The humanity of the Simple, Mocker, and Fool versus the fear of God's Wisdom. Defines wisdom as the ability to live out God's name, and virtue as the different facets of wise character.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:29:54 +0000

On my way into work this morning I played one song about 12 times, hearing God speak in the lyrics although what I heard is not what was sung. Ever happen to you? The song was by the Australian band George and the song Bastard Son. It sent my mind into a spin hearing from God over and over about th ...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:59:26 GMT

Fill Them With Christ In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: "Tell me," he said to his audience, "how can I get the air out of the tumbler I h ...

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:22:47 GMT

This isn't part II to Open Source Theology, just a slight diversion :) I ran into this fantastic article on contemporary worship leading, as many of you know, leading worship in church is one of my most cherished past-times, and this really nails all that is wrong with the how's of worship leading ...

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:02:20 GMT

A few months ago a woman came into our church and made the pronouncement that she would never return to our church, would never again grace us with her presence unless we took all the flags down off the walls. To keep us continually focused on missions we have flags from all the nations that we supp ...

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:19:27 GMT

I'm a little reluctant to talk about this, not so much for the content but because to do it correctly I need to name someone and in effect give them free advertising. Recently I've been having a bit of a discussion (read: disagreement) with the owner of xmin.org, this is a website that advocates s ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:52:36 GMT

Even though I’ve started work on Part B, “class 0″ is still finishing up Part A. Here’s a few questions I’d like to ask them (and any of you who’ve been following along online :-) to help guide future revisions. What was your favorite lesson? Why? Which topics ...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:04:31 +0000

Did you know that last year the U.S. spent $450 billion on Christmas presents?!? I live in Australia and while I know that number for us is considerably less (there are only 20 million of us) we certainly punch above the belt as far as Christmas spending in concerned. My wife showed me this video ...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:58:55 GMT

When I first started studying theology for ministry I had no idea what I would learn. A mentor of mine at the time said that going through college dried him out and nearly burnt him out and told me to be very weary of it all. His fear was that my fresh conversion zeal would be sapped away by consta ...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:23:56 GMT

I was looking at my posting stats yesterday and I was surprised at how many posts I've been averaging lately, mostly once a week where I used to be 3 times that amount. It's not like there isn't anything to talk about, my endorsement is progressing great, friends are having (or had babies) HELLO ...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:02:58 GMT

As mentioned earlier, the LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development Having finished writing the lessons for Part A, we now turn out attention to the second trimester (which the class will start in January). This blog post is for ...

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:20:59 +0000

In Which Christ Comes Back to Judge and Remake the Earth, and We Receive Our Reward The End. Christ’s Return is the completion of our theology. Faith will be made sight, all nations will bow before Him, and we will dwell in the fulness of the Father’s eternal presence as His kingdom come ...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:34:46 +0000

When I found the following test it was billed as the world's easiest having a pass mark of just 4 out of 10. What I have since discovered is that 4 was setting my sights a little too high :) There are some things in life that we just take for granted. For some of us it's our faith in God, faith in ...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:56:24 GMT

The Worst Kind of Fire When the U.S. began the Persian Gulf War in 1990, troops took on the Iraqi forces out in the desert of Kuwait. In those two months, January and February, the USA won an outstanding victory and had relatively few casualties. One of the interesting things about that war was tha ...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:37:05 GMT

In Which We Become the Church, As We Grow Into Christ Our Head Via His Gifts Continuing the theme of Sanctification, we explore how we are discipled into the name of Christ through His body — the Father’s principle vehicle for forming His Kingdom, by His Spirit. Specifically, we see how ...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:01:07 +0000

Well well well, today I have reached a milestone in my ministry, study and Christian walk. Today I put in the mail my application for endorsement as a Pastor in Churches of Christ NSW. Endorsement is basically the equivalent to ordination in most other denominations and it affords me no restriction ...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:09:03 GMT

In Which We Are Set Apart For Obedience to Jesus, And Suffer For It — Becoming Holy in The Process This week we round out our discussion on salvation and conviction by focusing on sanctification, or holiness, words that include being both “set apart” and “made righteous.̶ ...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:37:58 +0000

In Which Jesus Sends the Comforter, and We Are Convicted By Him This week we move from the Father and the Son to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This also continues our theme of God restoring His Image by saving us from our rebellion. And as usual, there is a heavy price [...]

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:30:37 +0000

In Which We Receive the Gospel, And Are Saved By It Our series so far — indeed, the first half of human history — is but a prelude to the coming of Jesus Christ. In Christ we have the word of God made flesh, the perfect revelation of God’s character, a tangible representative of th ...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:23:41 +0000

When God created the world, He gave us (mankind) dominion over all the plants and animals. But it was not an unconditional grant: rather, we have a responsibility to take His already "very good" creation to the next level, by filling the earth with His image. And if we fail in that responsibility, t ...

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:14:07 +0000

This is my blog on Wordle. Any questions? (thanks to Andrew Isaacs for putting this together)    Tagged: god, godhead, identity, name   

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:35:47 +0000