Coffee doesn't help my fuzzy head!

I have to say this,I hate being sick. It just means that I have the fuzzy head thing non stop! And no, coffee doesn't help at all, although I wish it did.

I'm now on my sixth week of being sick with some viral thing. And I can tell you that it is no fun at all, especially when college just keeps on going. I have a church history assignment that i really haven't been able to get my head around because I'm constantly fuzzy... I don't take in information, and I'm constantly coughing (I won't share the colour of the Flem, 'cause that would be just gross!)

I've been so out of it, that the question of my last entry (Christians and the Law sermon prep), resulted in me preaching while sitting down, due to the fact that if I stood for 20 mins, I would have collapsed...

I'll be glad to be rid of this thing. I might even celebrate with a celebratory dark brew of my own making!

How do Christians fulfill the law?

I'm in the midst of preparing to preach this Sunday at DCAC (my current church). The passage is Exodus 20:12-17. Its all about the way God's redeemed people Israel were to relate to each other as a people. This was how God's treasured possession were to mediate the knowledge of God to the nations around them (Exodus 19:4-6).

But it raises some big questions. How does this apply to the Christian? Jesus says he has fulfilled the law (cf Matt 5:17-21), and It seems that Paul says, the law tells us we are sinful (Romans 3, and 7), and the way we love we fulfills the law (Romans 13).

But the issues I'm currently thinking through are: what does it mean for elderly people who have lost parents to 'honour their parents'. Or what about the issue of murder; how does this command relate with the current controversy of abortion in this country? Can we expect others who are not redeemed to follow these laws?

Just some of the thoughts going on in my head. (And this is not the only thing I'm trying to get my head around - I have a paper on Deuteronomy 30:11-20 due on the Tuesday after I preach!)

Here is My Crazy Dance off!

It's become known at Moore college (amongst 2nd year anyway) that I won a dance off competition at an NBL game last year. Some guy in the crowd caught the whole thing on his video phone. Now it's on Y-tube for all to see.

Something like this video was shown at the recent second year weekend away (thanks Stan), and I've also been encouraged to make a link possible. I've gone on better and added this vid to my blog. Have fun at my expense, and enjoy laugh!

What are we to think about inerrancy?

I'm trying to get my head around the doctrine of inerrancy, and so I've just picked up a book by G.K Beale, called "the erosion of inerrancy in evangelicalism." (Amazing how you can read things other than what you are supposed to read at college!)

I've read a chapter so far, and it seems to a fair treatment and interaction with one evangelical scholar's attempts to view the Old testament as not inerrant, and not actually history (parts of it anyway).

These kinds of comments make me nervous. At the moment I think I'm an inerrantist in my view of th doctrine of scripture. And I'm trying to come to terms with those in evangelical circles who are not. I desire to love my brothers and sisters in Christ in this regard, but also come to some conclusion on the issue.

I guess the big thing for me in this regard is that God is a God of truth and doesn't lie (Titus 1:2), so what am I to think?

trying to struggle with th issue...

Hello stranger.

After much encouragement from my wife Robyn, and also others (like Micheal Jensen), I'm back on board. This has been the first post in long time. A very long time.

I hope to use this to put out there a lot more reflections while I'm at college. And my thinking on different issues.


And hey, there will be the random post on the wonderful world of guinea pigs, life, and of course coffee! (Although as I thought about that last one what can really be said?)

Peace out

Woooo Hooooo

Well I'm officially on holidays for two weeks. I'm really pumped. This will be the first time that I have gone to Adelaide. Really looking forward to this thing man.

Robyn is really pumped as well. She was counting down the days.

"2 more days till I have Ben all to myself!"

Well I'll hope to post some photo's of Adelaide on this when I get back, maybe.

Words, Words, Words!

I haven't written in this for a while. So I thought that I'd post a short note on where things are up to.

Robyn is still awaiting the operation. We've had the date moved 3 times now. Frustrating but this is life. We've been comforted by the Scriptures more and more. It's amazing how that happens!

Not that we are Ok all the time. Don't get me wrong we often feel down. But we are reminded of how great a slavation we have in Christ. Even as I type this post, I have a song from Sovereign Grace Music playing - "Let you Kingdom Come"...It's a great song!!! In spite of what we are going through focused on God's kingdom. These are words that I love to have in my head!