Reviews
Learning Our Christian Heritage
Australian Christian Life Since 1788: An Introduction And Anthology. Iain Murray. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1988. 357 pages. With this book, Iain Murray has provided a great resource for Australian churches and their leaders. Murray wanted to retell the stories of Australian Christians, as he believed that these stories have been “virtually erased” from the [...]
Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land
Why do we celebrate Australia Day? Based on a 2006 federal survey of 10,000 Year 10 students and 10,000 Year 6 students, more than three-quarters of Australian teens did not know that Australia Day commemorates the First Fleet’s arrival and British settlement. (but YOU knew that, right?) If you have only a basic or faded knowledge [...]
Why Men Hate Going To Church
Why Men Hate Going To Church. David Murrow. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005. 248pp. I was required to read this book and I opened it with curiosity, as I often interact with guys who have no interest in church. The short answer is that the book was frustrating but did provide a handful of practical suggestions [...]
Learn From A Swan
(I am traveling in the US until mid-February, so my initial posts will be based on books I’ve read recently.) The Legacy of Sovereign Joy is one of Piper’s biographical series, The Swans Are Not Silent. The series title comes from Augustine’s successor, Eraclius. Augustine was an excellent teacher, and Eraclius felt small and inadequate [...]
Facing the Giants
I don’t normally do movie reviews on InFocus, but I just watched a movie that I want to tell you about. If you’re not surprised that this major production was organised by Sony Pictures and a Baptist church, you probably won’t be surprised that it is well produced and well written. Of course it’s not [...]
