Today Christianity lost one of its giants.
At 90 years old, John Stott, Rector Emeritus of All Souls Langham Place, died in the presence of his friends, to the music Handel’s Messiah, and with the welcoming call home of his Christ.
Stott’s writing and preaching have profoundly shaped my faith. Continue reading
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Coinciding with the NZ visit of Christopher Wright (author, head of Langham Partnerships, Old Testament scholar, and of All Souls Langham Place, London) Paul Windsor, in collaboration with TSCF, Carey Baptist College and the NZ Christian Network is organising three forums on Kiwimade Preaching in October, including one in Waikanae (Wellington) on 27 October, in which I will be participating. Visit http://kiwimadepreaching.com/2011-forum/ for more information. Wright will be speaking at each forum.
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What does it mean to be holy as God is holy (as instructed by God through Moses to the Israelites in Leviticus)? What does it mean to call God holy? How is God’s holiness revealed to us? I address these questions and others in a sermon, delivered at Tawa Baptist, on 24 July, 2011, which you can read as a PDF here.
Filed under Christian writing, Sermons
My latest blog post on Kiwimade Preaching is now online here – where I do a little forecasting of what the future for preachers in New Zealand will look like and the kinds of people in their congregations and the issues they’ll be facing.
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Here is my latest publication list, to July 2011.
I have now joined the Twitterati and can be followed at @drandrewbutcher
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Chandra Leenheer recently presented a paper at the ISANA NZ conference summarising the NZ literature on international education in New Zealand – an excellent resource.
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My book review of New Zealand and International Migration Vol. 5 (edited by Trlin, Spoonley and Bedford) appears in the latest issue of New Zealand Sociology here (pp. 163-165).
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Professor Yoichiro Sato’s report on Japan’s perspective of New Zealand’s place in Asia, which I commissioned and edited through the Asia New Zealand Foundation, has just been published online. I interviewed Professor Sato about his paper, and you can listen to the interview here.
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A chapter I co-authored with Terry McGrath called ‘A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy’ was recently published in Social Policy Review 23: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2011, edited by Holden et al and published by Policy Press, Bristol. A PDF scan of the chapter is available here.
Filed under Academic writing, Published articles
