March 2004

Individualism debunked

March 13, 2004

I still cant get the pictures of millions of Spanish citizens on the streets out of my mind. I have posted a fair bit about the tragedy further down this page. It strikes me that when we face danger, we tend to unite. I get the feeling though that there may have already been a [...]

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What did the church ever do for me?

March 13, 2004

So what is the point of church? Why is it important? Why does it exist and what can it do for me? Should I actually be asking the question ‘What can I do for the church?’ Like the Romans, there is much that has been purely practical that the church has accomplished. Great social movements, [...]

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And still they are not firmly saying its Al Quaeda

March 13, 2004

The BBC reports “three Moroccans and two Indians” have been arrested in Spain in connection with the bombings. Yet, coverage here still seems reluctant to jump to the conclusion most of us have- this is almost certainly no ETA attack. Of course the implications are not good. Despite the ‘war on terror’ these people can [...]

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Bloggers on Madrid

March 13, 2004

Back Seat Drivers has got things well covered and is well worth a read. Media Biteshas links to UK newspaper articles Instapundit has wall to wall coverage as you might expect. But many of the blogs I read regularly don’t seem to have picked this up. I wonder why?

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More on Madrid….

March 13, 2004

Broken Masterpieces states: “A Horrible Reminder – We Are Still At War”

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Pictures of the demonstrations…

March 12, 2004

One Hand Clapping has some photos, but turn on that TV and see the video- I am sure that it will jolt into realising that a whole nation is in mourning today.

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A nation resounds

March 12, 2004

The images of towers burning, the second plane hitting the tower, people jumping and the towers falling are what will remain with us all from 911. I felt disconnected from the events in Spain before I switched on that manufacturer of the global village- the 24 hour news channel. Having seen the pictures I now [...]

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Terrorism fatigue….

March 12, 2004

It is one of the aweful consequences of the terrible events of 9/11 that when several bombs go off, narrowly avoiding detonating all in a major train station (which may have led to the collapse of that station) but still leading to around 200 deaths does not have the impact it should. We all stopped [...]

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The Cell Conspiracy debunked

March 12, 2004

Just when I thought I could begin to breath easily, Mac strikes again. The so-called Vessel of Honour is rattling my cage once more “A long time ago, I read that the practice of cell groups as used in churches is actually a satanic invention used to fracture the unity of the church and destroy [...]

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Restoring the church

March 11, 2004

I believe with Mac that the church is far from perfect. I believe that in fact some churches do more harm than good, and should probably not even be called churches. I believe that churches need to change, and that we have a responsibilty to work to restore the church to biblical models. Its just [...]

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The great ‘unchurched’ debate continues….

March 10, 2004

Over at Ochuk’s Blog in a post “The Value of Church” the Mac Swift view of church is still being discussed! In my view churches only change in the direction their leaders want to take them. Staying in a church to change its direction is rebellion. We must find churches we can submit to and [...]

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Track Back now active!

March 7, 2004

Well I am exctited now, if you want to track back a post from your blog to mine (thereby gaining a link) you can do it easily. Not as easily as if I ever manage to get myself on MT of course……..

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A ceasefire imminent?

March 6, 2004

MAc is being concilliatory! Having quoted the following Scripture- Jeremiah 23:3-4 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed [...]

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Tony Blair’s speech on the war, and how the world is changing post 9/11

March 6, 2004

Yesterday Tony BLair made a crucial speech. The full texi is available at The Guardian: “The threat we face is not conventional. It is a challenge of a different nature from anything the world has faced before. It is to the world’s security, what globalisation is to the world’s economy. It was defined not by [...]

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Online sexual integrity.

March 6, 2004

A while ago I surveyed the readers of this blog and many of them confessed to problems with internet porn. Here is a program that should help. Even tho I am not a frequenter of porn sites, I have downloaded this program myself, so go for it if you are serious about sorting this problem [...]

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Unchurched beware!

March 4, 2004

Mac has gone too far this time. If he hadnt gone too far already with his original comment this certainly is beyond the pale- Sure,.but that was back then in a time when godly churches actually existed and were there for each other. Nowadays, such churches have been replaced by the “synagogues of Satan.” Those [...]

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Unchurched= heretics?

March 4, 2004

Mac: “It would suggest that I could not commune by prayer and spirit with Christians who are say, in California, or in Israel, and so on. It may not have the benefit of person to person contact, but Warren and those like him appear to completely discount the benefits of communing with the body of [...]

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Is Circumscision ‘Christian’

March 3, 2004

Joshua Claybourn’s Domain described the so called: “Christian/Western practice of circumcision.” Now this has always interested me, as I understand that circumscison is more widespread in the US than the UK. Over here, most Christians would see this as a JEWISH or MUSLIM practice (although a few might believe the myths about a health benefit.) [...]

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Are you really worth it?

March 3, 2004

Rebecca Writes on my blog comment section ‘Can you find any scripture that gives anything that God sees within fallen human beings as his motivation for redemption?’ I cant and I am sure you cant either. The gauntlet is laid down…….Any takers?

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A passionate resonse

March 3, 2004

Sarah’s Stuff!reports: “My cousin went and saw the passion and cried her eyes out- afterwards, she went to church and devoted her life to Jesus Christ. That sounds like a changed life if you ask me.” Of course, not to be too picky, but I guess we would all like to know what kind of [...]

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