Byrnesys Blabberings

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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I read this quote today and thought it would be a good preface to our discussion on mission. Sometimes the technicalities and practicalities of missiology seem to eclipse the focus of mission instead of serve it. In Mission we must always be motivated by the fact that we cannot be silent because of the [...]

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Yes, only one post since last weeks round up and I have a plethora of posts for you. I am wondering if these round ups are overkill, but I do enjoy cataloging the finds for my own use at any rate. Andy White has re:launched his site with a fancy new design and [...]

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True but, if you are a Christian then essentially there is no choice about whether you’re a theologian or just ’someone who goes to church’, the question is actually, are you a theologian with good theology or bad theology.Bob Kauflin has written a book, which from what I can gather speaks through the theology of [...]

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I dont want to run through the regular arguments of Universalism, there are many sources for that and many that are far more eloquent in their description than I could hope to be. In essense Universalism is the belief that in the infinality of existence, God will indeed save all, whether or not they professed [...]

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Maggi Dawn posted this superb quote on Prayer the other day, which makes me think I need to read something by Philip Yancey:God in a life behind schedule… "Increasingly, time pressures crowd out the leisurely pace that prayer seems to require. Communication with other people keeps getting shorter and more cryptic: text messages, email, instant messaging. We have less [...]

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Original Post here: Please Pray for the Chapmans. There’s an encouraging account of the memorial service for Maria Chapman is written by Jim Houser here.He encourages us to continue to Pray:"Friends, it was such a difficult, yet sweet time. I urge you now to pray for this family. Be intentional. Set an alarm to go off on [...]

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Please Pray for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family as a terrible accident killed their youngest daughter and particularly for their teenage son who was driving, a memorial blog has been set up to leave your condolences with the following message: Maria Sue Chapman, adopted and youngest daughter to Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, was killed [...]

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It’s been a while since I’ve written an electric guitar series post, mostly because I haven’t played in months now. A Very sad state of affairs indeed, but since there is no longer any worship band and no amp so there has been no playing.There was good prospect recently when a local music forum I [...]

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Today I will have my last ever exam for the Masters degree I’ve been working on for the last 4 years at Aberdeen University, it’s, unsurprisingly for many of you, on the Theology of Karl Barth. It seems to have been a very long time since I came here to Aberdeen and a lot of [...]

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