Churches Together Northwood (via Jon Harris) Love the “puzzle” picture … good reminder. The Kingdom of God 1 Just in time to refine my message thoughts on the Kingdom of God tomorrow. Looking forward to follow this new series by Scot. Ten Myths About Church Leavers (via Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog) I’m looking forward to read…
Month: July 2005
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Random Thoughts During the Rain
I was reading an article to be published on “the emerging church” and was so encouraged by the author being truly “conversant” with what’s REALLY happening (I’m happy to see the appreciation & acknowledgement of the global dimension in the conversation especially)… the gentle words of “caution” or at least “concerns” are also worth time…
Preaching on the Run
I’ve been waiting for Chris Erdman to kind of finish his posts then print it all out to read before I post anything up … but since I’m still trying to figure out how I lost my bookmarks and awaiting a miracle. I thought linking all the following will do me some good 😛 Preaching…
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Something strange happened again … is there a bug in Firefox .. how come I lost my book marks again? can anyone help? Therefore, I’m only in a mood just for these links 🙁 Reason to be cheerful (via Maggi Dawn) Malaysian Tom Wright fans would be cheerful after reading this! I found Maggi’s response…
Monday Night, Family Time
Well that’s the ideal and some times it doesn’t work … but most of the time we manage 🙂 Very often Sunday nights is family time too … God is gracious. I’m looking forward for tonight … I’m really excited for Gareth and May Chin … because tonight will be a “common” experience for three…
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Top 50 Most Influential Churches (via Stephen Shields) Interesting list (I noticed Brian D. McLaren is not mentioned here *grin*) … and I think a lot of names would be familiar to Malaysian Christian leaders. I wonder … who would be the top most influential churches in Malaysia or even growing in influence? How about…
No. 1 Cause of Atheism?
As I’m finalizing my message preparations for tommorrow’s message by reading these notes on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. This struck me …. “I had an old seminary professor who began and ended his apologetics lecture with one sentence: “You defend God like you defend a lion — you get out of his way.” God, it seems,…
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Porn Sunday now this is more than just an attention grabber! Are You sinning against your employer? It used to be “Are you sinning against your master/creator?” both questions are needed. Fundamentalism Revisited (via Swimming in the deep end) The word “Fundamentalism” came up in a conversation with my wife this week!
Quotations before I sleep …
Thanks to Rich Meilheim for these “wake up!” quotes … I’ll pick a few … before I lay my head down to sleep. “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”– Dietrich Bonhoeffer “If you’re going to practice what you preach, you may have to put in some overtime.” “The people who…