November 2004

What is freedom?

November 16, 2004

A reader said “as a Christian I have to understand freedom in the intersection between two scriptures, that while seeming to contradict, in effect form the boundaries of freedom. Freedom is not absolute in a moral and ethical society, which by its nature Christianity fosters and demands. John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you [...]

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Christian Carnival

November 16, 2004

Requests for the the entries to the next carnival to be sent to Stephen at his address. christweb (at) gmail.com The cutoff date is Cut off date is Tuesday at midnight EST Please put Christian Carnival in the Subject Provide the following: Title of your Blog URL of your Blog Title of your post URL [...]

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Joshua Clayborn is in the Agora

November 15, 2004

One of my favorite bloggers, Joshua Clayborn, is deserting his very popular blog for a brand new group blog called In the Agora: You’re in the Agora What is an Agora I hear you ask? Well the site tells us “The Agora, the civic center and marketplace, was one of the most important parts of [...]

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Visionary leadership or inspiring fear?

November 15, 2004

I recently watched a british TV programme that suggested that the reach of global terrorism had been overstated by modern day politicians to cover for their lack of the vision thing. The programme argued that in the past people were lead by the dream of a better future. Now in this age of zero ideology [...]

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Islam- reformation or an army on the march

November 14, 2004

Is Islam going through its own reformation? You would think so according to what is often said in the media. I totally understand the attempts of the western establishment to assist any attempt to reivent islam in the minds of the masses as a peaceful secular religion. If we cannot win the hearts and minds [...]

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A people divided by a common cause?

November 12, 2004

Like most British people there are definitely two sides to my perception of Americans. Firstly, I have to confess to a certain degree of admiration, almost envy. Everything about the US is so much bigger and more extreme than the UK. You are the world super power we Brits conquered other nations to be without [...]

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Evangelism and the Passion

November 10, 2004

I couldnt get very far without referring to my friend Jollyblogger. He has a typically great post on the relative lack of an evangelistic impact for the Passion. I am not sure I share his pessimism about preaching crusades however. People are saved by them. I do agree however that it is in fact a [...]

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"Has God ever healed you?" and thoughts on my return

November 9, 2004

A blog is like a friend. Neglect it for a while, and you feel embarrassed mildly on your return. In my case the embarrassment is increased by a sense of having terribly failed the Christian community by breaking the unbroken chain of Christian Carnivals. I still cant get the carnival up as now the hundreds [...]

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The fate of the world hangs in the balance

November 2, 2004

Or so the UK’s independent newspaper has it today. A few weeks ago I was expressing boredom with the US election, and I am sure glad that it is now almost over (unless the lawyers have their way!). It seems somehow appropriate that I have been on an enforced blog haitus at this time- as [...]

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