Month: October 2010

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MP3s from Regenerate Spring Camp 2010

Are you involved in youth ministry? Keen to see a great youth ministry in action? Try and spend some time with Regenerate Youth from Christ Church Gladesville, such an encouraging bunch of young punks. Exciting stuff happening in their community. I gave 5 talks from Luke’s gospel on following Jesus at their recent Spring Camp. Sweet.

Here are the MP3s:

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Euthanasia in the spotlight

Euthanasia has been in put back on the agenda in Australia. The Australian Greens Party have made it their number one issue to push through parliamentary debates in the Upper House and Lower House. The good news is that there has been a number of great articles intelligently opposing euthanasia in secular press.

Here are a few of them:

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The Humbling Power of Cross-Centred Thinking

The extended extract below is from John Piper’s recent sermon: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (read manuscript, watch vid or listen to MP3). (h/t  CJ Mahaney)

Where should our mind focus in order to know God most fully and deeply?

We could focus on nature because the heavens are telling the glory of God (Psalm 19:1).

We could focus on the human soul for we are made in the image of God.

We could focus on the history of Israel because God calls Israel “my glory” (Isaiah 46:13).

We could focus on the life of Christ because he is “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3).

Or we could come to the event where more of God is revealed than any other event in history, the death of his Son.

All the other revelations of God in Christ are like rays of sun breaking through the clouds. But the death of Christ for sinners was like a bolt of lightning.

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COME HOME – 5 Youth Sermons

Last week I spoke to 50 year 12 students each day on the Christ Church Youth Year 12 Study Hall (check out their swanky new website). The 5 talks were from Luke’s gospel on the theme “COME HOME”. We kicked off in Luke 15 and saw how the rebellious son and the religious son were both lost and need to come home to their father. I think it was challenging to both church kids and non-church kids. Check out the MP3s below:

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Please don’t have an abortion

Tonight I heard a moving story on the radio about a woman who survived an attempted abortion by her biological mother 33 years ago. She survived. She has an incredible story. Her name is Melissa Ohden. Read about her story: www.melissaohden.com

Lots of friends, “friends” from facebook and randoms from google stumble upon my blog each day. If you are considering having an abortion, can I urge you to spend 10 minutes finding out more about Melissa’s story. Please don’t have an abortion.