Rod Benson, Moore College staff devotion, 6 February 2023 Opening of a new building at Moore Theological College, 1 King St, Newtown, Sydney, in 2017. We all face challenges and uncertainties in life. We feel the impact of our past, our family of origin, our environment, the choices we make, and a range of events …
The Generative-AI Eruption
A new dawn in how we build [extract from an article by David Thompson in The Atlantic, Dec 2022] The story of the year in technology might be the emergence of AI tools that seem to trace the outer bounds of human creativity. Image-generating apps, such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, turn text prompts …
How to grow as a reader
Every year, since 1991, I have set a non-required reading goal. I track the number of books read (an inconsequential measure), and the number of pages read for books that I finish (for me, at least, this is what’s important). Some books may appear interesting or important but after having commenced reading it is clear …
Knowing a just God
A sermon on Psalm 94 A plaque on the wall of Pastor Ralph Williams’ study at Immanuel Gospel Church, New Britain, Connecticut, bears this inscription: “When the Lord looks me over he will not judge me by the degrees I have earned or the awards I have won but by the scars I have incurred.”[1] …
Knowing a gracious God
A sermon on Psalm 78 Psalm 78 is unusual in at least two ways. First, it is the second longest psalm in the Bible (after Psalm 119); second, none of its 72 verses is addressed to God. It reads like a sermon, not like a prayer or a hymn. As for its content, Old Testament …
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