Andersonpost... It’s been over 2 months since I last posted on this ...”
2006
Nov
Oct
24
The Beginning of Saying Goodbye
“Looking back over the last few posts you'd be forgiven for thinking that there was ...”
16
Grace and Work
“Here's something a little bit different. I'm writing this blog from Starbucks in Circular Quay, ...”
Sep
26
The Big News
“It's been close to a month since my last post! Aaaargh...There is so much to ...”
25
The Doing of God
“The last time I wrote was in the final week of last term at Uni. ...”
Aug
28
Lookin' to Jesus
“It's been a little while since I posted - I've been feeling a little like ...”
11
The Complete Christian
“Some weeks you can be a sight-seer on the everyday rails of work and life. ...”
04
FOCUS Mission Week
“This past week was a mission week for FOCUS at the University of Canberra. FOCUS ...”
Jul
28
A normal week (for once)
“As could be expected, the first week back for the Uni semester was a little ...”
24
Eulogy
“If you are interested in reading a little of the life story of an amazing ...”
17
Passing away of Grandma Joy
“"Because I do not hope to turn again"... that's the first line of T.S. Eliot's ...”
10
A Focal Point Moment
“This is a live, on the spot report from Focal Point 2006. I'm not online ...”
03
Preaching through 2 Peter
“The past few weeks have been dominated by the preparation each week for the sermon ...”
Jun
19
AFES Staff Conference
“After coming home from Victoria full to the brim with refreshment, we had the normal ...”
12
Victorian Adventures
“End of Term:The end of Semester at Uni seemed to come on us very quickly. ...”
May
25
Seek the Truth - the Da Vinci Code
“Well, I thought I was all done with talks for a while, but it's never ...”
18
Final Day
“Today marks the final day in the series of talks on Matthew that I've been ...”
Apr
30
FOCUS Talks
“I haven't had a great deal of time to update this blog recently and again, ...”
11
Wright on the Road
“I was in Sydney last night for an AFES board meeting. I had a great ...”
09
Mission
“Last week was the FOCUS/SMBC mission week. A team of students from the Sydney Missionary ...”
03
Labor that Lasts
“Sorry, I'm really sorry.It's been over 2 weeks since I last wrote. I can accept ...”
Getaway
“I'm writing this post about Getaway about 2 weeks after it happened - which is ...”
Mar
16
Settling into the Rhythm
“Sometimes I'm amazed at how quickly time moves past us. It's been 10 days since ...”
05
Ad-Ministry Blues
“Things have finally settled down into what will most likely be my routine for the ...”
Feb
22
1st FOCUS Bible Talk for the year
“Praise God for a fantastic Day!Today was the first proper FOCUS meeting for the year. ...”
17
Light Shining
“Gaaarrh, (the sound of me coming up for air)...O-Week is over! The uni year is ...”
09
Dis-Orientations
“Last night around 10pm found Emma and I making our way through the security apparatus ...”
Jan
30
Kick Off
“It's been a little while since I've been available to keep the weblog up-to-date. The ...”
16
The planning season
“This week really sees the commencement of the crazy season in student ministry. It's still ...”
09
Happy New Year
“Welcome to 2006!Emma and I are now both back at work after a bus, and ...”
2005
Dec
20
Welcome to our New Website
“The website is now up and close to fully operational. Most of the key features ...”
14
NTE & mission
“NTEFor the past 2 weeks I've been involved with the AFES National Training Event in ...”
01
Newsletter 1
“Welcome to our blog! We pray that this finds you well and growing in knowledge ...”
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