• Should pastors blog? (An interview with Bob Bixby)
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    Part of the purpose of InFocus is to develop the Australian blogosphere. We do this by providing an Australian section in our blogroll, by linking generously to Australian blogs, and by encouraging Australian readers, thinkers, and theologians to blog. I want to further support this purpose by focusing today on

  • Separation
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    Matt Chandler, Together for the Gospel 2010: “Just because somebody speaks at this or that [conference/church/event] doesn’t mean they’re a sell-out. If they get the opportunity to open up the gospel, even in shady areas, they would be fools to not take advantage of that. They’d be fools to not

  • KJV: No honour in error
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    Over the last several weeks I’ve published three posts celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version. KJV: Shape of my life KJV: Literary masterpiece KJV: Still translating These posts express my genuine respect for this monumental translation. I have experienced great joy in writing them.

  • KJV: Still translating
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    When it comes to the translation of Scripture, the King James Version set an ideal that every literal translation since has sought to emulate. Still, in order to have an accurate understanding of history, the KJV must be viewed within the broader context of English translation of Scripture. The translators

  • KJV: Literary masterpiece
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    It is no presumption to elevate the King James Version to the level of masterpiece.1 Indeed, the voices raised in praise of the King James Version during this 400th anniversary celebration are myriad (BBC, NPR, More NPR, Buckingham Palace, major newspapers around the world, etc.). The KJV, along with the

  • KJV: Shape of my life
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    I no longer have my first Bible. I’m not sure what happened to it, but it was one of those KJV gift and award Bibles (I probably won it in a Sunday School contest) and I think it took a fair beating. On my ninth birthday, I received my first

  • When can’t I reach you?
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    We’re used to saying “when can I reach you?” But the ubiquity of technology has made the inverse just as relevant. When can’t I reach you? Is there a time in your day/week when I can’t reach you? A time that you’ve set aside exclusively for other priorities? There is

  • Quadricentennial celebration (1611-2011)
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    We’re just over a month now from welcoming 2011. Whatever else 2011 brings, it also marks four hundred years since the translation of the Authorised King James Version in 1611. This is a notable landmark for the Church of Jesus Christ and I hope to see it marked by celebration

  • Descending to the dungeon
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    The great English Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, loved to allude to his second favourite book in his writing and preaching. One such allusion is found in Spurgeon’s statement below: There are dungeons underneath the Castle of Despair as dreary as the abodes of the lost, and some of us have been

  • The patience of the gospel
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    “You just don’t get it!” “You’d have to be blind not to see it!” “The fact that you can’t see your wrong is worse than the wrong itself!” These are the kinds of thoughts that sometimes go through my head as I interact with a person I believe has wronged