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Quotes

Respect without Idolizing

Henry Neufeld gives us a rather nice pat on the back with this post and I’d like to return the compliment by saying that it’s one you should read – not just because he is nice to me! Just as we like certainty about the facts we use in living our daily lives, we also […]

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Mission

Missional Matthew

Brian Russel has just started would should be an exciting and challenging series on Matthew. This should be well worth following as this excerpt from his introduction illustrates: The Gospel of Matthew reaches its zenith in Jesus’ commissioning of his disciples to Make Disciples. (Matt 28:18-20)  Notices that this is not merely a call for […]

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Theology

Apparently I’m Emergent/Post Modern

Thanks to Doug for pointing me to this quiz which gives the definitive statement of my theological position – until the next quiz that is. I seem to remember that last time I did one of these things I was Weslyan (though I can’t find the quiz results now). I really should make up my […]

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Church: UK

The Problem with Preaching

The Baptist Magazine of New Zealand (which I’m sure you all read regularly) has an excellent article by David Allis which asks some hard questions about our current practice of preaching. I found what he had to say very persuasive, though I suspect that not everyone who reads this will be of the same opinion. […]

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Theology

John Piper, Tom Wright and the Apostle Paul

Doug Chaplin has finished a short, but excellent series on John Piper‘s book The Future of Justification. Piper’s book is an examination of Tom Wright’s  view on some aspects of Pauline Theology; what is often called the New Perspective on Paul (though the term was not coined by Wright). If you are interested in getting […]

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Christian Life

Christ on Earth

I’ve been reflecting more on the theme of how Christmas seems, all too often, to morph seamlessly into Easter which I started here and which Phil picked up on his blog. It’s not that I have an problem with linking Christmas and Easter, Christ did come to save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21) […]

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Bible Translation

God the Translator

Imagine for a moment that I only spoke Kouya and that I had something really important to say to you. How would I get my message across? Well assuming that gestures and an elaborate mime didn’t quite achieve the goal, I’d need to employ a translator. There are many theories about how translation works and […]

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Do Not Use

French Poetry

Thanks to Steve for sending me this via Facebook. It is an example of how French can be so much more poetic and expressive than English. Y est-ce deux dés? Hors métropole, cime sauf à roué. Nord aide luxe associé rires toussoutés. O Abel Yvelines, y est-ce deux dés? Cède un lit Armes nor’af semaine […]

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Christian Life

Are We Scared of Christmas?

I don’t mean scared of Christmas in the sense of worrying about how much it will all cost, or recovering from the annual fight to get round the supermarkets as people lay in enough food to survive the siege of Leningrad despite the fact that the shops will only be closed for a day or […]

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Computing/Internet

Strange Links

I’m always intrigued by the reasons people link to this blog. Generally the links are kind, though the odd contentious one does arrive. However, I just don’t understand why this link is on a blog called best jokes for you! I just don’t see my list of Christian blogs being something that would have people […]