From the monthly archives:

April 2005

Thanks for the many of you that have been helping me to design a new Social Styles in Church questionnaire. I think I have got it pretty much how I like it. If you want to know what the questionnaire means, perhaps if it is not too much trouble you could complete it one more time, and at the end it will tell you a little about what the results mean.

Newton’s Third Law is salivating at the return of the Daleks which will hit the UK screens this Saturday. Surprisingly no one seems to have blogged about the rather poor taste dig at Tony Blair that was made in the last episode. The plot centres around aliens who disguise themselves as politicians and there is a clip as follows-

The alien disguised as the Prime Minister: “Our inspectors have searched the sky above our heads and and they have found massive weapons of destruction, capable of being deployed within 45 seconds.”

Dr. Who: “He’s just making it up, there’s no weapons up there, there’s no threat”.

Harriet Jones: “Do you think they’ll believe him?”

Rose: “Well, they did last time”.

Whilst it made good TV, the BBC is a public service broadcaster. Surely during an election campaign they should not be airing a clip on an entertainment programme so obviously designed to embarass the prime minister?

Doctor Who- dabbling in pollitics and the return of the Daleks

April 26, 2005

Newton’s Third Law is salivating at the return of the Daleks which will hit the UK screens this Saturday. Surprisingly no one seems to have blogged about the rather poor taste dig at Tony Blair that was made in the last episode. The plot centres around aliens who disguise themselves as politicians and there [...]

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The Social Styles in Church Questionnaire v2.0

April 24, 2005

I know this must be annoying for many of you who are no doubt itching to know what your scores mean. I have ammended the questionnaire somewhat and it is now available to take online at Click here to take survey
I am afraid that there is still nothing to tell you about the results. Please [...]

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Blogotional: Preaching…

April 23, 2005

Blogotional: has a great post which ends:

“So what is my vision for preaching? Just this — it is a tool for my, and every other Christian in the congregation’s, use in their own ministry. Each of us is called to be intimate with another, and through that intimacy the Spirit spreads. Not all of us [...]

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Don’t disregard leadership, preachers speak up!

April 23, 2005

Doing the McCheyne reading: today from 2 Tim 2 the phrase “Let no one disregard you.” struck me. The NIV translates this as “despise” and I am sure that most readers would say of course I don’t despise my leaders. But I cant help but feel that the people I discussed yesterday [...]

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More on the ESV

April 22, 2005

The Spirit Formed Life: has written a great post about the ESV Bible

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Sermon preparation and "lay preachers"

April 22, 2005

Unveiled Face author Mick Porter describes himself as a “‘lay preacher” and shares how he prepares his sermons with us. Incidently, despite the fact that I have a “secular” job, “lay preacher” is a term that I have always resisted using for myself since I believe that we are all priests so there isnt any [...]

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Christian Hedonism blogging challenge

April 22, 2005

I found another entry- keep them coming in by email but in the meantime enjoy Dogwood Blue: Christian Hedonism is No Oxymoron

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Don’t listen to me- what do I know?

April 22, 2005

In real life I could be anyone. No matter how well you feel you know me from myblog writings its not possible to tell all kinds of really importantthings. What do you know about how I relate to my wife and children if allyou know of me is this blog?
It worries me a [...]

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Does Spirit-Less Preaching have power?

April 22, 2005

JOLLYBLOGGER: argues that the word preached can make a difference even if the preacher is in rebellion and not spirit-filled. I think that whilst it may well be true that this CAN happen, nonetheless it is not the ideal. There is definitely such a thing as the annointing to preach which is associated [...]

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How to preach a good sermon

April 21, 2005

JOLLYBLOGGER shares his thoughts with us on sermon preparation and Blogotional has an interesting quote on the difference between sanctification and justification. The quote seems to imply that man has nothing to do when he is saved. Whilst I understand where this is coming from, there is no doubt in my mind that saving faith [...]

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Media call for californian Christian bloggers (esp Catholic)

April 21, 2005

I have had my first serious media enquiry and I want to demonstrate to this journalist the power of the blog. Please if you are reading this and either write or know of a christian blog based in California can you leave a comment on this post. Our journalist friend can them simply [...]

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Please help me with my questionnaire

April 20, 2005

I could still use some more help on my questionnaire. All I am prepared to admit that the theory is that people will cluster around certain answers ie A’s B’s C’s or D’s. If you have already done the questionnaire, perhaps you could review your answers and send me an email with any questions where [...]

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