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Entries from May 2008

NCCC 2008 - Take Every Opportunity

May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Just so you know, this article is a collaborative effort between myself and Jillian. Jillian gives us a wrap-up of the week-end and I will give some reflections further below:
NCCC Wrap-up (by Jillian)
Well, the North Coast Christian Convention (NCCC) has flown past for another year, but it was an excellent weekend at Evans Head.
NCCC ’08 [...]

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Tags: God · Jesus Christ · NCCC · North Coast · bible · bible talk · video · word of Christ

“How about the Price of Petrol…”

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Sorry to mention that. Or am I the only one sick of hearing about the price of petrol? And sick of talking about the price of petrol? And sick of endless speculation about the future price of petrol? “Not as sick as I am of paying for the stuff!”, you might say. True. As an [...]

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Tags: 1 Corinthians · creation · groaning · petrol · salvation · world

Jesus uncut

May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

10 talks from mark’s gospel. Encounter him for yourself in the oldest surviving record.
So read ‘The Bible Talks’ posters around the uni campus this semester, as Wade took us through the gospel and showed us the real Jesus. And what an encounter! It was great to learn about the amazing difference Jesus came to bring [...]

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Tags: Christ · Jesus · Jesus Christ · Mark's gospel · bible talk · students · the bible talks · university ministry

Women’s event - biblical sex

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

To all the women of SCPC! You’re invited to attend a video night on Thursday 19th June at 7:30pm at Park Ave. We’ll be watching a bible talk on DVD called “Sex in the City” by Di Warren. This is NOT to be confused with the Hollywood movie due to be released soon.
To get underway [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

SCPC Podcast: Redeemed Talk 3, Redemption

May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In this bible talk from Exodus 12 by Steve Cree, we conclude our “Bible in 3 talks” overview. In our first week of the series we saw the ‘bookends’ of the Bible Story: Genesis 1-2 and Revelation 21-22; creation and new creation; “beautiful one day, perfect the next”. But we were left with two big [...]

 
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Tags: Exodus · Jesus · Passover · Revelation · lamb · overview · podcast · redemption

Gravatars Galore!

May 14th, 2008 · 10 Comments

On your walk through the SCPC blog you might have noticed that there are strange things afoot, It appears that the comments have evolved and become more personal. This is a new feature that has been enabled called Gravatar.
Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. An avatar is an image, picture or visual que that is [...]

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Tags: Gravatar · avatar · comments · image

In search of 50 SCPC men for Jesus

May 14th, 2008 · 36 Comments

Calling all Southern Cross men! Every now and then the time comes to take stock. We believe that now is such a time for the men of our church. On Thursday 28th August Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill church in Seattle USA will be speaking in Brisbane. He’ll be speaking as a Christian man to [...]

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Tags: Jesus · Mark Driscoll · men

Invited anyone to church lately?

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

There are lots of things you can invite friends to…birthdays, weddings, afternoon teas, tupperware parties, BBQs, and the list goes on. Inviting people to church is something that, perhaps, seems rude and daunting to a lot of people. Why is that? What’s so scary about inviting someone to church? They could come and meet new [...]

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Tags: Christ · church · gospel · invite · peter yock

Yesterday, Today and Forever - Celebrating the Same-ness of God

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s tempting to think that someone who never changes is plain old boring. Doesn’t the idea of someone who’s always the same seem like a bit of a yawn?
But that’s because God and us - we’re not the same. Though we’re made in God’s image, we’re broken images - because of our sin. Until we’re [...]

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Tags: amanda kimsley · boring god · faithfulness · peter yock · vicky beeching · yesterday today forever

SCPC Podcast: Redeemed Talk 2, Fall

May 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In this bible talk from Genesis 3 by Steve Cree, we continue our “Bible in 3 talks” overview. Having looked at the ‘bookends’ of the Bible last week (Genesis 1-2 and Revelation 21-22) we now fill in most of the story in between, right up to the opening pages of the New Testament. The [...]

 
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Tags: Abraham · Jesus · beginning · creation · fall · kings · overview · podcast · redemption · serpent