Entries from August 2008
Delta Spirit to play Conan O Brien
August 18th, 2008 · Comments Off
Jon and the guys are playing on Conan! Watch out for it on September 3rd! Here in the UK I guess we’ll have to wait for some youtube action. But turn on your sets people and blow the ratings to support them. Im super-pleased for them as they have been touring like nobodies business for [...]
Tags: Entertainment · Music
End of Week Technology Round Up
August 14th, 2008 · Comments Off
After work today we are driving down to Glasgow for our good friends Martin and Lindsay’s wedding, so I’ve posted the end of week a little earlier than usual. I was waiting for this to happen: so called ‘tethering’ turns your iPhone 3G into a wireless modem with 3G Internet speeds (thanks to an app) [...]
Tags: Apple · Hat Tips · Technology · The World · Web 2.0 · travel
Please Pray for Todd Bentley
August 13th, 2008 · 13 Comments
I received an official looking email from an organisation today saying that Todd Bentley has begun Canadian law divorce proceedings with his wife. I haven’t blogged at all about the Lakeland happenings or the subsequent Pentecostal excitement surrounding it primarily because I couldn’t trust myself to give a balanced account of it due to my [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts
Let us follow Him Patiently
August 13th, 2008 · Comments Off
“My dear brother, we must not mind a little suffering for Christ’s sake. When I am getting through a hedge, if my head and shoulders are safely through, I can bear the pricking of my legs. Let us rejoice in the remembrance that our holy Head has surmounted all His suffering and triumphed over death. [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips
Short Thoughts: How the word Biblical is mis-used
August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off
When we use the pre-cursor ‘biblical’ to justify something we are offering endorsement to rapists, liars, thiefs and dictators, just because the bible documents something, it does not call us to emulate it, without first excercising discernment. Sent from BlackBerry® wireless device
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21st Century Missions – John Gillespie
August 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Believe it or not, its been a month since the last post in this series from Jamie Arpin Ricci who gave what were for me, some really insightful answers in the question of Missions funding. Here’s the second in the series from my good friend John Gillespie who interestingly enough, is also working for YWAM [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Theology Thoughts
To Know God
August 5th, 2008 · Comments Off
“There is no deep and stable spirituality that does not acknowledge what an utterly profound privilege it is to know God and be reconciled to him by the crucified Messiah.” – D. A. Carson, The Cross and Christian Ministry (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Books, 2003), 52. HT: Of First Importance
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips · Theology Thoughts
Visual Words
August 4th, 2008 · Comments Off
Its interesting to see some visual interpretation of the words used recently on this blog. Thanks to Wordle – A great solution when there is no time to blog. HT: TSK & JasonClark
Tags: Blogging · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous
End of Week Round up – update
August 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
Here’s a great place to find free religious audio books of a catholic persuasion TheologyForum have written an interesting post on the nature of Apologetics IPSUM ESSE has written some useful reflections on Aberdeen’s Francesca Murphy’s book "God is not a Story" which cannot be purchased for any less than £60 according to my research [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips · Technology · Theology Thoughts
Words are just Words, Right?
August 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
I have been thinking about writing today and had a realization that writing is in fact a form that language that I increasingly enjoy. I am certainly not the worlds most natural writer, anyone who has met me face to face will know my primary language function is certainly verbal, but I have grown aware [...]
Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · My Life
