Written several years ago while watching a family interact in a busy airport terminal. Parental love is firm. It rebukes and confronts in spite of personal discomfort. It rebukes again. Parental love is patient. It explains that which should be obvious. And then it explains again. Parental love is gracious. […]
“Puppy nips toddler” “Dog bites kid” “Canine savages boy” One message. Three headlines. The power of headlines Have you ever considered the power of a headline? It sets the tone for everything you’re about to read. But every story has three headlines. One that attempts to be objective and […]
The Independent Baptist’s largest annual convention has been taking place this week in Brisbane. I’m really glad to see that it’s being live streamed. I almost went this year but my budget and schedule conspired to strangle the life out of that idea. But I wanted to share a few […]
I try to keep an open mind. You can broach just about any subject with me and I’m willing to listen and consider other perspectives… usually. There’s one thing that tends to get in the way of my open mind. That’s when someone has a go at someone I love. […]
In last week’s post, I addressed the first and second lines of the InFocus purpose statement. Today, I’d like to address the third line. Our purpose Our purpose is… to develop the Australian blogosphere, ….to cultivate serious and useful discussion, and ………to develop a generation of readers, thinkers, and theologians. […]
I’ve got a raft of posts that I’m looking forward to putting up, but I felt it good to take a post or two to refresh us on what InFocus is all about. Our purpose Our purpose is… to develop the Australian blogosphere, ….to cultivate serious and useful discussion, and […]
I scan literally tens of thousands of blog posts a year in my work here at InFocus. It is at least a weekly—if not daily—event to read of persecution of believers around the world. I chose long ago not to focus on reporting such things on InFocus. My primary reason […]
This morning’s post raised some significant questions which I feel deserve a thoughtful answer. In this follow-up post, I’ll try to address some of the concerns that were raised. An unfair assessment? I agree that my assessment of the movement had serious implications. I can also see how it could […]
There is a crisis in Fundamentalism today and it is a crisis of credibility. To boil it down, generally, the young men don’t want what the older men are giving. The older men want to pour their lives into training young men for ministry, but the brightest and best of […]
A brief doggerel composed on the surface of my desk in a moment of overwhelming boredom. If you can read this message drear Forsooth you may assume That some poor soul hath scribbled here As he await his doom.
