Monday, October 22, 2012
Welcome Zambia
If you know of any other Newfrontiers bloggers in other nations then do send them in.
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Good God
Don't miss Mike Reeves' pop-level book on the most important question you can ask: who is God. Discover that you never have speak of the eggishness or leafiness or wateriness of God again. Be drawn out into the bright sunshine of the gospel to see God more beautifully than ever before...
Read an extract at @nftheology
Follow @enjoyingtrinity and buy the book in March.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Everything Conference 2012
Those who attended Everything conference last year will have been encouraged to make a difference for the glory of God in community, business, entertainment and education.
Like last year, the conference is in central London and if you book online beforehand will cost £20.
http://everythingconference.org/conference-details/
The guest speaker this year is Oz Guiness, author of some 25 books and a social critic.
My Blog List
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Ten Principles for Online Christians - Perhaps the most remarkable advance in the history of human technology is the way social media can turn anyone into a one-person media organisation. This a...13 hours ago
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Regulating demons - Perhaps it’s because I’m listening to CS Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters (deliciously read by Joss Ackland) but I’ve been thinking about demons. I’m wondering...15 hours ago
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Joel 2 - In the excited rush to get to Joel’s most famous prophecy (Joel 2:28-29) many people miss great encouragements that he unveils as he shares what the God of...1 day ago
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Join us at Wildfires (early bird rate ends Sunday!) - It’s just over a month until a load of us head off to the Wildfires Festival, and I wanted to both update you on what is being planned, and encourage any...3 days ago
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Good and messy - I am delighted to welcome American author Allison Allen to the Unmasked series today. She has written Shine: Stepping into the role you were made for, wh...6 days ago
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To Do Lists...... - I have been looking through images of past work, as well as photos of things that have just caught my eye - all with a view of having more postcard...1 week ago
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Mark's review of the Mazda MX5 - A friend lent me her car for a couple of days - a Mazda MX5. It was a joy - tight acceleration, great handling and manoeuvrability; all round good fun. Eve...1 week ago
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Mothering Autism - Due to April being 'Autism Awareness Month', and to link in with the ongoing mothering series, I interviewed a mum who has two children with Autism. I'm ve...1 week ago
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Suicide Capital of Britain? - Is Guernsey set to become the suicide capital of Great Britain? This headline in the UK newspaper the Daily Express, copied by others, has thrown a forthc...2 weeks ago
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What Do Volcanoes Taste Like? - Another week of weird and wonderful things that pour out of ten year old heads. One pupil has just discovered Aerosmith and was sharing the good news with ...5 weeks ago
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Six Years in Tallinn––Finding Treasure in the Trash - It's six years to the day since we took the short flight from St Petersburg and landed in Tallinn. It's been a year since I last posted on this blog. Tod...1 month ago
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Equipped: The Whole Armour (Ephesians 6:10-13) - Life is a battle! There are plenty of challenges that can wear us down. But in the first talk of this new series, Liam shows how God promises to give us ev...2 months ago
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Ruth - We have been looking at Ruth recently on Sunday mornings and three over-arching themes continually speak to me. The first theme is grace. We know that Elim...2 months ago
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renovation of the mind - New Beginnings? I said in my last post that new beginnings are here to stay and that I feel like a beginner again. I suppose I need to explain a little o...2 months ago
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Stunned by the Holy Spirit - Once a year I write a series of Bible reading notes for the Scripture Union publication Daily Bread. I learn so much through writing them, because having t...2 months ago
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Sermon Notes for Confident Adventure #4 :: "Remembering" :: Genesis 17:1-23 - Because we can read Abraham’s story in about 25 minutes, it’s easy to miss the weight of the 25 year wait he had to see the promises of God fulfilled to hi...2 months ago
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Quotes - “Often depression of spirit and great misery of soul are removed as soon as we quit our idols and bow ourselves in obedience before the living God” Spurgeo...2 months ago
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3 Things to Consider When Finding a Performance Coach That’s Right For You - The post Nic appeared first on Nicholas Ferguson. When considering working with a performance coach, what are some of the things you should be looking fo...2 months ago
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The Goldfish Bowl Trap: Part 2-Intellectualism - The nature of being a goldfish is that you can swim round and round thinking you’re making progress when actually you’re in a very contained environment th...3 months ago
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Celebration of Discipline - How can Christians become more like Christ? How can we grow in our knowledge of His ways and awareness of His presence? There are many answers to these e...4 months ago
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Why is Zoe Broken? - With the addition to the new Champion Zoe into League of Legends, people are already begging for nerfs. From the Champion designer that created Yasuo and K...4 months ago
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The Guernsey Gazette 2017+ - So… There are a few things that can get one worked up. Some of these one perhaps may share with a partner or loved one after three or so decades of living ...4 months ago
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Advent Day 4: After the Beginning - Earlier in this series, we talked about the start of the world, and how this relates to the Christmas story. Today, we’re looking a bit further on in the s...4 months ago
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It'll All Be Over Soon...don't miss it! - Well the time is flying isnt it? (or is that just me?) Ready or not, 2017 is coming to an end and Christmas is fast approaching. Every. Single. Year. I ...5 months ago
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The Skeleton Army - Opposition. Violence. Persecution. When Christianity begins to actually take hold – to decisively win the hearts of ordinary men and women – there is usual...6 months ago
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3 Years Church Planting in Dublin & 5 Principles Of Ministry - We’re coming to our 3rd birthday as a church and seeing as my last blog post was a year ago for our 2nd birthday, it feels appropriate to do another now. A...6 months ago
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Biblical Theology 7: Biblical Theology of the Gospels 3 - *Biblical Theology of Jesus and the Gospels- Survey in Matthew Contd* - Jesus is the new latter day Moses who leads Israel back to God - Matthew 8:1-4...7 months ago
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JQuery real world form clone script - I wanted to be able to clone form elements easily include checkboxes and radio buttons, which are themselves an array. My offering below appends an increme...11 months ago
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Planning for Burton… - For a long time now, we have had a heart to start a new church in Burton-upon-Trent. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a town very close to Derby, just...1 year ago
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God's Healing Power - On Sunday evening I had a great conversation with one of our young ladies at our 6pm meeting, so I asked her to write it down: "For about 10 years, suffere...1 year ago
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You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a... - You may have noticed that I’ve not blogged here for a while. There’s a reason for that. I have moved my blogging home to *Everyday Voices*. I’m now blogg...1 year ago
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Top Films Seen In 2016 - Following the cliched tradition, here’s my round-up of the sixteen best films I’ve seen for the first time this year, both new and old. There are many I’ve...1 year ago
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Why do we like sales? - At this time of year, it's easy to be seduced by sales tickets, promising an item at a price advertised as significantly lower than at a previous time. In...1 year ago
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Cynicism: the Spirit of the Age - Last September I was in Brighton at Church of Christ the King to witness the baptism of one of my grandsons. Another blessing that day was to hear my son J...1 year ago
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Why we're changing our name to Grace Church - This coming Sunday (11th Sept) we switch from being Salisbury City Church to being Grace Church. The reason for the change can be summed up in one word: MI...1 year ago
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Could do better… - Ironically, and somewhat comically, I wrote this blog post last week but didn’t upload it because I didn’t think it was good enough. God certainly has a se...1 year ago
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SAIL ON SILVER GIRL...... - My goodness ...how long has it been since I was last blogging and posting ....way too long !! So much happened and its going to be almost impossible to ge...1 year ago
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Luca Anderson - I'm guessing that by now many in RFC will have heard the tragic news that Luca Anderson died on Sunday night (3rd July). His death was unexpected and as ye...1 year ago
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4 reasons why every Christian should be pro-life - I wrote an article a few weeks ago for Premier Christianity Blog which was picked up by Lifenews.com and shared a couple of thousand times and can be viewe...1 year ago
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Every story whispers his name - Since my first son was very young Sally Lloyd-Jones' The Jesus Storybook Bible has been staple reading in our house. We've probably read it 60-70 times t...1 year ago
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The Return - It’s hard to believe that it’s almost two years since I last tried to breathe life into this blog, unfortunately the tumbleweed has returned. The inevitabl...2 years ago
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An Attempt at Objectivity - As George Osborne’s first Conservative only Government budget was being delivered yesterday my Twitter and Facebook feeds began to be filled with anger, pa...2 years ago
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Feb 10th and 12th... - February 10th and 12th come around with unceasing regularity (once a year, oddly enough!)....we've had a few tears this week. It's now 6 years for me and ...2 years ago
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22 January - My sweet mama would have been 52 today. It’s been 11 years since she squeezed my hands reassuringly as she always used to do. I realise that I’ve missed he...2 years ago
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You’re Being Watched… - The Western world has been enjoying the “Elf on the Shelf” phenomenon for the last few years now. But just in case you’ve missed it, let me read you an exc...2 years ago
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Christmas Thoughts - “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great an...2 years ago
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Number 10 - I don’t often post on this blog anymore, but lastnight something fairly noteworthy happened. I became the 10th Elder of Everyday Church – a fairly sizeable...2 years ago
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Searching - *Where are you looking for God? * I've been challenged over the past year of how I'm living my life, and my faith. Am I only feeling God's presence when I...2 years ago
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New Churchcentral Blog - This is no longer the Churchcentral blog! We have a nice shiny, new version. Check it out here: http://www.churchcentral.org.uk/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php ...2 years ago
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GBS Update: Friday 19th June 2015 - These blog updates began five years ago. I had been very ill in hospital and, being Christians, we had friends around the world who wanted to pray up-t...2 years ago
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...by confessing to each other - 'Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.' James 5:16 (N...3 years ago
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A hardening of the heart - A lazy day, sprawled out on the beach, inhaling the sweet scent of summer and the excited chatter of children. High in the cloudless sky the sun shone brig...3 years ago
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End of a long journey! - Yesterday I collected Evie’s brand new updated birth certificate. She is now officially a Powell (well actually a Powell Powell. You have to have two surna...3 years ago
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The Maze Runner (2014) - Watch Movie The Maze Runner High QualityDownload The Maze Runner For Free with duration 113 Min and released on 2014-09-19 and MPAA rating is 145. [image...3 years ago
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New Blog! - Hello! The new blog is finally here! I am quite excited… so please do head over to my new blog. There are some posts over there which are from this blog, b...3 years ago
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notes to self | #heishere - *"...in the chaos, in confusion, I know You're sovereign, still..."* *#heishere* (lyrics from *None but Jesus*, by Hillsong United)3 years ago
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The Nations - I love living in Ealing - it is so diverse - there are 172 nationalities that reside here! I so enjoy that Redeemer is made up from people from around the ...3 years ago
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David W's Sabbatical (Summer 2014) - I am very grateful to have been given an opportunity at my request to take a 2-month sabbatical beginning May 25 and ending July 25. A sabbatical is a r...3 years ago
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I mentioned circumcision once, but I think I got away with it. - It’s part of human nature to try and hide away embarrassing details about our lives or about what we believe. Whether that’s the baby photos your mum shows...4 years ago
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Another Rainy Football Season? - It surely couldn't happen again? After the 2012-2013 season being decimated by waterlogged pitches, this season has been just the same! This is so disappo...4 years ago
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Robot & Frank: Film Night Sun 2 Mar - Don’t you all wish that you had your own personal robot? Would I get it to wash the dishes first? Or maybe give me a back rub? Or help me rob a bank?! Well...4 years ago
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The Birthday Baboon - Three days ago I handed in my masters thesis and, now that I have my life back, I decided that one of the steps towards reintegration into normal life shou...4 years ago
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Some Book Reviews - This year has been an extremely busy one for me. My main focus at church has been on running a year-long leadership training course, and I’ve also been cre...4 years ago
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Looking forward… - It’s been some time since I last blogged … in part because I’ve been working on and writing the content for our church plant website, which all being well ...4 years ago
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Prayer - a dumping ground of responsibility? - I’ve heard it said that we shouldn’t pray for that which we can answer ourselves. In other words, don’t be asking God to help someone if you yourself can...4 years ago
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News - Hello! So I haven't posted here for a long time, and here's one of the reasons: That's right. I've been slightly pre-occupied over the last ...4 years ago
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Prayer walking in Stockholm - In a just two weeks time we’ll be hosting a prayer weekend for our church plant. We have two aims: to pray for our city and to pray for our church plant....4 years ago
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Reports from Cwmbran - Two people I trust have been to Cwmbran and I am delighted to read their experiences. Click their names to see their reviews. Graham Pyman leads Jubilee C...4 years ago
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A Story for Easter: Sacrifice and forgiveness in WW2 - I first read Ernest Gordon’s fascinating and moving book, “Miracle on the River Kwai” about twenty years ago. (The book had first been published nearly thi...5 years ago
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Are you Sinking? - Over the past few months God has been speaking to me a lot about His grace. What I'm realising is that although I've been a Christian for around 16 years m...5 years ago
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The Countdown Begins - In just over a week's time I'll be going into hospital for yet another operation on my knee. This time, it is for the resurfacing of my kneecap. There is a...5 years ago
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Supernatural Shopping - I had been praying in the morning before my weekly trip to town, about doing more for God and what was it all about etc, you know the type of thing! I thin...5 years ago
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End of Year exams in progress - This week, the 1st and 2nd year apprentices wrote their end of year exam. Spiritual was set and marked by Stephen Manhanga and Simangaliso Ndlovu. Busine...5 years ago
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Planting Churches With Ninja Children - We have been in Manchester for 3 years and 4 months. By we I mean the Simmonds family. The Manchester branch of the Simmonds family includes me (Husband, D...5 years ago
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PARENTING, PART 7 - *The gospel in the messiness of life* One of the best pieces of parenting advice I ever received was at a parenting seminar I attended as a youth worker b...5 years ago
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Start disciple-making sooner (and a book I wrote) - Since starting Destination Church in Chicago we have experience the good, the bad and ugly of church planting. We started with a very small team and after...5 years ago
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WEAPONS IN THE SANCTUARY - This powerful message from Mahesh Chavda is worth reading. We need unity, to be in God's house and to use the weapons He has made available for us *House...5 years ago
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Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) - Leader: How Charismissional Are You (and Your Church?) By Keith Gamon A recent set of discussions surrounding this whole debate with other leaders from our...5 years ago
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Moving - I have decided to revamp and move my weblog. I have left a few posts here that people are still reading and may find useful. All the other posts I have mov...5 years ago
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A Word for Pastors - Here is a recording of a 15 minute talk I gave at a regional pastors gathering talking about some of the highs and lows of what we do, and how we should re...5 years ago
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Hitting hard. - I love those moments when God taps you on the shoulder and says ‘I told you so’. There are points in your life when you realise that there are things tha...5 years ago
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Back in Beijing.. - As I write, I am sat just half a mile from Tiananmem Sq having breakfast. It's Saturday and we (I'm traveling with Steve, my son) have just one more day he...5 years ago
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Did He Die for This? - In my last blog post I mentioned the delight of time away on a retreat for some rest and restoration. The place in which I took the retreat is actually the...5 years ago
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Chocolate Avalanche Cake - It's a tradition in our family for me and Andy to make the children the biggest, chocolatiest (is that a word?!), most outrageous cakes for their birthdays...5 years ago
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Moving on... - To my ever decreasing readership, the time has come to try something new, so onwards into tumblr territory... for some reason i've become frightened to po...5 years ago
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One Year On - “Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want...5 years ago
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The Provision of God - Hi friends, I had a lovely surprise this very afternoon as I opened up the post to find a beautiful cheque with my name written on it from the tax office...5 years ago
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AskGodFirst - If you had 60 seconds with God - what would you ask Him? This is a survey conducted by GodFirst and we would really appreciate your participation. We loo...5 years ago
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Forward motion for men… - A shameless plug for an outstanding event… What is it? Movement is an annual men’s event to inspire and train godly men for influence and leadership in the...5 years ago
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what a week!!! - final Updates from Cambodia Enjoy! http://jubileetocambodia2012.wordpress.com/ http://jubileetocambodia2012.wordpress.com/6 years ago
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E: 1 Timothy - General Comments - *Please add below any comments on the book's Category, Key Words, Key verses, Literary Style, Emotional Tone, Main Theme(s) and Major People.* *All of this...6 years ago
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God of love, God of judgement? - This question goes to the very nature and character of God. Why, if God is loving and merciful, is he not be more tolerant and accepting? The Home Office h...6 years ago
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Last Blog Post... - I want to thank all who are following my posts on my blog site. It’s an honor to be able to share with others who are on Christ’s mission together. I have ...6 years ago
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The Birth Of Jesus-A Prophetic Awakening - After the death of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the last Old Testament prophets to write scripture, there were no more recognized prophets in Israel for ...6 years ago
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Newday 2011 We Are Yours - The Newday 2011 live album is out now on iTunes £7.95! BUY NOW Track listing: Here For You No One Better We Are Yours Devotion 10,000 Reasons Father Like N...6 years ago
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My last mantis of the year? - I found this brown mantis almost a month ago at the arboretum, at my final public bug safari tour of the year. I was hoping I would see at least one more m...6 years ago
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Remind me, why is Jesus better than sex. - Sat here, at a company paid event, surrounded by incredibly attractive female interns, and enough free alcohol to float a ship full of attractive female in...6 years ago
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Nigeria, A hurting land - I just bumped into this article about Nigeria through the Not Ashamed Facebook page. Source: foreignpolicy.com "Last week Plateau State, of which Jos is ...6 years ago
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He asked me to marry him. - Well girls... he got down on one knee. It was a beautiful day and he had taken me for a surprise day out to a National Trust property with beautiful garden...6 years ago
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Not to condone or condemn - "For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by o...6 years ago
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Prayer on the Square - Update - Hello friends, As it's been a while since we uploaded any content or testimonies I thought I would upload our new flyer that we will be taking out with us...6 years ago
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The mission of God - Just reading "*total* Church" by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester and this made me think today.... In his book The mission of God, Chris Wright shows that the...6 years ago
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Watching the disaster unfold - Who will ever forget the scenes of utter destruction and force of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. I sat spell bound watching the disaster unfold. By P...7 years ago
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Living and Dying - *'Let me die- lest I die- only let me see Thy face'-* Augustine Tozer comments: *'To Augustine the sight of God inwardly enjoyed was life itself and anyt...7 years ago
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Highlights of the Term! - Ok, I have been a terrible blogger this past term. Apologies all. But, the term itself has actually been full of some amazing highlights and God moments, s...7 years ago
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Church Planting with a difference - Here's a great church planting story from the guys as Act29 network. An Intentionally Missional Lifestyle from Acts 29 Network on Vimeo.7 years ago
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Genesis 12 to 14 - Abram is called by God at the start of chapter 12; this is the beginning of the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandaeism, it is said ...7 years ago
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Interview with Amie Fox - Amie Fox has been a member at Jubilee Church for eight years and has been on staff for six. This Sunday is her final Sunday with us as she will be moving t...7 years ago
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The goings on of my heart - There has been so much going on lately that I’m not really sure what to write about but I guess the big thing this week could be summed up in a word. Sur...7 years ago
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It starts.... - My children are 8,6 and 4 but it's amazing how quickly they seem to grow up these days. And each new age/stage of their lives brings its own challenges. Th...7 years ago
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Hardy's Tess - Amongst the books I'm reading currently, one of the most interested has been 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas Hardy. My Dad protests whenever Hardy or...8 years ago
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Some thoughts on the Christology of Karl Rahner - After quite a lot of reading on Rahner's Christology, some threads are beginning to come together. This post will deal in very brief terms with some of the...8 years ago
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Wives and Husbands - Ephesians 5:21-33 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife...8 years ago
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Messy Church, Part 2: Messed Up Together - 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 In a nutshell: The church in Corinth was a mess. It was made up of people who were acting far too much like citizens of the city of Co...8 years ago
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a meaningful ministry... and the best is yet to come! - It wasn’t NewDay (that would start the following summer), but it was a New Frontiers summer youth camping event, with a schedule of worship and preaching a...8 years ago
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Get in the Game! - If you have found the past five weeks of notes helpful, you can now download the complete set of notes as a PDF here.8 years ago
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The Gospel Pt.5 - How do we Preach Repentance Today? - The command to repent is right at the core of the Gospel message preached in the New Testament, but repentance sits very ill with today’s self-righteous ...8 years ago
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44 - Josh and Jack both put down their drinks and looked at Stuart, who was sitting there with a stupid grin all over his face. “Just sayin’ boys! Don’t let it ...8 years ago
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Exam results - Today this years A level results arrive. Again, there is going to be a record amount of passes, which the government will laud as improvement in education ...8 years ago
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Welcome Zambia
If you know of any other Newfrontiers bloggers in other nations then do send them in.
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Good God
Don't miss Mike Reeves' pop-level book on the most important question you can ask: who is God. Discover that you never have speak of the eggishness or leafiness or wateriness of God again. Be drawn out into the bright sunshine of the gospel to see God more beautifully than ever before...
Read an extract at @nftheology
Follow @enjoyingtrinity and buy the book in March.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Everything Conference 2012
Those who attended Everything conference last year will have been encouraged to make a difference for the glory of God in community, business, entertainment and education.
Like last year, the conference is in central London and if you book online beforehand will cost £20.
http://everythingconference.org/conference-details/
The guest speaker this year is Oz Guiness, author of some 25 books and a social critic.