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Weekly Round-Up (21/05) – Christian Buchanan, Suffering, Backsliding, J. I. Packer, Preciousness of Christ, Relationship with God

May 21, 2012
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Lacey and Christian Buchanan – Following on from last week’s round-up about Ian and Larissa, here’s another beautiful little video, this time about the trials and joys of a mother raising her disabled baby boy. Learning to suffer well: Trusting God’s Absolute Sovereignty - Mike Riccardi shows why “we must acknowledge, and trust in, God’s absolute [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (14/05) – Ian & Larissa, Journaling Bible, Avengers, Submission, Heavenly Mindedness, J. C. Ryle, Prayer

May 14, 2012
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The Story of Ian and Larissa – You may have seen this already, but it is such a beautiful testimony of being satisfied in Christ even in the most tragic of circumstances. I hope it challenges, encourages and inspires you as it has me. You can also check out Larissa’s blog here, prayforian. ESV Single-column [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (07/05) – Bible Design, Jesus and OT, Reformed Theology, God’s Sovereignty, Christians and Sin

May 7, 2012
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ESV Single Column Legacy Bible – I don’t know how many of you are interested in Bible design, but this is a beautiful Bible published by Crossway. It has a few of my favourite features in a Bible for reading (as opposed to study) – single column, decent margins for writing, no cross-references, minimal clutter, [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (30/04) – The Stranger, Death-defying Mission, Old Gold, Tweets, Morality

April 30, 2012
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Commending the Classics: This is a really interesting new project the Gospel Coalition is putting together. Have you ever wanted to work through some of the classics of English literature but felt overwhelmed to do so on your own? Here’s a chance for you to dive in under the guidance of a Christian English professor, Leland [...]

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Book review – The Prodigal God

April 26, 2012
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Over the Easter break I was captivated by taking a fresh look at the famous parable often referred to as the “Parable of the Prodigal Son”.  American pastor Timothy Keller’s book The Prodigal God was the catalyst for this, and forms the basis for our church’s current sermon series called “The Father’s Heart”. Many people [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (23/04) – Colson, Vanderbilt, Fruit of the Spirit, Sanctification, Dating

April 23, 2012
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Charles Colson (1931-2012) – Colson passed away last week. Here he is sharing his testimony in 2008. A truly remarkable story. You can read more about this evangelical leader in this obituary from Christianity today. The Vanderbilt controversy – Religious freedom under attack - This is something Aussie universities may face very soon - “religious organizations (primarily [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (16/04): Prodigal God, Q&A, Secular roots, Bible Timeline, Lloyd-Jones, Belief.

April 16, 2012
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The Prodigal God – Here’s a promo video for Tim Keller’s book , The Prodigal God, which the new series we began at church last night is based on. Q&A with Richard Dawkins and George Pell – A renowned atheist debates the foremost Catholic in Australia. For those who didn’t see it last week, you can [...]

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In Christ: A New Identity

April 12, 2012
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The beautiful Miss Stephanie Orr has captured a few of her thoughts for us on some of the things that where brought up on the first ReGen teaching night. Be blessed and encouraged. A couple of weeks ago we gathered as the Regen community to hear from a guy called Jim French and it was [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (09/04): Easter Edition

April 9, 2012
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If Jesus had Twitter: Here’s the video that was shown at Fuse last night which tells the Easter story twitter-style. Expiation and Propitiation - R. C. Sproul explains what these words mean and why they are so central to our understanding of the good news about Jesus. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ: [...]

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Weekly Round-Up (02/04) – Photoshop, Bible’s message, Joy, Faithful Science, Accountability, Equal sins?

April 2, 2012
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The Satanic Ideology of Photoshop - “It’s become so normal that we hardly even notice it anymore, and that’s what makes it all the more insidious. Behind the wrinkle-removing, curve-enhancing, waist slimming work is a satanic ideology of youth and beauty.”  What is the Bible basically about? - You or Jesus? Unexpected Joy – This is a [...]

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