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		<title>My position on homosexuality: Set them free.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of weeks I&#8217;ve been considering again how to frame an argument against homosexuality without being misheard by the culture (here and here). Note: this does not mean causing no offense. Nor does it mean not being considered a jerk (as much as I like the idea of avoiding that label, Jonathan)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=544</link>
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		<title>The incautious journalists who play at work.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article in The Weekend Australian by Paul Cleary sported the headline, &#8220;The cautious mothers who stay at home&#8221; (Inquirer p4).
&#8220;Interesting,&#8221; I thought, and began to read.
Sure enough, the main premise is that women are not out in the workforce because they are worried about the safety of their children. Yeah, maybe. But you wouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=545</link>
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		<title>When evangelicals talk about homosexuality: What seems to me to be some essential ingredients.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My contention is that evangelicals have a hard time being heard when discussing homosexuality in our contemporary culture due to constant appeals to authority. As I have written previously, a good portion of Western culture no longer tolerates arguments from authority, and in fact sees that approach to issues as oppressive. If our culture is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=543</link>
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		<title>If I could vote&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, nary a week from another Australian federal election. I&#8217;m fascinated, but frustrated because I cannot vote.
That&#8217;s right. I am a New Zealand citizen, and in the common inequality experienced by Kiwi&#8217;s in Australia, Australians in New Zealand can vote, but we cannot. So, this post is my brief reflection on an election [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=542</link>
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		<title>Evangelicals self-sabotage when discussing homosexuality.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Denny Burk wrote a second post about the recent decision by a US Federal Judge to strike down a ban on gay marriage in California. In it he makes the following comment:

Another disappointing aspect of this decision is that the judge sided  with plaintiffs who brought in witnesses to show how evangelical  Christianity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=541</link>
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		<title>Recommended Reading.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noel Pearson&#8217;s column in the Weekend Australian this week called Conservatism, too, is relevant to our culture. In it he argues that the politically conservative have values that are essential to Australian Aboriginal flourishing.
Reading through it, he echoes much of what I believe the church should look like: diversity within unity, appreciation of tradition, cultural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=540</link>
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		<title>Vote by gender?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voting is not an exact science. The reasons behind the average Australian&#8217;s choice of candidate range from the profound to the ridiculous. Take, for instance, one person I knew who voted for a candidate because they met them on the plane once. So, I doubt my gripe here would make any difference even if it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=539</link>
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		<title>Paul? Apollos? Baptist? Presbyterian? No! Christ!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I submitted a question to John Piper&#8217;s &#8220;Ask Pastor John&#8221; (basically a question and answer system where people submit questions and John Piper answers them. Really very good). The question was this:
How does &#8220;I follow Paul, I follow Apollos&#8221; [in 1 Cor 3] differ from &#8220;I&#8217;m a  Baptist, I&#8217;m a Presbyterian,&#8221; when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=536</link>
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		<title>Mission Trips from the perspective of a host.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vinoth Ramachandra has a post called, &#8220;Who says &#8220;No&#8221; to &#8220;Mission Trips&#8220;? Vinoth lives in Sri Lanka and gives his perspective on those who take a couple of weeks to visit another country as part of a &#8220;mission&#8221; purpose.
Interesting read. Go on. Read it. I dare you.
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		<link>http://kiwiandanemu.org/?p=535</link>
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		<title>Principled plagiarism: Is plagiarism in the pulpit good for the Church?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While many may disagree with me on this, I have never seen plagiarism in the pulpit as a deal breaker. I would never advocate running a pastor out of town for preaching another person&#8217;s sermons. I do object to preachers passing off other people&#8217;s sermons as their own, either implicitly or explicitly, but for a [...]]]></description>
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