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Three Days of New Experiences
Over the past 3 days, Thursday to Saturday, I have had some interesting new experiences. Watching newcastle get annihilated by old rival Brisbane was not one of the most enjoyable.
Attending an Eastern Orthodox funeral on Friday was a cultural education. It was about as foreign as it could be, even when the priests chanted in English. Hard to believe how diverse Christianity can be in its various expressions.
The three day "Chalcedon Conference" on apologetics was very stimulating, especially the forum on Christianity and science led by Dr Alister McGrath (from Oxford) and the contributions by Dr Ross Clifford (Baptist college Sydney) on "new age" and the importance of pastoral care in apologetics. The key speaker, Ravi Zacharias, was also quite interesting, but more preachy. Met some interesting people, including Dr Jim Harrison (Wesley Institute) who was going to help supervise my thesis till deakin stuffed him around. Lots of thoughts to follow up and more reading to do.