Down-under round-up: 18 November 2015

Issue of the week

Obviously the ISIS terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris were what we’ve been talking about. We’ve probably all read dozens of articles and Facebook opinions. I could share many. But in my opinion, the best of them may well have been Mike Paget’s challenge to Christians to think harder and more distinctively about the idea of what it means to stand with Paris.

Making disciples of Jesus

Let’s heed a simple but basic call for Christian extremism from Challies—a different kind of extremism: being zealous for good deeds of kindness.

On the third anniversary of us missing much loved evangelist and Matthias Media author John Chapman, my thanks to David Mansfield for this 'vintage Chappo' story I had not heard before.

Interesting: one history professor (Nathan Finn) reviews another church historian’s (John D Wilsey) book critiquing the false gospel of American exceptionalism. Not Australia’s problem, but interesting to understand the Christianity often seen from such a good friend to Australia.

Image of the week

It’s been out a little while, but still thinking of those who struggle this way: Adam4d on depression and anxiety and meds.