Reality...

Well we finally have some clean air back into our lungs! Well that was once we got over the cold shock! :)

We have just come back from a very brief trip back to Tassie!! Sadly we didn’t really get to catch up with people well – but we had lots of fun with their children :)

On coming back to Sydney, we were hit with a few realities...

Firstly... we are now pretty much in the middle of second semester… deep into assessments and the content of our classes. So for example... this week I’m preaching from Ephesians 3 to the other women in my class, and we are both working on essay based on one of Paul’s letters.

Secondly... spring (which really feels like summer) is here! :)

Thirdly... We do really miss our Tassie family & friends. Going there was so great cause it felt so natural - which just makes us realise how much we miss you all!

But... now we are warm! :)

relevance vs purity

Well it seems that the Bible College Dilemma (see last post) has caused my brain to explode :)

So, thought I would just leave you with a interesting quote I heard this week:

"The contemporary church seems more concerned with relevance than with purity"

The Bible College Dilemma...

When learning from the Bible every day how much of it can you really take in? So, not just learn & know it, but really take it in & apply it to your life?

We have 10 different subjects this semester. This means each week we hear 10 lectures on different aspects of ministry & the Bible. Then we hear 3-4 sermons a week! So within a few days you could go from discussing the accuracy & authority of the Bible, to looking at the whole book of Job! Its not light stuff! It’s stuff that demands reading, thinking, & meditating upon.

Don’t get me wrong – I love studying the Bible, & learning all the things that we are. I feel so privileged to be able to do this! But how do you do it properly? How do you not allow the learning to just become knowledge & therefore leave out the heart?