Check out Australia’s FIFA World Cup Bid: Come Play! It’s for the rights to host either the 2018 or 2022 Football (Soccer) World Cup. Bring it, baby, bring it!
GENEVA Church Planting Network
GENEVA is a new church planting network launching in Australia December ’09. Mark Driscoll will be speaking via satellite. I like the name. Stay tuned for more details.
(h/t Andrew Heard via Dan Godden’s twitter)
Piper on Cultural Relevance
John Piper doesn’t have a TV and doesn’t go to the movies very often. I’m all for godly engagement with culture in preaching Jesus, but this article from Piper is helpful in keeping the main thing the main thing. Here’s a snippet:
“If you want to be relevant, say, for prostitutes, don’t watch a movie with a lot of tumbles in a brothel. Immerse yourself in the gospel, which is tailor-made for prostitutes; then watch Jesus deal with them in the Bible; then go find a prostitute and talk to her. Listen to her, not the movie. Being entertained by sin does not increase compassion for sinners.”
Go read the whole article.
episode 11: giant secret from dan
special guest sam hilton from hunter bible church. we talk about michael jackson. some other things. at the end of the episode a giant secret from dan is revealed. you don’t want to miss it.
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Don’t blame it on the boogie
Michael Jackson died today. We had The Jacksons’ Don’t blame it on the boogie playing as we walked back down the aisle after getting married. (Here’s the song from the way in)
Pastor Dad by Mark Driscoll
Here’s a new free eBook from Mark Driscoll, Pastor Dad. “Every dad is a pastor. The important thing is that he is caring for his flock well. This book by Pastor Mark Driscoll looks at the ways that a father can raise his children well.” I just became a dad, I’ve had a quick skim, and plan to read it after my exams. Any other fatherhood book recommendations?
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Samuel Gallery: Week 1
Little Samuel just turned 1… week old. We love this kid to bits and have managed to take 435 photos of him in that time. Lucky for you, we’re not going to make you sit through all of them! So here’s a selection of 36 that we like and hope you like too.
See below for gallery. They’re in reverse order (ie click on last one & work backwards).