Category: Ministry
-
Taming the phone 2: Putting apps in their place
One of my jobs as a Christian minister is to work out how to use my phone without being used by it. A key way to do this is to put apps in their place.
-
Taming the phone 1: Minimising notifications
One of my jobs as a Christian minister is to work out how to use my phone without being used by it. A key way to do this is to minimise notifications.
-
Slip, slop, slap for sustainable sacrifice
This blog series is about habits and personal organisation structures I’ve developed over the years for “sustainable sacrifice” in Christian ministry.
-
Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
An interview with Dr Claire Smith, an expert in the language of teaching and learning in the New Testament
-
Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible (video)
The video of my talk “Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible” is now available to watch
-
Coming up at Nexus16: “Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible”
I’ll be speaking on the topic of “Exile in the Bible” at Nexus16, alongside Kanishka Raffel, Phil Colgan and others (video)
-
Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
Ephesians helps us come to grips with what Christian speech is all about, and how that affects our speech in the online world.
-
Gospel speech: now available as an ebook
A brief biblical exploration of the way the gospel shapes the speech of every Christian as they confess Jesus Christ with their mouth. Now available as an ebook.
-
Nexus 2016 Conference – Ministry in Exile
I’ll be speaking at the Nexus 2016 Conference for gospel workers, on 23 May 2016, on the topic of “Ministry in Exile”.
-
Most popular Bible verses of 2015 (radio interview)
The Top 10 most popular Bible verses for 2015: what we can learn about God and ourselves
-
Gospel speech: a fresh look at the relationship between every Christian and evangelism
A brief biblical exploration of the way the gospel shapes the speech of every Christian as they confess Jesus Christ with their mouth.
-
Praise from people or praise from God?
It’s easy to seek security and importance in this life through the praise of others but it’s a recipe for trouble.
-
Moore College School of Theology – Tend My Sheep: The Word of God and Pastoral Ministry
A one day conference addressing the topic of pastoral ministry; Thursday 10 September 2015, 9:00am – 5:00pm
-
GoThereFor – resources
GoThereFor.com is a treasure trove of high quality ideas, Bible studies, training materials and other resources for making disciples of Christ.
-
Andrew Heard: “A Brief Response to John Dickson’s Response to My Response”
Andrew Heard is the Senior Minister of EV Church. He has responded to John Dickson’s response to his paper engaging with an ongoing discussion over the meaning of the verb “teach” in 1 Timothy 2:12.
-
Instruments of Peace – Neutral Bay Multifaith Service 2014
The Anglican contribution to the Neutral Bay Multifaith service 2014. The topic: “being instruments of peace”
-
Comments on two blog posts by John Dickson
The commenting feature on John Dickson’s blog is experiencing ongoing technical issues. I have placed my replies to some of his blog posts here.
-
Andrew Heard: “Women and ‘teaching’ : What is Paul prohibiting in 1 Timothy 2:12?”
Andrew Heard is the Senior Minister of EV Church and has written a paper engaging with an ongoing discussion over the meaning of the verb “teach” in 1 Timothy 2:12.
-
Book – Women, sermons and the Bible: Essays interacting with John Dickson’s “Hearing Her Voice”
In late December 2012, John Dickson published an eBook in which he presented a novel proposal concerning the Greek term normally translated “teach” (didaskō) in 1 Timothy 2:12. I have had an opportunity to contribute to a book in which various authors interact in depth with Dickson’s proposal, and find it wanting on multiple fronts.
-
Why I’m going to the NEXUS conference on 26 May
NEXUS, on Monday 26 May in Annandale, Sydney, is deliberately designed to maximise opportunities to discuss the ideas that are raised and to grow together in our desire to share Christ with the world.
-
A guilt-free Easter
I just got an ad in the letterbox: “Want to know how to give yourself a Guilt Free Easter this year?”
-
NEXUS Conference 2014
The NEXUS ministry conference is happening on 26 May 2014 at the Village Church, Annandale. I’ve signed up. If you’re involved in evangelical Christian ministry, especially in Sydney, I encourage you to sign up as well.
-
Economics and Christianity
I’m very much looking forward to reading this series by my friend Thomas Clay, reflecting on the subject of economics from a Christian point of view. Thomas is a deeply thoughtful Christian who has a strong research background in economics. Thomas writes: The purpose of this new series of posts is to provide Christians with a…
-
Hearing her Voice – Some Personal Reflections by Dani Treweek
After my recent interactive book review, it was also worth including these reflections sent to me by Dani Treweek, a friend and colleague involved in Anglican ministry in Sydney. Dani is the Women’s Ministry Trainer and Coordinator at St Matthias Anglican Church, Centennial Park. She joined the St Matthias staff team in 2009 after graduating…
-
“Teaching” in the pastoral letters and today: a brief reply
This post is the fourth (and, for the moment, final) instalment in a kind of “interactive book review” of John Dickson’s Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a response to John’s book, entitled “What’s happening to our preaching?” John then wrote a reply entitled “In Defence of Inadequate…