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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall." :: Malachi 4.2 Imagine you’re a Jew living 400 years BC when ...
Five reasons why you don’t need to get freaked out by the Bible
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 Posted in Books, Theology, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »I always get freaked out by the Bible. It's so much easier to pick up a novel or a magazine. But whenever I do, the Bible sits there on my shelf, shouting, "Hey! You should be reading ME! What kind ...
Crazy patterns
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Last week I heard a fascinating interview with a statistician. Unbelievable, I know. A great bit was when he explained how computers have changed the way we deal with data. Imagine you've done a study, and now have a massive amount ...
Power is everything (part 2)
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »(part 1) Jesus is all about power. He hung around with prostitutes, touched people with leprosy, washed his disciples' feet. But the first Christians didn't tell everyone how nice he was. They told everyone how powerful he was. They said he was ...
Power is everything
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Everything is about power. Your job is about power. Your boss gets the power to tell you what to do and you get the power to buy stuff. Your degree is about power. The power to get the job you want. The ...
What is it?
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »What is it? I asked my Scripture class at Hollywood PS this afternoon, and they came up with all sorts of answers. Was it a pencil sharpener? A toy pet? A paperweight? But when they pushed down on the bird, it ...
How to grow a church
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Make it illegal to meet in groups of more than twenty-five. That's what the Chinese government has done. So whenever a Chinese house-church tips over to twenty-six, they are forced to split. Suddenly there are two churches where there used to ...
God is back
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »The title may make it sound like a argument for faith-based politics or a breathless refutation of neo-atheism, but it is neither. In God is Back, former Economist journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, show that, contrary to the expectation ...
How to get married
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Girls: ignore this post. Married guys: ignore this post. Unmarried guys: READ THIS POST. Introducing the the Guys Guide to Marrying Well. If you plan to ever get married, download it and read it. It is gold. (And looks pretty cool, too.) READ IT ...
Indonesian adventure
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As you heard at church last night, Ken Frewer is taking a bunch of us to Indonesia over the next couple of weeks. On the team with Ken are Adrian Mikula, Steve Ritchie, Gavin Parsons and his son Sam, Peter ...
