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There are media reports that Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a founding member of Hamas, has become a Christian. While we would need to take news with a grain of salt, as secular media are not known to be accurate reporters of one’s spiritual condition, if it were true, it would be very interesting. […]
Much has been made about gospel partnerships which reach out to a specific group of people. In these gospel partnerships, we have people from many different local churches gather together for a common cause—-to proclaim the gospel to this particular group. This allows them to tailor the way the gospel is delivered to suit this […]
As Andrew Hong noted a few months back, developers of new residential developments in the outer suburbs of major cities don’t have much room for church buildings. There simply isn’t sufficient financial incentive for developers or local planners to put aside large blocks of land for church buildings. While there will probably be generic community […]
The title of this article may sound scary, but hopefully it’s not that so. One of the many discoveries from the field of behavioural economics is the concept of hyperbolic discounting. Hyperbolic discounting occurs when someone chooses a smaller payoff sooner rather than a much larger payoff later, but would reverse that choice if the […]
Over the last few days I have been fascinated by the following passage in Acts (emphasis added): Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now […]
Recently at the 2007 Biennial Convention of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, there was a fascinating paper presented on the changing nature of the workforce. The paper, titled It’s time to abolish retirement (and here’s how to do it), looks at retirement (for recreation) as being a relatively recent phenomenon. It argues that given […]
I got back from Engage Conference a few days ago, but as I’m about to have a shockingly busy November, it’s unlikely that I will be able to post much. If you happen to have the right permissions from me on Facebook, you can see assorted photos in the album, while photos.koinic.net gets rebuilt.
A series of, well, “wacky” skits about the difference between Anglican candidates and independent candidates at Moore Theological College. You may find a striking resemblence between these and a recent advertising campaign for a computer company. Produced as part of the 2007 revue. [kmlflashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Nwtt41Ad66A” height=”295” width=”350” /] [kmlflashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nr1a-z1Ym9w” height=”295” width=”350” /]
In John Anderson’s valedictory speech to Parliament this week on the relationship between what people believe and what they will end up doing in the world. It sort of ties up with what I have noted earlier, though from a slightly different perspective. It is also an interesting contribution to the recent debates on atheism. […]
I am a perpetually curious person. I want to know things, but sometimes I simply do not have the time to find out. And thus Research topics was begotten. The central question in this research topic is: Why did the missionary work among the indigenous population in New Zealand appear to work “better” than the […]