April 2004

Those who preach the concept of being ‘unchurched’ as a new and sensible response to the apostate state of much of the church today need to listen to John Calvin. Thre were such even in his day, and this is his response (thanks to Jollyblogger) “Others, again, sin in this respect, not so much from [...]

EVery now and then, I intend to highlight a quote on Meekness as much as anything to remind myself! Actually I believe meekness is an important attribute of a blogger. It doesnt stop us from collectively trying to improve the positioning of Christian blogs, so that the message gets out. It does not stop us [...]

It bothers me greatly that Messy Christian who today reports she was Depressed in church. Again! is far from unusual among Christian bloggers. I understand entirely her frustrations with church- it very much isnt how it should be much of the time. I fully understand her comments “I believe in the concept of church, yet [...]

the Telegraph reports ‘Zimbabwe never had food shortages before. Mugabe has caused this famine’: “Food shortages have pushed Zimbabwean prices to unaffordable levels. A loaf of bread in Bulawayo costs 2,500 Zimbabwe dollars, the equivalent of 30p, but also the same as the average monthly pension. As a result, an estimated 5.5 million Zimbabweans depend [...]

The Sun- UK’s biggest selling newspaper and a well known tabloid, reports on the death of a teenager who was a sunday school teacher in a baptist church. She fell from the newest roller coaster. Perhaps unusually for tabloid journalism it is very responsible in its reporting stating: “BRITAIN’S theme parks are extremely safe, despite [...]

ALthough it seems a long time ago, Tope Koleoso an elder at my church preached an Easter sermon entitled ‘Christ our curse’ which is now available to listen to.

Snooze Button Dreams: reports “Lovely Wife and I went to relationship counseling once. Our ‘facilitator’ seemed likable enough and our session started out pretty well. At one point she said something along the lines of ‘It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.’ She then asked me [...]