In his second 2007 New College Lecture Prof. Oliver O’Donovan focussed on admiring what is good.

In describing the core of the moral point of view in a biblical metaphor as “wakefulness”, we have observed that our moral thinking makes a journey from observation to obligation, from the goodness of the world to the rightness of some action that is available to us to do. The good, which is the reason presupposed in any purposeful action, is

Explore ‘Moral Reasoning’ with one of the world’s formost Christian ethicists and theologians.

In his first New College Lecture Professor Oliver O’Donovan used the metaphor of “wakefulness” - the mind alert to shape decisions and actions, to consider what it means for humans to make right choices based on what is “good” and “right”.

You have invited me to make the long journey from Europe to Australia. In return I am inviting you to

An article on economic theory and marriage in light of the Christian worldview.

Donald Hay and Gordon Menzies compare economic and biblical covenant descriptions of what marriage is in this article.

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Files: hay-menzies-economists-christians-and-the-marriage-wars.pdf

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Nicole Starling reviews what has been an influential book for her family.

Noël Piper’s, Treasuring God in Our Traditions (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003). The book considers at a very practical level the development of Christian family traditions. In the context of an avowedly post-Christian society, ‘family traditions’ have a function that is more critical than ever before, both within our families and in our mission to the wider society.

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Aligning biblical wisdom and research.

In this article Trevor Cairney considers how closely research evidence and biblical wisdom are aligned and concludes that there is much that they have in common.

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On 25 June 2007, Emeritus Professor Martinez Hewlett and Professor Ted Peters gave a talk entitled ‘Darwinism, Creationism, Intelligent Design and Theistic Evolution: A Comparison’ in a joint CASE/ISCAST (Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology) lecture.

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• Lecture only (57:00; 6.52 MB);
• Question time (46:18; 5.29 MB);
• PowerPoint presentation (PDF—two slides per page; 1.16 MB)
• PowerPoint presentation

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In May 2007 CASE ran a one-day conference entitled ‘Human Need and Christian Care’. The conference focused on the question: What is distinctive about a Christian approach to human need? That is, what does a Christian approach to human need look like? Is it any different from approaches to care in other religions, or in the secular world? Who should be involved in it, and how?

Audio from the conference can now be downloaded by CASE Associates in

On 14 May 2007, Greg Clarke gave an address for ISCAST Sydney called ‘Where Dawkins is not a scientist’. (Download: 4.64 MB; 40:32)

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In this piece Professor Richard Bauckham provides a response to the claims of the documentary.

You have no doubt heard reports in the media (for some time) about the claim that the tomb of Jesus has been found. Channel 10 in Sydney screened a documentary last night which was originally seen on the Discovery Channel. CASE featured an article on this topic in CASE magazine #11 that was distributed to Associates in July. It might also be worth sharing

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In his autobiography, the Australian political intellectual explores his attitude to death, punishment and the hope of resurrection.

Brilliant writers of the last hundred years tended to spend their lives wrestling with Christianity. Samuel Beckett obsessed over the promises of Christ in plays such as Waiting For Godot. D.H. Lawrence was gripped by the Bible and attempted to re-read into it a pagan spirituality. C.S. Lewis was hunted down by the

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