Set Apart In Christ

I recently set out to "review" the Handbook of Doctrine, but found that the task is going to be much more detailed than I anticipated. The main reason for this is that, since it is a revision of Salvation Story it requires a comparitive reading of both texts at once. The changes, I suspect, will be very significant. In the initial stages, however, I've written an "initial response" which has been published over at theRubicon . Enjoy! Adam

Back in September, 2006 I had the opportunity to play with Australian Jazz legend, James Morrison. My wife, Megan, filmed it and I've finally taken the time to load it onto YouTube... Here it is . Enjoy!

I just found out today that The Salvation Army's new Handbook of Doctrine (2010) is available for download over at the International Headquarters Website . I plan to read through this soon and provide a review shortly. Come back soon to see it. Thanks Adam

The 19th Annual Wheaton Conference took place recently and included speakers such as Richard Hayes and Kevin Vanhoozer in dialogue with N.T. Wright regarding his writings. You can access video or mp3 files of this conference at this link . Enjoy! Adam

I found this article in the newspaper the other day and found it intriguing and challenging. Hopefully you will find the choice to provide a link to it in my blog an ironic one. Adam

In the 1950’s one of the great scientific races of all time ended. The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the building blocks of life, opened the door to many more significant scientific breakthroughs in our time. This discovery has had a huge impact on our understanding of life as we know it, and in particular has provided the framework for some very significant developments in the areas of medical research and criminal investigations. In the twenty-first century a new race is on, for the elusive “theory of everything”. The challenge here involves drawing together multiple, widely accepted, but at times seemingly contradictory theories (such as quantum theory, the theory of relativity, string theory, etc) under a single unifying whole – the so-called, but yet to be discovered, “theory of everything”.This challenge is proving particularly elusive for scientists, but I believe the church also needs to embark upon a similar quest lest it continue on a path of segmentation ...

It's been 10 years since the disastrous events of my honeymoon and in that time I've told this story plenty of times, but have never actually sat down to write it out. I thought that since it's now 10 years since my diagnosis I would take the time to write out what happened to my wife and I on what was supposed to be a celebration of our new marriage... So here goes... Megan and I were married on the 18th March, 2000 having been together since 1994. Megan was 15 when we started going out at The Salvation Army's Music Camp and I was 17. We've been together ever since. The weather on that mid-March Saturday was a scorching 35 degrees. The men in the bridal party had been out playing golf the day before and we all got sunburnt. So I was feeling a little tired as a result, and so the night before the wedding I had gone to bed early. I remember my sister-in-law, Kate, had made the boys lunch - lasagne... yum! But strangely, I didn't eat it all. Anyone who knows me ...