Using our nationwide lockdown to lock down some rusty Hebrew. A rough translation and thoughts on the way. Some of it will be familiar to friends who have journeyed through Kirk Patston’s classes. Lord willing we’ll make some progress over the next four weeks. Previously: Lockdown thoughts on Job 1:1-5 1:6 Now there was a […]
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Our Submission to the NZ Government regarding the Abortion Legislation Bill
Today (19 September 2019) is the LAST day for Kiwis to make a submission regarding the Abortion Legislation Bill currently undergoing Select Committee review. Please consider writing your own submission here – it’s free, you can even just say one sentence, and it’s a great way to be involved in the discussion of what’s literally a life-and-death […]
2018 Year in Review: there and back again
Cloudless blue skies soar above us. Food and drink – all packed. We turn round the bend, then take a left onto State Highway 1. Two hours of driving towards the Southern Alps awaits. “It’ll be a day trip,” I assured the passengers: an elf queen and three hobbits. Yes – we’re going there and […]
Wishing tree thoughts
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we were walking through a local shopping mall and saw they’d put up this tree: It turned out to be a wishing tree – people were invited to write their wishes on a card, and hang them on the tree. The branches were full of notes. Some […]
Theological education a waste of time?
A. T. Robertson writes: If theological education will increase your power for Christ, is it not your duty to gain that added power? … Never say you are losing time by going to school. You are saving time, buying it up for the future and staring it away. Time used in storing power is not […]