Beer, Preaching, and a Good Book

Ok, so it's a strange collection of topics... they just happened to come together in the space of a few days.

Thanks to Luke I've enjoyed a few beers from a Sydney boutique brewery called Red Oak, recently. I think this was the pick-of-the-bunch: an organic hefeweizen. Brilliant. 4.5 stars.

Thanks to Benny (for recommending the book) I read David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas recently. (Or rather, I finished it recently, having started it on the day of Sam Gough's wedding last year!) Very Good. 4 Stars.

Thanks to Tim Keller (a preacher from New York) I've been thinking about the reasons people dismiss Christianity out-of-hand. He reckons there are 6 in his culture (e.g. suffering in the world, the track record of Christians in history, etc.); and he recommends preachers regularly (like, every week) touch on them as they relate to the gospel and the part of the Bible you're dealing with.

The lecture gets 4.5 stars. (Get the lecture from here: 'Preaching to Believers and Unbelievers')