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Not Found 29 Dec 2012 | 02:24 pm
Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here. It’s a bit like looking for Jesus at his tomb: “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Filed under: Status ...
Tipping, God and the gospel 12 Aug 2012 | 04:37 pm
It’s easy to assume that the ‘way we do things around here’ is ‘the way everyone does things’ or at least ‘the way they should do things’. Going to another place then, especially another country, expo...
map of the week 13 Jul 2012 | 11:07 pm
Okay, well two actually. “London as seen from the Tube: the map that distorts the physical capital” thanks to Oliver R for that link. Also “Digital divide: the geography of Internet access” – reprod...
Losing What You Idolize 16 Jun 2012 | 12:51 am
“We always lose the very thing we idolize. This is why the besetting sin of doctrinalists is that of irrationalism. Read through the transcripts of church trials from staunchly doctrinal churches, and...
For those who mistakenly think the Bible condones polygamy 13 Jun 2012 | 08:45 pm
In the current debates about the contested meaning and nature of marriage some question the idea of a ‘traditional’ view of marriage based on the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures. For example this p...
Avner de-Shalit on the Spirit of Cities 1 Jun 2012 | 11:15 pm
Avner de-Shalit speaks in a podcast on ‘Social Science Bites’ on social science research into ‘the Spirit of Cities’ including the intriguing assertion that London does not have such a spirit (12 minu...
a worshipping people 31 May 2012 | 05:48 pm
An outline from a talk for a student pastorate about being a worshipping community: Colossians 3:12-17 | A worshipping people The reason for worship – worship flows from being chosen and saved (v12 ...
a call to martyrdom 31 May 2012 | 03:07 pm
The more we get what we now call “ourselves” out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become. There is so much of Him that millions and millions of “little Christs,” all di...
Mwarriage (again) 15 Mar 2012 | 05:28 am
Worth a read is this from Paul Blackman, “Legal recognition of marriage and the way of Jesus”. A quote: Local churches are the places where Christian marriage is defined, where we disciple one anothe...
Mwarriage 15 Mar 2012 | 05:02 am
I’ve been giving a lot of thought in recent days to marriage, church and state. I have different kinds of stake in each of these so it seems necessary and important. I find myself agreeing with Daniel...
