The latest in Autumn fashions has just dropped. Introducing: dmdc designs. Here are the first set of t-shirts in the new dmdc series. Stay tuned for more sweet designs to grace the runways of Milan, Paris and Gosford.
The dmdc signature classic:
Archive - March, 2008
Katie Noonan Live
Katie Noonan covers Gnarls Barkley ‘Crazy’ on Sunrise:
Web Watch Wrap #7
Don Carson smashed it at College this week each morning in a series of lectures on “Christ and Culture Revisited”. They were very good… keep an eye out on the book. Not familiar with D.A. Carson? Check out some online talks.
Next week: the dave miers dot com/eternal weight of glory week of reruns. I will be away from the computer for much of the week – so get ready for some classic posts. If you can remember or find any of my posts in the archive worth getting a rerun – leave a comment.
Driscoll on the Coast
I can confirm from a very, very reliable source that Mark Driscoll will be speaking for 2 nights on the Central Coast. Monday 25 August 2008 – speaking to Christians about being on mission. Tuesday 26 August 2008 – speaking about Jesus… It’s all about Jesus.
Mark Driscoll is the preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church Seattle. He’ll be speaking at a number of events in and around Sydney that week including Engage (the site has been given a sweet makeover) with Don Carson and a special Wednesday (27 August) night event at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Stay tuned for more info…
Total Church Conference
Steve Timmis, from The Crowded House church planting network, will be speaking at a one day conference in Sydney. Timmis is the co-author (with Tim Chester) of Total Church. There has been a bit of a buzz around college and the blogworld regarding their view on ecclesiology (how we think about ‘church’) and spirituality.
TOTAL CHURCH CONFERENCE: Tuesday 8th August 2008. 830-5pm @ Moore College.
Download Rego form (pdf). Contact Shane. Total Church online coverage: mpj; craig; syd ang; hayley; rory; and ftc
Sublime: Katie Noonan and the ACO
Katie Noonan has the best and most beautifully versatile female voice in Australia. Last Wednesday night we went to see her singing with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) at the City Recital Hall in Angel Place, Sydney.
It was an absolute musical treat to hear the smooth vocals of Noonan and the energetic performance from the ACO.
Dig Lazarus, Dig
The Centre for Public Christianity website was launched on Good Friday. CPX is “a research and media organisation promoting the public understanding of the Christian faith.” John Dickson and Greg Clarke are the big daddies of the venture and it looks like they’ve got some good gear happening.
In the video below, Greg Clarke reviews the latest Nick Cave album: Dig Lazarus, Dig. Check out the text version.
Life in his name
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
Web Watch Wrap #6
We went to Saturday EV tonight. Very refreshing. Best sermon I’ve heard for two months! Keep an eye out on their brilliant webpage for the podcast on Sunday or Monday. In other Easter Saturday news, John Piper has a very good post attempting to answer the question: Did Jesus spend Saturday in hell? It’s worth reading.
It is finished
16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18Here they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:|sc JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
Good Friday – The Day of Atonement
“The Day of Atonement was a solemn day to sacrifice 15 animals and reflect on personal sin. This day was a foreshadowing of the coming of Jesus, and His final sacrifice for our sin on Good Friday and His triumphant resurrection on Easter.”
WARNING: The following video is graphic
(h/t mhc)
Band review: DAYBREAK
Daybreak played at Church on Sunday night. The young band consists of drums, guitar, bass + vox. They were good. They seemed a bit uncomfortable playing at church, but I think that had more to do with congregational song selection than it did talent. Their lead singer looked a little bit uncomfortable up front, but again that may have simply been the context in which they were playing.
They list the following musical influences: U2, dcTalk, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Delirious?, Radiohead, Switchfoot, Powderfinger, Jeff Buckley, Midnight Oil, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree and Crowded House. Listen to some of their originals on their MySpace page, including tracks from their new ep: Reaching for the Surface – good stuff. I don’t know of many evangelical bands playing good tunes in and around Sydney. Could Daybreak be the next Revive??
If you’re looking for a band for a youth event, Daybreak might be your answer! Got any other recommendations?
Moore Bloggers
There are two new buttons in the left sidebar of dave miers dot com:
- Links to a bunch of Greek resources from around the web
- Links to a page I’ve made that has the latest 10 posts from 1st year Moore College bloggers + a list of all their sites. If you know of any others – let me know and I’ll add them to the list.
Are you struggling with learning Greek? Michael Jensen wrote a post that might help you to justify quitting!
2008 Bible Readings
Here is my 2008 Bible reading plan (pdf). Feel free to print it out, trim it down, stick it in the front of your Bible and cross each chapter off that you’ve read. It will be particularly helpful for other Moore Bible Skool 1st year students.
It’s all about Jesus.
Passion World Tour Sydney
The 268 Generation crew are doing a world tour this year with their Passion Conferences. Sydney date: Tuesday October 21 @ the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Regular speakers include Louie Giglio and John Piper. Regular musicians includes: David Crowder Band, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin and Charlie Hall. I’m not sure who will be coming on tour – but should be a great night!
It’s a movement aimed at university speakers. It will be interesting to see how Sydney Anglicans and Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students respond to the event. If John Piper were to speak – they probably wouldn’t have a problem supporting the event, but the last time that Giglio and Tomlin were in the country was for Hillsong Conference 07.
Bring it.
Web Watch Wrap #5
Are these weekly Web Watch Wraps helpful? Yes? No? Maybe? Welcome to 2 new features for the weekly web watch wrap. 1) A list of dave miers dot com posts from the last week. 2) A list of the most recent search terms used to get to this site.
#1 is pretty lame. But #2 is often quite interesting! As a special treat – I will insert all the search terms used to get to this site since it was launched 6 weeks ago.
Friday Foto #9
Good news. The operation went well. Praise be to God! Thanks for praying.
Friday Foto this week, is one of my favourite photos of Row. Warm fuzzy to the first person to correctly name the Australian State where it was taken. Bonus warm fuzzy for the month. [Click to see the full pic.]
Interactive NT1 Essay
Here’s the deal. 2007 was Dave Miers’ year of the deadline-driven-life. It’s a new year and a new Dave. I have an essay due in over a month that I started yesterday!!! There were 10 essay topics to choose from for New Testament 1. I’ve narrowed it down to 4. I’ve done a bit of brainstorming for each, but can’t decide on which one to do.
Which one should I do and why? Vote in the comments.
- How does 1 Peter’s teaching about God relate to its treatment of Christian suffering?
- According to Ephesians, what is the significance of Jewish and Gentile reconciliation in Christ?
- Examine and explain the various metaphors for the church in Ephesians.
- Investigate the relationship of doctrine to practice in Ephesians.
iTunes + iPod Top25
Do you have an iPod and/or use iTunes? If yes, you are invited to share your current “Top 25 Most Played” tracks. Mine are below. It’s not totally accurate – I’ve just loaded a bunch of new albums – so it will look quite different in a few months time. If you blog your top 25 – let me know in the comments and I’ll give you some linkage. If you don’t have a blog – feel free to leave them in the comments. If you want to save time – just put your top 5 or 10.
- Alphabet – Steve Yoell (greek stuff)
- Forever – Revive
- Who you are – Revive
- Autumn Flow – Lior
- Crazy in Love – Beyonce & Jay-Z Continue Reading…
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