The Reverend John G. Ridley, M.C. Arthur Stace was “born again,” as he would have described his experience, on 6 August 1930 at an evangelistic service at St Barnabas’ Church on Broadway, Sydney. He soon began attending the Burton Street Baptist Tabernacle where Rev. John G. Ridley (1896-1976) was a regular preacher. Ridley himself was …
Who was Arthur Stace? Part 1
A diminutive figure crouches on the pavement in pre-dawn darkness, his right arm moving in rhythmic jerks. He stands, looks around, and moves on. Dressed in a black lounge suit and tie, with an overcoat over his left arm, his hat all but obscures a face like a character from a gritty Graham Greene novel. …
Vocation and the way of Jesus
Jorge Cocco, "Go and do likewise (the Good Samaritan)." Oil on canvas. In my last post, I discussed the universality of vocation and suggested that vocation is “the place where your deepest gladness meets the world’s deepest need.”[1] Here, I want to focus on “Christian” vocation and the thought of theologian Jürgen Moltmann. Those who follow the …
Why am I here? Thoughts on vocation
Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, discussing his book, The Purpose Driven Life. I work at the Donald Robinson Library, the centrepiece of Sydney’s Moore Theological College. Near the front doors to the Library is a glass-wrapped display case that often shows rare items from the Samuel Marsden Archives, another hidden jewel of the Anglican …
Publications and talks of Rod Benson
A list of most of my publications and public addresses as at 17 October 2024. Transcripts of my sermons are available here. Publications Books Here We Stand: NSW Baptists and Contemporary Social Issues (second edition; Glebe, NSW: Baptist Union of NSW, 2004). Book chapters “‘Extracurricular activities’: The ecumenical service of Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM,” in Erin …
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