Monday, November 19, 2012

mind the gap

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There is a gap between our love for the gospel and our love for godliness. This must change. It's not pietism, legalism, or fundamental...
Saturday, October 06, 2012

the sermon of a man who stayed up all night praying

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Preparing to speak on Jesus' 'sermon on the plain' in Luke 6. It's hardly a model to follow by today's standards of what...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Did Paul have a mission strategy?

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The point of this post –and Schnabel’s point–is not to overstate Paul’s strategy. For the most part he didn’t have one. He went where peopl...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

How will you help those who follow?

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There is always a sense in which every minister must finish his life's work in the same position as Moses: on top of Mount Pisgah, overl...
Saturday, February 04, 2012

church & numbers

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Kevin deYoung has an interesting piece here on numbers in church (people, not the OT book). It includes some helpful observations by Leslie...
Friday, February 03, 2012

you need to waffle

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Well, sort of... Seth Godin identifies that most issues are both simple and complex and, somewhere along the line, nuance is necessary. Sub...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

my first book has just been published!

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OK, I'll admit that sounds rather grand, so I'll come clean and humble: it's a self-published book, available on Kindle only (do...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

don't go to sleep angry

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Why not? Well, the Bible encourages you not to do so. And now science is chiming in, too... Their take-away point? "S leep strongl...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

how to kill your mission

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In this interview , John Dickson was asked about how to effectively engage the broader culture. His remarks, although pertaining to Australi...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

how the song functions (leithart)

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(from this article by Peter Leithart, on the Song of Solomon) The Song helps us relearn what nearly every civilization before ours alrea...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

the justification for reading novels

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This piece might be all you need to convince yourself it's a valid, pastorally-wise, humanity-enhancing activity. And it is.

the effects of stress in utero

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This is a helpful insight into how the experience of stress in the life of a pregnant mother can have ongoing implications for her child in...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

making a difference

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One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you're in the room... Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you're ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

Oh no!

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Apparently, memory loss begins earlier than previously believed - can't remember where I read that, mind you.....
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

helping others combats depression

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Doing something nice for someone else often leaves people feeling good about themselves and positive about their place in the world. Bu...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

access to books at home & a child's educational progress

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This piece over at The Telegraph draws on studies into children's educational prospects in relation to whether their homes contain book...
Monday, January 02, 2012

worried about your health?

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Then why not try this intervention?
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Humilitas: John Dickson - some helpful quotes

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Humility is the noble choice to forgo your status, deploy your resources or use your influence for the good of others before yourself. More ...

creative animation; great song

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predicting outstanding achievement

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Modesty probably prevents you from listing 'outstanding achievement' as an ambition but this article by Jocelyn Glei has some helpf...

tips for decision-making

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From an interesting article over at the 99% , here are the 5 takeaways: 1. Satisficers or maximisers?   Gathering additional information...

making your preaching worth the cost

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Actually, the title of the article is Making your presentations worth the cost but it has a lot of helpful advice for preachers - none of ...

the doctrine of creation and the state of the economy

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Another article in today's Guardian ruminates on Why Britain Should Think About Doing Things The German Way , highlighting the decline ...

hardwired to read books

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Over at The Guardian , Gail Rebuck has written about humans being hardwired to read books. She makes the point that technology has shown t...

ending the year at zero

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One of my aims for today is to make sure that: - my inbox is empty (it usually ends most days that way, so not such a big one) - my go...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Kindle books at 99p (or thereabouts)

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Here's some of the 99p bargains I picked-up this week (the sale is ongoing as we speak): Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Armitage) ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

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My brother Robert lives there..... Harbin Ice & Snow Festival

good design in the christian life

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"Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas" says Yves Behar in this interesting video over at the 99%. Seems to be esse...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

An inside job....

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He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.  He came to that which was his own, but his...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

over the rhine: days like this

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