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May 2005

Teamwork that will change the world- identifying differences

May 31, 2005

In the last posts of my long running series, I argued that churches led by teams of very different people will change the world and began to discuss what teamwork that will change the world looks like. The key point is simply this, that people differ in many ways, but that a simple but helpful [...]

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Calling all Arminian Prayers

May 30, 2005

One of the great things about the blogosphere is that you can to use David Wayne’s phrase “call out” people. Well, right now I call out all my Arminian readers out there and ask them to respond to this quote from Spurgeon. In his sermon NO. 52 “FREE-WILL A SLAVE” he claimed that the following [...]

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Blair is off the hook as the French vote NON

May 30, 2005

Blair is off the hook and must be breathing easier tonight. To most commentators the almost unspoken way the rest of his premiership was to play out was that he would fight and probably loose a vigorous campaign to implement the EU constitution in a referendum, then bow out gracefully making room for Brown (although [...]

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Controlling Personalities in the Church

May 30, 2005

Wittenberg Gate has two posts about dominating people in the church. The first describes individuals and the second what happens to a church when it is lead by an overly-dominant person. The bible never intended for the church to be lead by one dominant individual with no accountability. This is why team leadership is so [...]

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How to be a successfull blogger part 5 – a walk through a blog template cotd

May 30, 2005

I am working through my blog template, which can be downloaded at the last post in this series- How to be a successfull blogger part 4 – a walk through a blog template So far we have spoken about the title and begun to speak of the banner. It is hard to underestimate as I [...]

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How to be a successfull blogger part 4 – a walk through a blog template

May 30, 2005

I thought I would share my blogger template with you and speak through the things you will find in it. Although this is a blogger template which could be used in blogger with minimal modification, there are tips and tricks I will share here that will work in other systems. Web design is often about [...]

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Book Review: Hedges by Jerry Jenkins

May 29, 2005

The next group book review organised by Diet of bookworms is published today, this is my contribution, if you want to learn more about what other bloggers think about this book then why not pop over there. Hedges by Jerry Jenkins is a book of practical strategies to guard your marriage. It is one man [...]

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Quietness, rest and trust

May 29, 2005

Today’s McCheyne bible reading has this line in it from Isaiah 30:15 : “in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” This made me think of the post from a couple of days ago where I quoted Unvield face saying “I have had so many times of frustration in my life, getting irritated that [...]

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Blogging 101: becoming a successful blogger

May 29, 2005

Some people are still finding my short series on blogging of a while back quite helpful. For example Musterion has used it in his redesign. If the interest is there, I will gladly continue: Let me know what areas of blogging mistique you would like me to shed some light on and I will do [...]

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Unveiled Face

May 28, 2005

Unveiled Face has a great post about Ecclesiastes 12 and futility also citing Romans 8, and 1 Peter 1 he says: Wow! Only in Christ can we see two amazing truths: (1) That God himself subjected all of creation to futility, and (2) that in Christ, this futility itself is redeemed – futility becomes hope, [...]

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It is teamwork that will change the world

May 28, 2005

In what may seem like a digression from my series on the church I now plan to spend some while speaking about teamwork. A couple of previous posts may help to give useful background, firstly one on barriers to community, and secondly one on the one-anothers of the bible. These posts are part of a [...]

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Churches lead by teams of very different people change the world

May 27, 2005

It is important to note that the churches in Acts were led by teams. This was such a crucial thing to Paul that there was an occassion when he refused to preach when a door was open to him because his team were not with him. This point is so vital that I intend to [...]

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How does the ESV compare to other versions

May 26, 2005

Eternal Perspectives in a tongue-in-cheek way accuses me of being obsessed and says that the NASB and ESV are very similar. This prompted me to choose a passage of scripture and illustrate the way different translations have translated it. I will do this in order with more literal and/or difficult English first and less literal [...]

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Churches who’s leaders are genuine, spirit filled and full of faith will change the world

May 26, 2005

“..he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith” Acts 11:24 A good church starts with good leaders. There simply isn’t any substitutefor a good man who is filled with the Spirit and trusts his God. Leaders must have the gentle servant heart that Barnabus demonstrated.They must not be self-seeking. They [...]

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10 Questions for the ESV translators

May 25, 2005

Well, thanks to everyone for their suggestions and help for me in this unique opportunity I have been given to interview the ESV translation committee. Here are my choice of the questions submitted and quite a few more of my own thrown in for good measure! Watch this space for the answers coming soon….. 1. [...]

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Books every Christian should read : Recovering biblical manhood and womanhood

May 24, 2005

Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Edited By John Piper and Wayne Grudem) is essential reading to help you form your own position in what may be one of the most important debates in the church at the current time- how to respond to feminism. What I like about the book [...]

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Book review- The Feminist mistake

May 24, 2005

As part of a project with the diet of bookworms I have been reading The Feminist mistake The author does a good job of cateloguing the thought of secular and religious feminists. It is clear that to the author the last fify years is a story of how a biblical view of feminism has been [...]

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Bloggers: dont do yourselves down

May 24, 2005

The Gad(d)about:: “In the blogging world, however, we are all separated by a common audience. Warnock, UK preacher and popular Evangelical blogger, has earned his portion of it. I have not. Warnock writes with authority because he is educated. I attempt to write with authority because I’m foolish and have little better to do. The [...]

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The seven habits of highly effective people #1: Be proactive

May 24, 2005

I have been reading “The seven habits of highly effective people”. LikeDavids response to Seligman, whilst I take thebible as my authority, I will gain wisdom from any source that contains it. Covey’s first habit is “be pro-active” which is essentially aboutexcercising leadership of yourself initially. His message seems to be asfollows- Its time to [...]

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Churches characterised by faithfulness to the Lord and steadfast determination change the world

May 23, 2005

“he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose” Acts 11:22 It is indeed true that the Christian walk is not a sprint but a marathon. The bible clearly anticipates that believers will persevere to the end. I want to see a robust faith in God that clings to him throught [...]

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