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An ode upon the occasion of a final exam
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.
Considering creation
Our church is providing another creation science event, with speaker Dr George Matzko (Bob Jones University). The first topic was "Design in Nature," which surveyed various ways in which the universe has been precisely planned. Throughout the presentation, it was fascinating to see the precision of God in the natural world, such as the solar system, physical constants, and other factors which enable complex life on earth. God's accurate, appropriate and intricate designs have truly
Evangelical Christianity (from the end of the 19th century to the present)
Recently, a friend was asking me about modern church history. By the time I'd finished explaining bits and pieces of it, I had the broad scheme of Evangelical Christianity over the last century—at least my take on it—scribbled on a scrap of paper. Discerning that there could be value in graphing the history of modern Evangelical Christianity, I set to work. The graph Below is what I came up with. I present it here for
Church history and the independent churches in Australia
I would like to discuss church history within the context of the independent church movement from a historian’s perspective. Independent churches (by nature of their definition) are not connected to formal denominations. What this means is that the pastoral emphasis is usually on historical personalities or thematic developments correlated to the Bible. Without association, independent churches are free from denominational positions and historical skeletons in the closet. The large Evangelical churches on the NSW Central