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August 2005

The Theology of Rubics cubes

August 15, 2005

PyroManiac has been blogging about the theology of the Rubiks cube: “One of the things you quickly learn is that you can’t move one piece without affecting at least one other piece. And most moves displace at least three pieces. It’s a three-dimensional object lesson about the inevitability of causes and effects, as well as [...]

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The God of new beginnings

August 15, 2005

I thank God often, althought perhaps not often enough, for his amazing grace. A previous scourge of the blogosphere who by his oen admission was brought low by his own foolish words is back. Many of us will have known “The Berean” by another name. I met him in the flesh once and discovered that [...]

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Bad women drivers?

August 14, 2005

The Mahaney women seem unsure of the provenence of these photos regarding women drivers – Girls Talk

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Blogging about life-changing preaching – Im a blogfather again!

August 14, 2005

Joseph Pearce has recently started coming along to our church and has found our preaching to be life-changing for him. He has set up his own blog and shared his story there. I found it very encouraging, do pop along and say hi to him and welcome him to the blogosphere. His blog will appear [...]

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ESV NOT the easiest read after all.

August 13, 2005

I am afraid I made a basic but honest mistake in my previous post on the ESV being an easy read, which the ESV folks have graciously and honestly pointed out to me. With the revised figures the ESV tends to come out as perhaps we might have expected somewhere between the NIV and the [...]

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God’s Will and the fruit of the Spirit.

August 13, 2005

Good morning, I know for some of you it’s good afternoon. The blogosphere is a little slow this morning, well, except for politics. One story I want to highlight is at The Christian Mind and is about learning the Will of God for our lives. Jollyblogger also highlights it and has some additional thoughts. Question [...]

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Is the ESV the "easy-reading" bible translation?

August 13, 2005

Every now and then facts come along and expose a set of myths. The myth of the day is that when choosing a bible translation you have to balance between accuracy and ease of reading. Most people, when the ESV is mentioned wouldn’t immediately think it was an easy read- it is after all marketed [...]

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What is the original sin?

August 12, 2005

Brad at Broken Messenger, is asking for comments on what the original sin was in the Garden of Eden. Brad asks: Was it Eve’s pride/arrogance in thinking that she could be like God? Was it Adam’s? Was it Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God’s command? Was it their unbelief that God would not really allow [...]

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Revelation 20:1-6

August 12, 2005

From Guest writer Glenn.Ahhh Dear John H,Good old Rev 20:1-6. To me it is not that unclear, but then I am a classical premill type of guy. So to me it reads as is. Jesus will come back at some point and reign on earth for a thousand years whilst the devil is constrained in [...]

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When is it not "Legalism"?

August 12, 2005

I sure hope I’m not going outside my “guest” status but I want to put this out there for discussion. Full disclosure: Adrian’s post about legalism sparked something in me and I started working on my input for the discussion. I had spent about 15 seconds glancing over the post before going to work so [...]

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Revelation-the most unpopular book in the NT

August 11, 2005

Whilst Adrian is on holiday he has asked me to guest blog, so here is my first effort. (I hope it is okay Adrian)The Book of Revelation must be the least read book in the New Testament. A lot of Christians have either never read the whole book or having read it once have decided [...]

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Blogging takes the place of conversation sometimes

August 11, 2005

Some of my friends who read this know that all too often when I meet them face to face the interesting thing I wanted to say to them they have already read on the blog. Boy, can that take the wind out of my sails “Yes, Adrian we know all about that – you blogged [...]

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Are you losing your religion? Let Colossians encourage you!

August 11, 2005

Legalism is a very pernicious thing. Every religion has its rules and regulations, and we are great at manufacturing them. For some Chrisitans its the cinema- thou shalt not! For others its drink- no not even a drop! (UPDATE: of course for an alcoholic a personal decision not to drink may be very helpful, provided [...]

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Social Styles – comfortable roles in church

August 11, 2005

It is more than a month since my last post in the long-running Social Styles series. I am not sure if anyone is interested in the rest of this other than me, but hey whats stopping me wittering on about this a bit before I go on haitus. Incidently, you will notice a couple of [...]

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Some Cadmus Blogspotting

August 11, 2005

*tap, tap* Is this thing on? Hello everyone, Cadmus here and Adrian has been kind enough to allow me to help hold down the fort while he’s away. I’ve been knocking around the idea of giving you an in-depth biography but I think I’ll let you get to know me mainly from the work I [...]

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Around the Blogosphere

August 10, 2005

This post has been entered by Matthew Self of The Gad(d)about. Adrian has accepted my offer to post interesting and unique links to news and other blog entries while he’s on break. Like Superman, I promise to use this new power for good, not evil. A brief glance around the Web: Dr. Mike at Eternal [...]

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A Whole New World Mag Blog

August 10, 2005

A Whole New World has opened up as Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost takes on the World Mag BLog. Tim Challies is in the loop to do reviews and there some other formidable names. I will be watching how it works

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Have you ever made the same dreadful mistake twice?

August 10, 2005

Reuters.com: “BERLIN (Reuters) – A 75-year-old German was so shocked he had accidentally run down his wife he started forward and drove over her again, authorities said Wednesday. Police in the western town of Bad Nauheim said the man compounded his 73-year-old wife’s misery after an onlooker told him he had just run her over [...]

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Die by the X-Box – laziness in our work-shy culture.

August 10, 2005

This dude quit work to spend more time gaming. What does that tell us about the state of the workforce! Reuters.com reported that at the end of a marathon session the “S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games” Man that says something to our culture!

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How to show love: give em a good hug – it has health benefits!

August 10, 2005

If you listened to my sermon on love at the weekend or online and are looking for a good way to act on it, this post will give you one idea. Spread a bit of love around- give them a gug BBC NEWS report on the health benefits of hugging ot the heart: “Both men [...]

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