Entries from August 2008
The Kettles on…Gourmet Blend
August 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
Popped into MacBeans last week to pick up some beans and was feeling indecisive so I told the server that I had enjoyed the Old Brown Java I had a month or so ago and she recommended Gourmet Blend – Strength Rating – 4/5. "A combination of dark roasted Indonesian coffees and our [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life
Election into Mission
August 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
Election is of course, in the light of the whole Bible, election unto salvation. But is first of all election into mission." -Dr. Christopher Wright, Mission of God p. 263, 264
The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand NarrativeISBN: 0830825711ISBN-13: 9780830825714
HT: Take Your Vitamin Z
Tags: Theology Thoughts
I am Overfed
August 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
My Google Reader is stuffed to the max with RSS Feeds and despite my many valiant efforts I seem to collect more and more subscriptions. Afraid of missing anything I only unsubscribe from those feeds which veer off the subject for which I subscribed to them (which I accept may be the most [...]
Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · Web 2.0
Donald Miller prays at the DNC
August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
There will surely be a critique of his involvement and the contents of the prayer, but all in all I think it is very well written, with a balance on the political issues at hand and a recognition that it is Gods inbreaking into the lives and society of America. Father God, [...]
Tags: Christian Living · The World · politics
Olympic Visions
August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I have really enjoyed the Olympics this year, it has been brought into my morning habit for the last couple of weeks and it has been great to see Great Britain performing so well (apart from some unfortunate flag waving by my look-alike cousin-so I’ve been told), here are a few photos from over the [...]
Tags: Entertainment · Miscellaneous · The World
My two cents on writing your CV or Resume
August 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Although I am not in HR I have been running a department for a couple of years now and am in charge of contracting individuals for specific projects, therefore I have seen a lot of CV’s, and I have decided partly in order to outwork my own frustration with CV’s but also hopefully as [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life · The World
My Financial Hypocrisy
August 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off
I was perusing face (stalker) book yesterday morning and came across some photos of a friend who visited The Call DC when it was on recently. My first thought was, wow, that looks great, but I then I began to think ‘how much did it cost to put an event like that on? How [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Worship
The need to redress the balance in Charismatic Churches
August 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
Though I wouldn’t self identify with the label Charismatic, I certainly believe in what are commonly referred to as the ‘gifts’ and have observed the tradition close up in recent years. With all this said, the recent events have highlighted to me once again that the charismatic tradition needs to take a long hard [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips
Mid Week Round up
August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I only had time to add the technology links from last weeks end of week round up, so here are a few that were left off but still deserve to be plugged. The Center for Barth Studies publishes a new version of the Shorter Romans Commentary Christian Audio are giving away Augustine’s [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips · Theology Thoughts
Is Theology actually useful for the Church?
August 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
I was recently asked quite a common question so I thought I would share my two cents and see if any of you had any thoughts on the subject. The Question was really more of a statement which wanted an answer: "Sometimes I wonder what use theology is for real people in real churches" [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Justice · Theology Thoughts · Worship
