Inflation and the Dollar's crash

This is fascinating I wonder if the same applies to England?

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Absent

Right, now it has been a while since I’ve done a proper post on the blog and a lot has been happening. Sadly however, this is not the blog entry to catch up, but to share some sad news for the time being. The wife has to go abroad to attend a funeral of a dearly loved member of her family. Muggins is going along as well and the whole family is providing emotional support at this sad time for the family. Thus I’ll be out of action from 6th to 21st November, so trust God with me that all will go well. So by the end of the month I should have a fat report to give you in terms of what life has been like for da man cd. Until then build your hope on nothing less that Jesus’ blood and righteousness and beware of the voice of strangers, however right they tend to be!

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Does God Love Everyone?

David Pawson. Keith Green. John Piper. Mark Driscoll. Paul Washer.

To an extent these men are very different. What they share in common - in my perspective - is an ability to be very provocative. Saying things that come across as outrageous, challenging, offensive, outspoken without a hint of compromise in a spirit of love. Like the brethren in Berea, it's my job to check what they're saying against scripture and make my own conclusions.

I have a maverick/provocative/unconventional streak in me that refuses often to fit with the status quo. So it's no wonder these kinda guys appeal to me. Not only that the fact that they endeavour to follow Jesus Christ and His Word also means that they're not just doing what they're doing to gain a fan club or appease people. So whatever they have to say always leads me to do some research to see if it's so.

All of that to say, when I came across this video it reminded me of that element of leaving people feeling uncomfortable and challenged. Potentially offended and put out. The guy doesn't help by his demeanour which is hardly compassionate and soft. Yet that's perhaps the point. He evidently isn't there to give people a hug. He's here to slap people across the face with his view on God's Word and challenge people to check themselves.

Sometimes we need a good slap.

I'm not saying I agree with what he has to say. I'm not saying I disagree with what he has to say. I don't agree with everything Pawson, Green, Piper, Driscoll and Washer have to say. What I do, though, is check it for myself and come to my own conclusions. This is a touchy subject and a combative approach, but I implore with you, move beyond his rhetoric and your feelings and check the content for yourself and by the grace of God reach a conclusion that fits with His Word and His Way.

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Me Worship

I so love this spoof. I only wish it wasn't true for aspects of church today, but I guess the reality sadly is very different for a faith that's based on everything being about the Christ we follow. I pray that people will be influenced by Jesus and choose to give their lives for Him who came to give His life for others.

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What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable.

Thanks to Phil Cooke for blogging on this - thank God we're not like that, right? Right? Errr ... right?

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Strange Land - Commissioned - 1987

Yeah no full posts for the longest time updating you on what the tin says. I can assure you that I am still in the land of the living and hopefully give a full briefing on what's been going on before I go away ...

In the meantime earlier this year I was asked to talk to a congregation about what job I do and the prevalent thought was about having a mobile faith. One that is able to survive hostile foreign climates, and whilst considering it I remembered this particular song which sums up neatly the whole issue. Enjoy.

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