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Mid Week Round Up

July 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Theres plenty to get through today, normally there is a bit of a smorgasborg of topics, so decided to divide the round up a bit more topically this week (needless to say the topic headings are hopelessly inadequate), let me know if that is useful: Theology/Church Stuff: Scot McKnight just started blogging through [...]

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Advice to Missionaries

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

John Piper quotes Adoniram Judson who has some good things to say regarding missionaries - that is wherever we are called (yes, that means you), Some of these points are interesting in light of the missions series I have been running. it was so engaging I have posted it in its entirity:(Author: John Piper) As I [...]

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Tags: Christian Living · Church · Theology Thoughts

Gospel Conviction

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

“If you know what He has done at infinite cost to himself - He’s put you into a relationship with so that you’ll never be rejected by Him - then your motivation when you sin is to go get Him. You want fellowship with Him. When the thing that most assures you is the thing [...]

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Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts

21st Century Missions - Jamie Arpin Ricci - Further Questions

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

After some very insightful words regarding missions and finance from Jamie earlier this week, I thought Id try and pick up on some topics he mentioned and hear what he has to say. Thanks again to Jamie for contributing to this, if you don’t already subscribe to his blog at http://missional.blog.com I [...]

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21st Century Missions - Jamie Arpin Ricci

July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today we get into the first responses to the questions I asked last week and begin with Jamie Arpin Ricci who in his own words is "a missionary/church planter and writer, serving with Youth With A Mission for nearly 15 years.  He lives and serve in the inner city of Winnipeg, share life [...]

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Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts · Worship

Start of Week Round up

July 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I had a particularly hectic week last week with graduating at the start of the week (see pictures here) , then working in London for a few days yet not getting to see any action at Wimbledon!..now I am back on terra firma and able to give a tour of my rss reading catch up. [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous · My Life · Theology Thoughts

Praying with Hauerwas

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

In London with no wifi at the moment but I mentioned a little while ago that Scott Prather had given me some of Stanley Hauerwas’ ethics lectures, I’ve been working through some of the lectures and found that I very much enjoyed his opening prayers, so I will share one for you below, [...]

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Surprised by Hope

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

"Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are possible, options are not shut down, new creation can happen." - Surprised by Hope, Tom Wright

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Where do you get your Theology Books from?

June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have a few shelves of good theology books building up but I was wondering when I see the walls of professors offices, and some theology blogger’s lined with books, how do people build their theological libraries. Many Theological texts are well north of £30 and certainly many of the bloggers and prof’s [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Theology Thoughts

End of Week Round Up

June 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Jim Martin shared some excellent insights on waiting as a spiritual discipline from Richard Foster. Halden lists texts to read before you go to seminary, interesting, and vast selection, No time for a summer job with this reading list! Some Commentators weighed in with some others too, firstly Wess Daniels, then in response [...]

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