Trinity Mount Barker

Many years ago, I was a skinny young kid in Boys Brigade in Darwin.  I was a member of the "Sensational 7th NT, Sanderson" as our wonderful leader, the late Paul Gillam used to call us.  In those days, which seem like a lifetime ago, we learned to recite The Object of Boys Brigade "The advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys, and the promotion of habits  of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness."

On reading the Adelaide Men's Convention website in preparation to register for AMC 09 I discovered the stated goals of AMC.  These are some great goals for a conference to have, and as it happens, I thought they are really just like a grown-up version of the Object of Boys Bridage!

    Men growing strong in their commitment to the Lord Jesus.
    Men giving God-honouring leadership in marriage, family, church, work and community.
    Encouraging vital men’s ministry in the local church.
    Men winning men to Christ.

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This is not a book review, as much as a notice of intended reviewing!

Voddie Baucham's new book What He Must Be: if he wants to marry my daughter doesn't seem to be available in Australia yet since it was only published 3 weeks ago. With the poor state of the Australian dollar I'm reluctant to buy too many books online at the moment, so I'm keeping it to the bare necessities from Amazon, B & N, ChristianBook.com & Monergism Books!

Anyway, being that I'm a father of a daughter, the title of this book grabbed my attention instantly. (OK, so Heidi is only 3, but I like to be prepared!). I've listened to a talk by Vodide Baucham about this topic (in fact, with this same title) and his assessment of what's wrong with much of how relationships are established today is very sharp. He doesn't shy away from pointing out the dangers and pitfalls in common relationship patterns and behaviours, likening the exclusive intimate relationships between teenagers and young adults to going shopping without any money - "either you're going to leave frustrated or take something that doesn't belong to you!" I'm pretty sure I'm going to like the book!

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