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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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A short address to Moore Theological College staff by Dr Rod Benson, 3 June 2024. Today, my brief is to talk for five minutes about the unity of the Godhead, the nature of salvation, and the certainty of eschatological judgment. See John 5:15-24 (CSB). As a child of church-going parents, I attended Sunday School where …
An address by Dr Rod Benson at the Faculty & Staff Christmas Party, Moore Theological College, held at Petersham RSL Club, 6 December 2023 As a wordsmith rather than a mathematician, I must confess that when I was asked to step into Dr William Hood’s statistically significant shoes and manage the bell curve of today’s …
The following statement was adopted by resolution of delegates to the Queensland Baptist Convention Annual Assembly on Thursday 11 September 1997. The statement was moved by the General Superintendent of the Baptist Union of Queensland Rev. Dr Stan Solomon and seconded by Senior Pastor Rod Benson of Flinders Baptist Community Church in Ipswich, Queensland. It …
Address at a forum on asylum seeker policy, Lake Joondalup Baptist Church, Perth, 21 September 2014 The Bible and refugees In debates about asylum seekers, Christians are often caught up in the groundswell of public opinion, and face the danger of allowing popular fears or political allegiances, rather than biblical principles, to shape their perspective. …
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