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I like this album. I’ve owned the album twice. Read about it here. It turns 50 today.
Herbie Hancock on Kind of Blue:
Here’s a record that I could recommend to anyone–from any country, of any age. If you want to hear the spirit of jazz, listen to Kind of Blue.
Good call Herbie. Want to become a Jazz Cat?? Check it out Amazon and in iTunes.
(h/t Justin Taylor)
Here’s a couple of vids:
Continue reading “Miles Davis | Kind of Blue – 50th Anniversary”
Church planting is so hot right now! Good. Below is a letter from Andrew Heard and Al Stewart with further information about the new Geneva Church Planting Network.
There is much happening at the moment in the world of church planting. It is exciting stuff! In all of this a number of people have asked for clarification regarding the new church planting network called Geneva. People have wondered what it will be doing and what it might offer.
Geneva will be run by a board of Australian church planters which will include Al Stewart, Andrew Heard and Mikey Lynch. Its purpose will be to help reformed/evangelical networks and denominations recruit, assess, train, coach and mentor church planters for placement back into their various networks and denominations. The passion of Geneva is to establish not just culturally relevant growing church plants but ones that are grounded deeply in reformed theology and so able to be kept from simple pragmatism and fads. This core value is critical for establishing churches that are best able to pass on a vibrant gospel to future generations.
Yesterday Samuel turned 2 months. Here’s a collage of him with family and friends.
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2 Apologies:
Well-known Christian apologist and all-round smart dude, Dr James White, will be speaking in Sydney and Brisbane over the upcoming week. “James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the author of more than twenty books, a professor, an accomplished debater, and an elder of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church.”
Here’s the itinerary:
Trevor Hodge has been writing praise and worship songs for over 10 years. In the past 12 months, I’ve been to a number of events where Trev has led the congregation in singing, ranging from 20 people to 400 people. In both contexts he’s effective in taking the spotlight off himself and directing it toward Jesus through uplifting songs.
Bring You Praise is a fantastic album that also directs the listener toward Jesus. The album achieves something that many others in this genre fail to achieve: emotional AND theological engagement. That is; lots of albums are brilliant musically, but lack theological richness; while other albums are theologically rich, but lack in their ability to engage emotionally.
One of the striking features of Bring You Praise is the centrality of the gospel throughout the album from beginning to end. The death, resurrection and return of Jesus are themes that are returned to again and again.
I’ve learnt that it’s always good to quote and interact with John Calvin at Moore College… especially during the year of his 500th birthday! We’ve got an assignment due next week on this chunk of 1 Corinthians. Check out what Calvin’s got to say on vv 6-7:
Quote is below and is courtesy of ccel.org
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