How has Year 3 been so far here in Sydney? Good like gelato in the afternoon with our Hebrew class. Peaceful like watching your children sleep soundly after a difficult day. Hard like running the gauntlet through airport security in a creative access city. Deep like the waters of Wisdom Literature. Tiring like writing essays …
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Quotes from Croydon Part 3
The sun sets on another semester here in Sydney. Year 2 has been harder. We’ve felt busier. God has been good amidst our failures. His Word has searched us deeply and illuminated Christ to us when we needed gospel hope. We’re looking forward to the next few weeks to connect with friends and family and …
Quotes from Semester 1 at Sydney Missionary Bible College, 2017
We’ve just finished our first semester here at Sydney Missionary Bible College, where I’m studying towards a Masters of Divinity. It’s been exhausting on some fronts – adjusting to life in Australia with a young family, scrambling to build new friendships and relationships, grieving as NZ friends move on with their lives. I don’t think …
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The best 1600 words on church history I’ve read
I’ve just read a breathtaking summary of 2000 years of church history by Bruce Shelley. It’s from his Epilogue to “Church History in Plain Language”. The way the author flows through the warp and weft of two millennia of Christianity is a sheer masterclass of writing. I can’t share the whole epilogue here – for …
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The best contents page I’ve ever read – Thomas Brooks, Precious remedies against Satan’s devices
Our church has been going through the book of Ephesians. We’re at the part where the Apostle Paul gives final instructions (more like marching orders) to his readers: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the full armour of God, that you may be able to stand …