Category Archives: Fun

2011 Blog Review

Posted on 06/01/2012 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Handel’s Messiah at Auckland’s Town Hall

Posted on 13/12/2011 by

Last week William Chong let us in on a great piece of Auckland news – The Auckland Choral perform Handel’s Messiah every year in the Town Hall! We just had to go. The church where Mandy & I were married … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar – A Modified Approach – Holiday Reading

Posted on 17/11/2011 by

We started following a modified approach to Advent Readings as a family several years ago. We basically start on December 1st rather than the traditional “4th Sunday before Christmas.” Here is the schedule we seek to follow: In addition to … Continue reading →

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Free Book Give Away to a Child in New Zealand – Athanasius by Simonetta Carr

Posted on 09/11/2011 by

I have one copy of Simonetta Carr’s latest volume Athanasius from the series Christian Biographies for Young Readers to give away! Here’s how this contest works: This is only for children 12 years and younger. The child must live in New Zealand. Please draw … Continue reading →

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RWC2011 – New Zealand All Blacks

Posted on 24/10/2011 by

We have really enjoyed living in Auckland, New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup. To top it off the All Blacks won! Our RWC2011 Photo Album is up on Picasa Web Albums!

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Themelios Review of R.C. Sproul’s Children’s Books

Posted on 18/08/2011 by

The kind folks of The Gospel Coalition included my review of R.C. Sproul’s children’s books in the latest issue of Themelios.   My pastor before I went to seminary used to tell me, “If you cannot explain your theology to … Continue reading →

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Howick Baptist Church’s YLC Highlight Video

Posted on 23/01/2011 by

We had a fantastic time at YLC. Sixteen of us from Howick Baptist Church attended for the week. Here is a highlight video put together by Dion Scrivener & William Chong.

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Advent in the Fleener House 2010

Posted on 04/12/2010 by

We are in the middle of shifting house! Wow, there is a lot to be done. In light of this we have started our Advent Readings for 2010 a bit late, however we did start last night. I always look … Continue reading →

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Google Map Directions from Japan to China

Posted on 05/11/2010 by

Check out step #43 is these Google Map directions from Japan to China! Very funny!

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The Dawkins Delusion

Posted on 26/08/2010 by

http://www.youtube.com/v/QERyh9YYEis?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1&border=1

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