Category Archives: God Stuff

Scot McKnight hates sermons

By Geoff | Published 8 October, 2009 4:48 pm

OK. Maybe that’s not quite true. But he’s certainly advocating a fairly dramatic reconsideration of how we do “teaching” in churches, and specifically the place of the sermon in that.
“What is most needed is a complete spiritual formation approach to the entire church and for each person; outcomes need to be formulated by the leaders [...]

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What if the rest of the world gets it?

By Geoff | Published 14 September, 2009 1:37 pm

“I can never come to terms with a person who claims to be a man of God, spewing forth the hatred which we have seen this week in the USA….
The hate-filled pastor’s website claims he has no college education but he does have a good memory – by way of his committing to memory well [...]

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Soul Train – an event from Soul Survivor Melbourne

By Geoff | Published 9 September, 2009 11:28 am

Some of you would be aware that both Rebecca and I are involved in Soul Survivor Melbourne, and Soul is putting on  an event for youth leaders and anyone interested in youth leadership. Basically, Soul Survivor UK head Mike Pilavachi (who is tweeting here if you’re so inclined) is out for the night, and it’s [...]

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How do you punch God in the face?

By Geoff | Published 1 September, 2009 12:56 pm

You’re looking for explanations
I don’t even understand
If you need someone to blame
Throw a rock in the air
You’ll hit someone guilty
U2 – Dirty Day
There are absolutely times when it borders on dishonesty to try to pretend that you don’t want to throw a punch at God, to make him see that you’re really not happy with [...]

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Taking credit for calamity

By Geoff | Published 21 August, 2009 10:43 am

I’m feeling very displeased. There are few things that make me more frustrated and annoyed than seeing Christians sink to wanting to use some kind of disaster to prove why their point about theology is true and accurate. Even worse: the man participating in these actions is not an easily ignored wacko like the (God [...]

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