Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture (Chapter 7)
In this chapter, entitled "Exiles At The Table", Michael Frost talks about hospitality in the community of exiles. ...
Paulette Reed: "NO MORE DOUBLE TROUBLE!--GOD IS OPENING DOORS TO PROVIDE A WAY OUT"
Paulette Reed: "NO MORE DOUBLE TROUBLE!--GOD IS OPENING DOORS TO PROVIDE A WAY OUT"
Walk Out of the Past
It seems many in the church are going through a sifting. But, Alleluia! Their trials have made them 100% God-dependent, which of course was the intent. What satan meant for harm, Jesus will use for His glory. He has "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).
Each person is given a measure of faith and God promises we will never be tempted beyond what we can bear. God also promises to show His people a way out. Most frequently we think of open doors from the Lord as walking into something, but often He opens them so we can walk out of something.
We are now moving into a season where God will say, "Here's your way out, here's the open door--walk through it." Beloved, we must walk out of the past to walk into the future. ...
Monday, December 25, 2006
British bomb Iraqi Police
Apparently the Iraqis forgot to tell their police that the Serious Crime Unit was supposed to prevent Serious Crimes, not commit them. ...
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Prophetic Acts In Christmas Traditions- Terry Sommerville
Terry Sommerville writes:
Amazing as it seems, our celebrations of Christmas may actually be keeping the nation from slipping into total darkness. In his book The Twilight Labrynth , George Otis Jr. says that cultures throughout the world reinforce their spiritual darkness, through seasonal festivals. Covenants are maintained with the powers and principalities by annual observances. Can it be possible that our celebration of Christmas reinforces the spiritual light in our nation? Charismatic Christians frequently ignore church traditions in favor of spontaneus actions. But recently prophets have recovered the whole idea of "prophetic action" to establish things in the heavenly places. Could Christmas observances be "prophetic actions"? Can it happen even when most of the "actors" don't know why they are doing it? Here are some of my thoughts on prophetic actions in the traditions of Christmas. ...
Friday, December 22, 2006
Demographics and the Church Growth Movement
Alan Hirch has posted a very compelling article on church growth and the modern (as in not post-modern) church ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture (Chapter 6)
In this chapter, Michael Frost looks at how we develop a missional community ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
New ecological threat to Christmas
If Jesus was born today, the three wise men might have had to substitute frankincense for another gift, according to new research suggesting that production of the fragrant substance is in trouble.
Frankincense, an aromatic hardened wood resin obtained by tapping Boswellia trees, has been an ingredient in perfumes and incense for thousands of years.
The Bible says that at Christmas, the magi brought gifts to Jesus of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Now ecologists from the Netherlands and Eritrea warn that current rates of tapping frankincense from Boswellia trees are endangering sustained production of the aromatic resin. ...
Monday, December 18, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Time magazine names 'you' as person of the year
Another win for individualistic self-centredness in western society today-- and another sign that we are headed towards self-destruction. ...
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Al Thomas: "I AM ABOUT TO REMOVE THE STONE OF UNBELIEF AND POUR OUT MY GIFT OF FAITH ON MULTITUDES"
Al Thomas: "I AM ABOUT TO REMOVE THE STONE OF UNBELIEF AND POUR OUT MY GIFT OF FAITH ON MULTITUDES"
I SAW A VISION OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MOVE A HUGE STONE
In a vision, I saw people trying to move a huge stone. Behind the stone were the answers to prayer requests that have piled up for years.
The stone was over one hundred feet high and weighed many tons. In spite of its massive size, I could see crowds of people pushing with all of their might to move the stone. It was a fruitless effort. Many grew weary, became discouraged, and walked away. ...
Exiles- Living missionally in a Post-Christian Culture (Chapter 5)
In this chapter Michael Frost looks at the development of true community or communitas. ...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Sermon for Sunday December 10th 2006
Post-modern worship on the theme of "Getting Ready for the King."
There was no sermon as such, but we entered a series of stages of experiential worship. ...
Friday, December 8, 2006
Thursday, December 7, 2006
The Queen's English Threatened By Global Warming
Apparently the Queen is less posh these days and more suburban.
Crikey!
From abc.net.au ...
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Monday, December 4, 2006
Science and Religion
The hypocrisy of scientists is sometimes unbelievable.
There is always a huge uproar when christians try to introduce Bible-based scientific theories such as creation science. "Religion should stay out of science", they say.
But apparently it's OK for science to interfere in religion. ...