December 2003

Healing Iraq

December 20, 2003

Healing Iraq: “If you had lived all your life ruled by a tough dictator elevated to the level of a god and then suddenly without warning watched that dictator displayed to the public on tv as a ‘man’, you probably would have related with my position. The images were shocking. I couldn’t make myself believe [...]

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Law and Grace

December 20, 2003

Recently I have been preaching on the life of David. Powerpoint files are available for three sermons David the servant king, The strength of the King and The character of the King The last one speaks a fair bit about law and the Christians attitude to it. One of my hearers has posed me a [...]

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A kind of justice…..

December 18, 2003

BBC NEWS’John Simpson reports “Saddam’s capture is an extraordinary melodrama. Ad Dawr, where he was caught, was where he was born, where his appalling stepfather used to humiliate him and beat him. It was a place that he hated. One of his confidantes told me that when he drove past it he would turn his [...]

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Christmas through the eyes of a 4 year old boy

December 18, 2003

Henry was asked today by me to tell the Xmas story. He was asked what happened to Mary and Joseph. He answered ‘Mary died and so did Joseph but Jesus didnt’

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spam trap page

December 17, 2003

Spam Bots go away!!!! Why not visit the spam trap page instead! Or why not Contact Us here In theory if we all do this the spam bots will die. In practice I doubt it!

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Two ten year old girls murdered by a school caretaker

December 17, 2003

The news of the Soham murdersrocked the UK. The verdict today delighted us all. The man who told us the girls both died accidentally in his house has been shown for the liar he clearly was. He will remain in prison and surely in his case life will really mean life. His girlfiend who was [...]

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Another ‘non intellectual’ evangelical blogger.

December 17, 2003

the evangelical outpost is talking about Breaking Out of the Evangelical Ghetto and how liberals seem to think we have no brain cells to rub together. Well, you can add my name to the list of evangelical bloggers. I am a medic, who has got specialist degree (member of the royal college of psychiatrists) and [...]

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The pope approves of ‘The Passion’

December 17, 2003

The pope’s view of the Passion: “‘It is as it was.’ “

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Where do you look for happiness?

December 16, 2003

Since man fell in the garden, he has too often sought for his enjoyments where the serpent finds his. (SPurgeon) It is unfortunate that many people think being a Christian involves running away from joy. Many believe that having fun is somehow ungodly. The reality is that it is not the search for pleasure that [...]

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Watch what you say…..

December 16, 2003

Thanks ChristWeb “Rudolph’s Revenge” is the funniest thing I have seen in a while!

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The day that Christmas carols fell foul of the PC brigade

December 16, 2003

Whatever next?!?! The Telegraph reports that it is no longer ok in one part of the UK to advertise a carol service: “‘I am quite dismayed by this. I was told that if it was simply a carol service it might have been OK. But because it was a service with an act of worship [...]

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The Obvious- or is it?

December 15, 2003

I want to talk about one of my favorite blogs tonight. Its written by a chap who seems to struggle with the idea that he and I could have anything in common. He speaks a lot in his blog about blogging bringing people together and causing us to re-examine things. But it seems I am [...]

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Which philosopher are you closest to?

December 15, 2003

According to SelectSmart.com I agree 100% with Aquinas and 98% with St. Augustine- how do you score? OK, time to be honest, the first time I took the test somehow Kant beat these two to first place- don’t ask me how! So I thought about it went back and found I was closer to these [...]

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Sadaam in prison and in cahoots after all?

December 14, 2003

Sadaam having been captured alive, evidence has emerged suggesting the Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam after all.

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Smart Mobs

December 14, 2003

The future is here already…… Smart Mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support democracy and by others to coordinate terrorist attacks.

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Old habits die hard

December 14, 2003

Ming the Mechanic: “An old rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open, free and exciting is waking up.” HE speaks presumably about the web, blogging, the open source movement and the potential we might all start actually working together for the common good- shocking thought! Maybe I am a skeptic, but although I can [...]

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Older and growing…

December 13, 2003

Older and growing… Explains these four ways of running a project-which he learnt from Eddie Obeng ^ ^ ^ Do you know how to do it? What? – No How? – Yes PAINTING BY NUMBERS   What? – Yes How? – Yes MAKING A MOVIE   What? – No How? – No FOG   What? [...]

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Bringing things together……

December 13, 2003

Thanks to The Obvious? for pointing these out to me….. A Field-Guide To The Associative Nature Of Our Own Minds.: “The brain has no hard edges; neither does information. There are no gray interior walls to prevent ideas from wandering across the boundaries between and among fields. Many paths of curiosity lead to intellectual, artistic [...]

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Improved Blogdom of God

December 13, 2003

I have improved the Blogdom of God page layout. You can even search archives of many of the best Christian blogs in one place!

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New Guest Map!

December 12, 2003

Click on the button on the top right of this screen to add your name, weblog URL, email address and comments to my guest map. We can then build up a map of the world of where you are all visiting from!

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