Geographical comparison

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Lachlan Wetherall

In church at the moment we are working through John’s gospel, and a couple of times Arthur has shown us on a map Jesus’ movements around Judea and Galilee, and made the observation that the distance between Galilee and Jerusalem, is pretty similar to the distance between Newcastle and Sydney – a journey that we Novocastrians are very familiar with. Just to see this visually, I’ve used Google Maps and a bit of cut-and-paste to put the east coast of NSW next to Israel – and the similarity in distances is indeed strikingly close.

(Click on the map to enlarge.)

Meta-vegetative reasoning

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Lachlan Wetherall

Wetherall’s Primary Epistemological Principle (based on meta-vegetative reasoning) :

Just because I don’t like carrots, doesn’t mean that carrots don’t exist.

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Delighted by

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Lachlan Wetherall

Currently delighted by …

The Queen’s Christmas message 2012 in which she reminds us that Christmas is about Christ who came, not to be served, but to serve.

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Chappo

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Lachlan Wetherall

I just heard tonight that John Chapman, long time evangelist in the Sydney Anglican diocese passed away a couple of days ago, aged 82. I never met John, but heard him speak at numerous conferences – always engaging, always passionate for the gospel, always biblical. I have a deep gratitude for John’s work, particularly his transformative work in the Anglican diocese of Armidale – for it was in that diocese, many years later, where many faithful gospel preachers followed in John’s footsteps where I became a disciple of Jesus in 1981.

With his passing, he is now at rest with the Lord. Thank you John.

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Disagreeaphobia

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Lachlan Wetherall

I’m getting pretty tired of proponents of gay marriage impulsively labelling people who disagree with them as ‘homophobes’. People who disagree with stealing don’t get labelled theftophobes, people who think lying is wrong don’t get labelled as deceitophobes.

I’m beginning to wonder if all these people who jump at the ‘homophobe’ label aren’t just a bunch of disagreeaphobes?

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Disgusted / Delighted

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Lachlan Wetherall

Currently disgusted by … institutions like Google and NASA who resolutely avoid mentioning “Christmas” and use the horrid and hollow phrase”Happy holidays” instead.

Currently delighted by … Her Majesty the Queen, who in her 2011 Christmas address ends with a great reminder that Christmas is about Christ our Lord, who brings forgiveness.

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Difficult passages

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Lachlan Wetherall

In bible study group last week I was dealing with a tricky passage (1 Cor 11:2-16). Here’s the thoughts I shared with the group on how to approach difficult passages.

It is important not to ‘skip over’ difficult passages in the bible. Even the hard bits are God’s word.
The fact that there is a difficult passage that we don’t fully understand shouldn’t bother us too much. It just means that we aren’t infinitely knowledgeable. (Something that is quite helpful for some of us to be reminded of.)
Don’t let what is unclear distract you from what is clear.
Use what is clear to help you understand what is unclear.
You don’t have to understand every thing in a passage in order to understand some things clearly.

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