The Castle (here’s a snippet) is the greatest film ever made. It was brilliantly parodied this week at the Moore College Revue 2010. Check out The Castle on King:
My highlight is Keith Condie ‘just passing on a message’…
Devoted Conference 2010
A couple of guys from College are kicking off a new conference next weekend looking at the lives of some Puritan dudes. Each year they’ll feature two Puritans, this year it is John Owen and Richard Baxter. Check out the website for info & to register.
Time & Date: 9:00am – 1:00pm on August 28th 2010
Venue: Village Church, Annandale NSW
Speakers: Marty Ford & Keith Condie Cost: $25
Website: www.devotedconference.org
Refugee Mythbusting Animation
I disagree with both major political parties regarding refugees and asylum seekers. Many Australians probably selfishly agree. Here is a short animation from GetUp Australia attempting to discard with popular myths surrounding asylum seekers.
What do you think? What would you do?
Australia: The Selfish Country
Australia is about to vote for a new Prime Minister. When it comes to campaigning, both Captain Underpants and The Ranga (and their respective parties) pander to the selfish vote. We want more stuff, less tax, more money, less inconvenient boat people, more comfort, less travel time. It’s all about me. Show me that you’ll maximize good stuff for me and minimize bad stuff for me… And you’ve got my vote!
Maybe it’s time to stop and think about someone other than me! I need to.
Hey politician, tell me what you’re going to do to:
- make the world a better place
- help alleviate world hunger & poverty
- fight for the rights of the unborn
- put an end to the trafficking of girls as sex slaves
- give Indigenous Aussies the same opportunities as Anglo Aussies
- stop the state government preying on the weak & vulnerable addicted to poker machines
I was really glad to see the way that the Micah Challenge crew have been asking politicians (from both sides) to “ask the poverty question”. Good stuff. Looks like it has been effective too.
Humble Orthodoxy – chapter from Josh Harris
If you haven’t heard of Humble Orthodoxy, now is your chance. I’ve posted on it a bunch of times, you can read those posts. Or even better you can download Josh Harris‘ chapter on ‘Humble Orthodoxy’ from his new book Dug Deep Down. Basically, Humble Orthodoxy is all about believing and living the truth of the gospel without being a jerk.
Arguing About Politics – Tim Keller Sermon
Check out this great sermon on Mark 12:13-17 from Tim Keller. Here’s the description: The Pharisees pose a controversial question to Jesus when they ask him if they should pay taxes. Jesus responds with a revolutionary answer: He refuses political complacency, political simplicity, and political primacy. Jesus then models a revolutionary idea, showing his followers that the way to gain power is to give it away. Get your politics on!
It’s from a whole bunch of free sermons at the Redeemer Presbyterian website. You can also subscribe to all of these sermons via iTunes podcast.
Arguing About Politics MP3 – Tim Keller (right-click to download)
What Did You Expect?? by Paul Tripp
Protecting your marriage matters. Normally, Row and I read the bible together at night. But one of the things we’ve done in the last few of years is – for a period of time – replaced our nightly bible reading with a different book that will help us to protect our marriage. It’s been a really useful practise. The latest book we’ve been reading is brilliant! It’s called, What Did You Expect?? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage.
It’s written by Paul Tripp. He’s a dude. I’ve recently started following him on Twitter and most of his tweets are retweetable (for non-twits, that’s a compliment!!). Here’s how the publishers Crossway summarise the book: