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Mission

The Missional Nature of God

Some thoughts…. 1. Mission Belongs To God Mission is first and foremost an activity of the triune God who calls us to join him in his work. This means that mission needs to be based on a relationship with God and an understanding of the character of God. All our activity must allow us space […]

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Mission

Outward Focus

I’ve been very busy over the last few days and I’ve not had much time for blogging. Fortunately, Brian Russell has made my life easier by posting an excellent piece on the nature of mission. The dominant mode of communicating the Gospel is summed up in the command: Go and make disciples of all nations […]

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English Bibles

Inspired Translations

I’m reluctant to say anything more about the King James only debate, but this post from Pastor Matthew is too good to ignore: But to suggest that the King James Version is the inspired and inerrant Bible for the English speaking people is ludicrous. If one wishes to discuss the merits of its translation relative […]

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Politics

The BNP On Question Time

Last night, Nick Griffin of the British National Party appeared on the BBC’s flagship discussion programme, Question Time. The programme itself was actually rather dull. Almost all of the questions concerned the BNP and it’s policies. It would have been much better to have had a more wide ranging discussion around the issues of the […]

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Reviews

Illustrated Bible Commentary Series

Zondervan have put the Genesis volume of their new illustrated commentary series online. I’ve not had time for more than a cursory look at it, but what I’ve seen is very impressive. I’m also more than impressed with the interface that they use for showing the book, it’s very clever. It is only available till […]

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Mission

Am I a Dinosaur?

Over the last few years a lot has been said and written about short-term mission work (try this and this for a start). Responding to this trend,  Karl and Sun Dahlfred ask whether long term missionaries are obsolete. Thankfully, they answer the question in the negative – I don’t want to become extinct just yet. […]

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Mission

Something Good to Read

The latest edition of Words For Life, the Wycliffe UK magazine is just hot off the press and available for download. The magazine celebrates ten years of Vision 2025 and has lots of interesting articles, including an introduction by me (don’t let that put you off): Back in the spring of 1999, I remember sitting […]

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Church: World

The Church in the North

I have to give a presentation on the Church of the North (Europe and North America) at the Global Connections Conference in a couple of weeks. I have some ideas as to what I should say and I’ve got a couple of books to read, but I thought I’d ask the erudite readers of this […]

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Reviews

New Testament Resources

Ben has just linked to the site for the book  Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey by Mark Alan Powell (http://www.introducingnt.com/). In Ben’s words, this site contains a goldmine of NT resources. There are students notes, teachers notes, powerpoints all sorts of good stuff and what is more: all of this […]

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Do Not Use

Wade Davis on Endangered Languages and Cultures

Thank you to my friend Dave for pointing out this excellent video. It takes a little over twenty minutes, but it is well worth the time. “Language is not merely a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. It is a flash of the human spirit, the means by which the soul of […]