UPDATE: Maggi Dawn (55.7k) - which changes the picture a bit. I'll include her in the next update. Do let me know about others I've probably missed, it's a big blogosphere...
The Great Book Giveaway
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I’ve got ten copies of my book that are literally asking me to give them
away. So I’m going to. Here’s how this is going to work: Subscribe to this
blog by...
Mars and Venus
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Tonight, right next to the moon in the night's sky, you can see Mars and
Venus.
Mars is, depending on orbit, between 56,000,000 kilometres and 309,000,000 ...
Faith of Christ
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Thomas Aquinas: “Trust is the expectation of help; and trust was found in
Christ in that in accordance with human nature he looked for help from the
Father...
Hello, Advent
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Listening to: 'Come Thou Long Expected Jesus' by Red Mountain Church
On Sunday morning, I had the pleasure of leading the service at church, and
the preach...
Liberalism with a new lick of paint
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In my contribution to Reforming or Conforming? I argued that in several ways
the emergent/emerging church agenda resonates with the theological
liberalism ...
Mugged by God
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Abraham's grandson, Jacob, was a usurper and schemer. He secured that which
was not naturally his and the promise God swore to his grandfather and
father...
Preaching in Antigua
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For the past couple of days, it's been a blessing and joy to be with and
serve the saints of Antigua and the Eastern Caribbean Baptist Mission, led
by good...
Story #2652
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Thinking it as so unromantic that it WAS romantic, I proposed to my wife in
the dark parking lot of the mall, one knee down on the wet pavement.
December Book Giveaway: Total Church
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This month I’m giving away a free copy of “Total Church” to any new or
current subscriber to The Fool’s Gold. Here’s what to do: 1. Subscribe to
The Fool’s...
Britain can be a lonely place
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"Community life in Britain has weakened substantially over the past 30
years, according to research commissioned by the BBC. Analysis of census
data revea...
Why is the Old Testament shut out of church?
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Ralph Davis holds the distinction of writing the only Bible commentary that
has doubled me over in laughter. A hilarious Old Testament Bible commentary?
I ...
How are babies so perfect?
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Me, dotingly: I don’t think that Morrow has ever sinned. Orison,
matter-of-factly: Morrow can’t sin. He doesn’t have anything in his head.
Posted in Parent...
World AIDS Day & REDWire
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The problem with ribbons, bracelets and t-shirt campaigns is that they are
two-a-penny which dilutes the impact somewhat. Which is why they’ve become
polit...
Why I Won’t Be Attending Brian McLaren
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“Machen on McLaren: a New Kind of Liberal?“, an article presented at ETS by
Michael Wittmer, highlights some of the theological reasons why I won’t be
goin...
A Manifesto for Simple Living
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A couple of months ago I explained how a sermon by my friend Phil had
changed my life.
In it I posed many questions that were raised in me. (I think the be...
Purify Yourself
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The apostle John gives us some D.I.Y. advice. Overwhelmed at the great love
the Father has bestowed on us by calling us his children, he further
contemplat...
A Great Servant; An Evil Master
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It's a question you've probably asked. Why is it that when you are looking
for a house, driving slowly down a darkened street straining to see the
number...
People are Lonely
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Sometimes when I write about community I do so with instinct, i.e. 'I think
this is the way it is' but haven't done the hard work of researching it for
fac...
A Thousand Hills
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There's no doubt what I've been most thankful for in the past few days: My husband. He'd been in Rwanda, and got back just in time for Thanksgiving.
He went...
Pierced for our transgressions
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This morning I finished reading 'Pierced for our Transgressions:
Rediscovering the glory of penal substitution'.
I've been reading it with a friend at chu...
World Aids Day
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Life in South Africa has been lived somewhat under the shadow of HIV/AIDS
for over a decade now. Conservative statistics put us as having 5.5 million
peopl...
The scariest prayer I’ve ever read
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This week I have been struggling with Luke 17. It is an extremely
challenging and convicting passage. Indeed, Jesus’ honest and condemning
teaching on Sin ...
More Monday Morning Musings
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Been working so much I haven’t had two seconds to put together a coherent
thought. So here are a few disjointed ones. *** I’ve got to believe the
biggest u...
MLJ On the Mind-Numbing Qualities of Television
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On Friday I shared a quote about why Piper doesn't own a TV. I can't find
any evidence to suggest that the Doctor also abstained from this modern form
of e...
Film Review - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
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*Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG)*
Dir. Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
Reviewed by Matt Adcock
It’s a jungle down in your local cinema this week as a craz...
passion to plant
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I was 11 years old when God filled me with His Holy Spirit. It was a
profound and life changing experience. One of the lasting effects has been a
passion f...
What drives you, ultimately?
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Interesting discussion with a respected family member and Christian of long
standing (a Methodist circuit preacher and retired church leader). He had
read ...
Advent.....
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Today is the first Sunday in Advent, and this evening, I will light the first Advent candle in our wreath. We time this as a family, so that wherever we are ...
Advent Sunday
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Today is the beginning of Advent, the season when the church traditionally
looks forward to Christ’s return. Daniel Newman’s excellent post here
explains h...
On Beauty
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As a painter I am very interested in the way things look. Likewise, when I
write I consider carefully the aesthetics of the words I choose and the
allusion...
Best HD Camcorder
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I have been using my digital camera to capture video clips of my kids. But
it dawned on me as I finally got round to editting some of it that I was
going t...
Keller on preaching to the heart
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The CDs of Tim Keller’s six talks on ‘Preaching to the Heart’ from the
Ockenga Institute of Gordon-Conwell Seminary have been one of my top
recommendations...
Ben Davies @ RFC
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In September 1992 I went to church at the Kerith Centre in Bracknell and
walked into the life of Ben Davies. He was passionate for Jesus. His honesty
was s...
Farewell Ali - Brighton Misses You Already!
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Yesterday, our dear Ali set off from Heathrow airport back to Sydney of her
homeland Australia, after having spent about a year and a half here with us ...
If Only They Could See Me Now
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Quite an eventful day today really. I nearly collapsed in my “Civilisation”
class when I got a test back with 16/20 and “c’est bien” written across the
top...
Music and Light
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Somewhere in the "enlightenment" we lost the light. We lost the numinous. We
lost beauty and have only the media used, we lost the music and have only
note...
Interview with Jerry Bridges
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Next week I plan to resume the series on procrastination (unless of course
I don’t get to it until the following week).
But today I have the privilege...
Taming The Tongue: a new series
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* 'For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what
he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put
bits...
athanasius: the most important gospel defence ever
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Part 2. From ‘The Story of Christian Theology’ by Olson. Athanasius (the
“Black Dwarf”) succeeded his teacher Alexander as Bishop of Alexandria. He
was...
Facebook chat takes over msn!?
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Just as a bit of a sidetrack... has facebook chat taken over from msn? I
have only just switched on facebook chat and I am enjoying the chance to
chat to p...
Tuesday lunch
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Just a quickie to ask for some prayer please! I've mentioned before that by
the grace of God, most of the people I work with know that I am a Christian.
Th...
Time with my dad
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One of the highlights of my weekend away at my parents was Sunday afternoon,
going to the pub to watch footy with my dad. Although West Ham did win,
which ...
The Colossian Jesus
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That hideous thing "The Gospel conversation." For years it was the holy
grail I pursued with particular friends, when I waited for the opportunity
and the ...
Keller: Belief in an age of skepticism
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Tim Keller at Berkeley. Giving a talk for about half an hour as to the ways
people respond to the 'religion problem' followed by Q&A:
Getting ready for marriage
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2009 will give me the privilege of marrying couples in our church (being a
little rural non-conformist this is not something that occurs very often).
What...
Happy 525th Birthday
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Today, 10th November is the 525th anniversary of Martin Luther who was born
in 1483. The Desiring God Blog have marked the occasion here: Thank God for
Mar...
the audacity of hope
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‘For all the shortcomings of the campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama
offer[ed] hope of national redemption...Given Mr Obama’s inexperience, the
l...
The Provocative Gospel
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Put like that we see that this gospel absolutely cuts across our right of
self-determination. It cuts across all worldly claims to ultimate authority
or ki...
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