Christian Life

Women who can read have children who live longer.

by Eddie 19.08.2010

My friend Dave has written an extremely powerful piece for the Wycliffe Bible Translators Magazine; Words for Life. Anée wept bitterly as she held her baby close to her chest. She was filled with a confusion of anger, grief and guilt. She was supposed to have taken the medicine herself and the baby would have [...]

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God’s Plan for My Life

by Eddie 19.08.2010

Many Christians that I have come across are fascinated, obsessed even, with discovering God’s plan for their lives. I must admit that I’ve never really had a sense of any plan in my life. I’ve gone from one thing to the other as it seemed right at the time, if there is a plan in [...]

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Burnout

by Eddie 11.08.2010
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Image from ASBO Jesus. I was intrigued that Think Christian should have an article on Clergy Burnout on the same day that Jon Birch posted the cartoon above. It is well worth reading this article, especially the comments. I found this one very insightful: You only find the word Pastor mentioned once in the New [...]

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Peace

by Eddie 29.06.2010

I’ve not done a survey or anything, but I suspect that most Christians would say that peace was important to them. Mind you, I also suspect that many Christians might be a little hazy about what they actually mean by peace, but they know it is important! Lately, I’ve found myself reflecting on what we [...]

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Upside-Down and Inside-Out

by Eddie 16.06.2010

Jesus’ call to follow him, to discover in the present time the habits of life which point forward to the coming kingdom and already, in a measure, share in its life, only makes sense when it is couched in the terms made famous by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; “Come and die.” Jesus didn’t say, as do some [...]

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Middle Class and Middle Aged

by Eddie 19.04.2010

Hamo has just posted a radical call to discipleship for people like me. It isn’t comfortable reading, but it is absolutely vital! I am very conscious of my own selfish desires for more stuff and a nicer house with ocean views and a bigger TV, but I am equally conscious that (while these things aren’t [...]

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David and Goliath

by Eddie 12.02.2010

Some brief thoughts on David and Goliath which may appear in my book if I ever finish it. David first makes an impact on The Story in the famous episode where as a small boy he defeats the giant, Goliath. This is often presented as an amazing spiritual act, where tiny David, armed only with [...]

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All Greek To Me

by Eddie 07.02.2010

Over the weekend, Clayboy has posted a short piece which touches on one of my pet hates in preaching: One of the biggest warning flags in a sermon comes when the preacher says: “Now, in Greek, the word is … which (literally) means …” Sometimes they know what they’re talking about. More often they are [...]

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False Dichotomies in Mission

by Eddie 13.07.2009

This is the first of two posts I’ll make today about work by Chris Wright. (It does seem as though having the Wright surname is a help in writing good Christian books -sorry). Koinonia, the Zondervan theology website has a couple of excellent posts on false dichotomies in mission by Chris Wright. He makes a [...]

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God in the Small and the Mundane

by Eddie 23.02.2009

Tim Chester has just posted a great little post on the spirituality of washing up. At first glance it sounds silly, but if we are serious about having Christ in all areas of lives, that must include when we are up to our elbows in soapy water: How do you know a legalist has done [...]

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Translating and Being Translated

by Eddie 01.11.2008

I had to write a short piece about Bible translation recently – around 200 words. I’ve added a word or two below, but this is essentially the same piece. Some of you may recognise it. The role of a Bible translator is to adapt Scripture in an appropriate fashion for a given cultural and linguistic [...]

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Ten Commandments of Blogging

by Eddie 26.09.2008

A week ago, I had a very pleasent lunch with Krish Kandiah of the Evangelical Alliance talking about how to get British Churches more interested in the Bible. Today, Krish has taken a step up in the social stakes and gets a mention in Times columnist Ruth Gledhill’s blog. The context is the outcome of [...]

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