Supporting some OzHipHop

After posting a few videos up on Dave's blog about hiphop, I thought I'd share something in the way of Australian hiphop.  True to the accent, not much MTV backing, and no bling = Australian hiphop.  This is one of the best and oldest hip hop crews in Australia, the mighty Brethren.  

Wizdm is a married father of three, and is an amazing popper and emcee.  

Mistery is a great all round fella, and excells in graffiti (Bounty Hunterz Crew), bboying and emceeing.  Check out this interview done with Maya Jupiter, Wizdm, Mistery and Chez done on ABC's Compass.  Also, if you live around Marrickville, Petersham or Newtown you're sure to have seen Mistery's murals on walls.  Here's a few photos you might recognise.

Oh, and did I mention they're committed Christians? Yes, these guys are great witnesses to Christ in the Australian hiphop scene.

Here's the clip, Intercepta from their last album, Beyond Underground:


INTERCEPTA by brethren from Mustard Empire on Vimeo.

Anti-Abstractionism

What's with the following phrases?

"X isn't Christocentric enough"

"X isn't Trinitarian enough"

"X is too Aristotelian"

"X is too systematic"

"X is too Scholastic"

"X is too intellectual"

These examples are different from one another, but I've been thinking a bit about this sort of rhetoric lately.

What are the following turns of phrase are getting at?  What're they trying to preserve? What sort of assumptions lie behind them?

"You can't see the atonement in abstraction from the trinity"

"You can't see Holy Scripture in abstraction from God's redemptive acts"

"You can't see revelation in abstraction from history"

"You can't see election in abstraction from redemptive history"

I'm going to have a crack at throwing some amateur thoughts down on the topic of theological method soon, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on this sort of thing!

Alice Russell - Hanbury Ballroom

Somehow, doing NT Greek seems easier with a bit of Alice Russell in the background! In case you haven't heard of her, check her out - she's amazing!