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Sunset over mountains in Lebanon, to the north of Israel. Advent is upon us, the end of the academic year approaches, and for our final reflection on mountains in the Hebrew Bible I want to take you to a special unnamed place. There are many references to unnamed mountains in Scripture. For example, in Deuteronomy …
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An address to the Baptist Historical Society of NSW by Rev. Rod Benson, 4 November 2010. Part of the large crowd gathered to listen to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic apology speech to members of the Stolen Generations in Canberra, 14 February 2008. Introduction The year is 1968, the year of my birth. There are …
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Sheona Beaumont, The Bible in Photography: Index, Icon, Tableau, Vision (London: T&T Clark, 2024). 227pp. ISBN 9780567706539 Reviewed by Dr Rod Benson Women grinding wheat at Ramallah, Palestine, early twentieth century. Photo: public domain. In this book, British academic Sheona Beaumont explores the photographic representation of biblical narrative through the lens of twentieth-century cultural criticism. …
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By Dr Rod Benson Melbourne prison escapee Ronald Ryan is taken to police headquarters in Sydney after his recapture, 5 January 1966. Ryan was hanged on 3 February 1967, the last person to be killed by the state in Australia. There are strong arguments for and against capital punishment.ย ย Some claim that crimes such as terrorism, …
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By Dr Rod Benson, October 2002 At their best, counselling and counsellors facilitate healing, growth and wholeness in every field of human experience. The efficacy and goals of relationship counselling in general, and emotionally focused therapy, are usually more modest. In my experience healing is always a relative process, and absolute wholeness is an elusive …
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