Entries from October 2008
The worst of all times is the best of all times for missions.
October 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
During an economic downturn we are more dependent on God. That is the most fertile soil for creating missionaries. During an economic downturn unreached people around the world do not expect you to come, but to look out for yourself. So they may more likely see your risk as love rather than exploitation. [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous
The gospel frees us from the gods of this world
October 24th, 2008 · Comments Off
“So for example, the world is not increasingly secular. It is always secular, by definition, and the Church is here for the sake of this world. But it is not that society is secular while Christians are religious, but rather the other way around. All members of this secular society are propelled by unnameable forces, [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Theology Thoughts
I want to be an aspirational Catholic Cardinal!
October 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off
I stumbled across this today and thought it was too good not to share, all those you know me (and my secret aspiration to be a high flying Catholic Clergyman ;) listen up for what may be the best Christmas present/board game you can buy this year. Vatican – The Board Game! I [...]
Tags: Entertainment · Miscellaneous · My Life
MacBook vs. Macbook Pro
October 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I mentioned earlier this week that I couldn’t see much difference in the Macbook/Macbook Pro lines, and this exhaustive comparative article from Gizmodo in some ways confirms my suspicions and makes me wonder whether a high-end macbook is the better choice!
Tags: Apple · Technology
Racist Theology?
October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Race: A Theological Account: J. Kameron Carter: Books
Appended to the end of my already long, must-read books is the above Race: A Theological account. Fortunately I am able to taste of the book through various blogs who have mentioned it and particularly Jesus Creed who have run a series on it. My interest [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips · Justice · Theology Thoughts
More Apple Updates – New Macbook line Review
October 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments
The rate at which Apple renew their product lines is somewhat exhausting, but I had paid more attention to yesterdays product updates as they were for notebooks, which is on my list of to-buy items this year as my iBook G4 is showing its age and infuriating my wife (still enjoying that novel term!) with [...]
Tags: Apple · Technology
Back to Hat tip
October 14th, 2008 · Comments Off
I am back from the time off for our wedding and honeymoon and there will be some blog posts on the way soon, particularly, I hope on South Africa, which I found a fascinating country. But for now I am just pointing in the direction of things that are catching my attention on the web [...]
Tags: Apple · Christian Living · Church · Hat Tips · Technology · Theology Thoughts · politics
Worship and Discipleship by Josiah Gillespie
October 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Josiah is one of those great people in my life who I dont have to see for ages and we can still hang out and have a great time. Although he may not remember it, he very patiently taught me how to play my first song on the guitar, a worship song at that. Along [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church · Worship
Some Expected and Unexpected Turbulence
October 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Apologies everyone, for reason beyond my control the blog went down for a good while this week but seemsto be back up and running now!I am on my honeymoon in South Africa right now, which has just been incredible.While Im away my good friend MikeH will be doing some guest blogging.Mike is the guy geeks [...]
Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · My Life · Technology
