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 p...
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 payo...
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 a...
If you have been following the news, you probably have heard of various political parties announcing enquiries into petrol prices and grocery prices. While clearly it would be interesting to see what (if anything) transpires out of these enquiries, i...
| Title | Passing the Baton: A Handbook for Ministry Apprenticeship |
| Author | Colin Marshall |
| Pages | 120 |
| Publisher | Matthias Media |
| Year | 2006 |
| ISBN | 978 1 921068 79 9 |
| Purchase | Matthias Media or Moore Books |
There are times when you are so f...
This post is related to one of my previous posts, Why PowerPoint is evil.
Firstly, a disclaimer. I am not an expert in giving presentations. I don't think my words have a lot of authority in relation to this particular subject. There are better place...
At the City Bible Forum the other day, Ian Powell made a very interesting observation while introducing his talk on 1 Kings 16:29-17:24. He noted that men need to know three things in order to function properly.
| Title | How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil (2nd edition) |
| Author | D. A. Carson |
| Pages | 240 |
| Publisher | Baker Academic |
| Year | 2006 |
| ISBN | 978 0 8010 3125 0 |
| Purchase | Moore Books |
This is a book about the concept of suffering...
| Title | Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship |
| Author | David Peterson |
| Pages | 317 |
| Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
| Year | 1992 (the 2002 print was reviewed) |
| ISBN | 0 8308 2697 1 |
| Purchase | Moore Books |
Worship ... is essentially a...
| Title | Going the Distance: How to Stay Fit for a Lifetime of Ministry |
| Author | Peter Brain |
| Pages | 260 |
| Publisher | Matthias Media |
| Year | 2004 |
| ISBN | 1 876326 73 5 |
| Purchase | Matthias Media or Moore Books |
God gave me the gospel and a horse...