Jollyblogger believes that depression can be sparked by idolatory: “idols begin as desires which may be good, bad or innocuous. But we often raise the bar on desire and call it a need. Once we elevate something to the status of ‘need’ it becomes something on which our well being depends. “ There is no doubt in my mind that much depression in Christians is caused by false expectations. We believe that being a Christian should mean all our problems... Read more
JOLLYBLOGGER: as awarded this week’s Jolly to Ambra Nykola at Nykola.com for her three posts titled ‘Why I am Not a Republican.’ Its nice to read a reasoned article about American politics that doesnt go something like “he sucks, my one is cool so vote for him!” Read more
I have now set up a list of newfrontiers churches with webpages over on the Jubilee Church site. I will probably stop highlighting churches over here and do it there instead. Read more
Is addiction simply an illness as Doctor in the house feels? The simple fact is that medical science is rock-solid in conclusion that alcoholism and addiction are well-established disease processes, comprised of genetic, physiologic, and mental illness components. As a quick MEDLINE search will demonstrate, there is a vast amount of medical literature addressing this disease in its many medical, psychological, behavioral and social aspects. Is it rather a social phenomena where we are all to blame for the downtrodden... Read more
Thought I’d highlight some lesser known blogs over on blogger.com. These days blogger has many of the features beloved of MT users- as a blogger user myself I hope that the blogger blog is taken seriously by all those of you fortunate enough to be able to install MT. The joy of blogger is its ease of use and the fact you can literally be posting within minutes. So here goes Scotties Blog is angry about the election campaign This... Read more
One gets the feeling that increasingly politics in other nations have an important impact on your own. Michael Howard is the current leader of the Conservative Party (the party that still lies in the shaddow of Margaret Thatcher). He will stand against Blair in our next elections. Howard has managed to acheive a feat no right wing leader in the UK has ever done. He has been banned from meeting President George Bush. The white house is furious at Howard... Read more
For more information on Terry Virgo, the leader of newfrontiers follow this link where I have collected a wealth of links from around the web or read my interview with Terry Virgo. Terry Virgo is a great hero of mine. I have been priviledged enough to meet him, and unlike many of our modern day Christian leaders he is incredibly humble and approachable. Having founded a network of newfrontiers churches that spans the globe he continues to be full of... Read more
Have found a site which aims to be the home for Reformed bloggers– I wonder if they will kick me out for being charismatic? Read more
Terry Virgo is the founder of the group of churches I am thrilled to be a part of. If you are disatisfied with the state of the church today, this is a must-read book. I can’t recommend it enough. Unfortunately it is yet to be published in the USA so if you want it, you will have to order if from Amazon UK– it will be well worth the wait believe me, and we in the UK are often ordering... Read more
I have already spoken in my earlier posts about the vital need for us to recognise that Christian’s should expect to be able to change. Some types of counselling seems to focus on trying to find explanations for why we are the way we are. This is only ever useful if it is the first step to enabling us to change. The bible is full of commands that we are expected to fullfill. It is no use us simply saying... Read more
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