OK its time to say it: I am bored of the US presidential election now. It just seems to go on and on- not like our brief and ‘civilised’ campaigns at all! I know depending on which side of the fence I am on I should be worried that one of the guys will destroy the planet by not cutting down on the pollution that the USA spews out on the world , or that the other guy will destroy... Read more
My sermon notes from sunday are online, I preached on Moses and included the five solas of the reformation. Heb 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. Heb 11:24- 29 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26... Read more
Here is a very interesting blog by a chap who declares himself to be an ‘ex-gay’ > Read more
Daniel is a Christian suceeding in the secular music world- his CD is really fantastic. You would think that he’d had enough “bad luck” this year following his car crash, but now the headline reads Hacker deletes half of pop star’s forthcoming album from his laptop Read more
What does it mean to have the SPirit of the lord on you? It means you have a mission to do, a mission of bringing good news to the poor. There are enough poor and needy out there for us to try and bring God’s love to- lets do it! <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src=”http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/js/?action=doPassageQuery&passage=Isaiah+61:1″> Read more
Look, lets put it this way, I want to know who you are. I know I get several hundred hits a day, and since I am having a mini-haitus at the minute, it only seems fair to declare open season. Who are y’all (and how many of you aren’t simply search engine robots? So, its down to you, I would love as many of you as possible to comment on this post leave a link to your own blog if... Read more
Much loved by such great lights as Spurgeon, Mc’Cheyne’s reading system is now available via both the blogdom of God and the reformed blog aggregator. Yet another reason to set one of them as your home page! It is challenging to our lazy world that it was commonplace among ordinary Christians in a byegone age to read the bible through at least once a year. My son Henry lies in bed every night listening to a sermon, why couldn’t I... Read more
Hat tip to A New Kind of Christian “MONEY The Brits have peculiar words for many things. Money is referred to as ‘goolies’ in slang, so you should for instance say ‘I’d love to come to the pub but I haven’t got any goolies.’ ‘Quid’ is the modern word for what was once called a ‘shilling’ – the equivalent of seventeen cents American. MAKING FRIENDS If you are fond of someone, you should tell him he is a ‘great tosser’... Read more
Scientists are great at studying and confirming the obvious Science now believes forgiveness is good for your health Research suggests that forgiveness works in at least two ways. One is by reducing the stress of the state of unforgiveness, a potent mixture of bitterness, anger, hostility, hatred, resentment and fear (of being hurt or humiliated again). These have specific physiologic consequences such as increased blood pressure and hormonal changes linked to cardiovascular disease, immune suppression and, possibly, impaired neurological function... Read more
Mark has some excelent advice for preachers which he explaines well: 1. Always check your sources as carefully as you can. 2. Never tell fictional stories as if they were factual. 3. When you’re not sure if a story is true or false, admit your uncertainty. 4. It’s always better to be safe than sorry. If only more people acted like that. Read more
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