June 2009
31 posts
Selecting a Short-Term Missions Experience →
A good into for anyone considering short term missions.
“What do we say in our mission? How do we communicate the newness of the new...”
– Rowan William (Archbishop of Canterbury) - God’s Mission and Ours in the 21st century
“Possesed by posessions
we have no idea what we ask
When we pray to you;
To free...”
– Stanley Hauerwas, Opening prayer in Ethics lecture.
“mission is never a matter of taking God where he hasn’t been before, and...”
– Rowan William (Archbishop of Canterbury) - God’s Mission and Ours in the 21st century
Q AND A WITH BISHOP WRIGHT ON 'JUSTIFICATION' →
“Late capitalist societies thrive on moral outrage: our public life demands it....”
– Ben Myers on Moral Outrage on Faith and Theology
“… At the start of a community, God’s action can often be felt very tangibly – in...”
– Jean Vanier - Community and Growth p.158-159 HT: Soul Gardeners
21st Century Missions: We gain more from... →
“And as for ‘educated clergy’, Carnegie Samuel Calian (who is President Emeritus...”
– Jason Gorancy making a very good point regarding ‘reading pastors’, which by the way should be entirely applicable to the layperson also. - On Books: Per Crucem Ad Lucem
“‘There are good books, indifferent books, and bad books. Amongst the good books...”
– – Vernon Sproxton, ‘Introduction’, to Fynn. Mister God, This Is Anna (London: Fount, 1979), 1-2. HT: Per Crucem Ad Lucem
“‘Time must be found for reading, and we turn now to the more intellectual type...”
– Preaching and Preachers (Hodder and Stoughton, 1985), 177. HT: Per Crucem Ad Lucem
WatchYeasayer - They are gettin’ back on tour. Hoping to see them in Scotland at some point!?
“But today — when active Christian adherence has become stronger in Africa...”
– The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith HT: Scot McKnight
Diamonds are Worthless →
nostrich:
I think the De Beers monopoly is well known, but I had no idea the value and emotional importance of diamonds was completely invented by an ad agency hired by De Beers.
Also interesting here is the aspect of marketing diamonds as “forever” to ensure the public don’t go selling them and diluting the market, driving the cost of diamonds down. The public holds over 500 million carats of...
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Line 6 iPhone Amp Control
“11:37 PT - DM: Final demo from Line 6 and Planet Waves. Together, they let you control your guitar and your amp at your next gig. Marcus Ryle. Using accessory framework you can connect iPhone to connect amp and guitar. Can choose the amp style. “This doesn’t run on compressed air, but it could still have some technical issues.” Can also adjust treble and bass. Can also...
“specifying a theological sense of scientia is a derivative task, one to be...”
– Crudely Paraphrased mine: “You must be grafted in and see things in a new way in order to speak” or “If you want to speak about God you better believe in him and give yourself to him first” International Journal of Systematic Theology - ISSN: 1468-2400 (Online) - Volume 11,...
10 Wordpress Plugins I hadn't heard of, that will... →
Flight Control Review - 1.2 Update →
Pastor vs. Scholar
The realities of pastoral ministry (that I have observed) leaves little time for extended scholarly attention. But having come from a scholastic theological institution I can see what huge benefit extended study could be for pastoral ministers.
Desiring God (John Pipers Outfit) were involved in a conference/conversation where DA Carson and John Piper had a think about that particular subject,...
iPhone Audiobooks
Audiobooks are a great way to read books if you end up driving long distances or you can’t read in public transport because of nausea.
Online service Librovox has 1000’s of free audiobooks, most past their copyright which means they are mostly classics, and there are plenty of great ones. Audiobooks, iPhone App bridges the gap here and allows you to browse and then download...