Copenhagen climate change
The Copenhagen climate change conference is the center of an increasing furor. More than 3,000 scientists are urging the US government not to sign any climate control deal because, they say, the evidence for a warming planet earth is simply not there. Many other scientists are equally fervent in the belief that data produced proves that the planet is indeed warming and catastrophically so. So... read full blog post...
Sex
The question has been asked in the forums: Why can’t I have sex whenever I want to? My reply is that you can so long as you are willing to pay the consequences. Let me explain a little…. The Bible is very positive about sex and sexuality. The first command given by God to humans included the phrase, 'Be fruitful and multiply'. (Genesis 1:22) Now that can’t happen... read full blog post...
The best radar tracking and interception system in the world?
The best radar tracking and interception system in the world? In recent times the world’s top military have been able to develop missile interception systems which track incoming missiles, target them with counter technology, and destroy them in mid-flight. This all seems an amazing achievement but such systems are certainly not recent. Let me explain…. Take the human eye,... read full blog post...
think time... how long left on earth?
The future Numbers of folks are asking me what now, when and how concerning the future for Gloria and I. In today’s Think Time, I want to lay out a few thoughts, and words that the Holy Spirit has been sharing with me. Firstly: Much of my life is now past. What happens next may well be my last opportunity to do something for God while still on this planet, so I intend to make the... read full blog post...
think time... fight the fight, finish the race, be obsessed...
fight the fight... I’m currently reading through a book where the author maintains that today’s Christian is so preoccupied with life on earth that he neglects eternal life. You know, I think he’s right. Twice in 1 Timothy, Paul writes these words: ‘fight the fight’. The last half of 2010 was dramatic for me. I faced the need to make some far reaching and... read full blog post...
think time... how's your faith?
opportunity... You will be able to understand when I say that the future for Gloria and I when we return home from Canada is never far from my mind. I have asked “what next” of the Holy Spirit a number of times, but have only heard two words in response: “Not yet.” Do you find it as hard as I do to live by faith? The first 7 chapters of Romans have caught my... read full blog post...
think time - my wish list for Church
As the changeover to a New Year is traditionally a time to make resolutions and wishes, here’s my wish list for the sort of congregation I would like to be part of. Safe I want to be part of a safe congregation. Where the hurting, the lonely, the victimized, those who are ‘different’, the shy, the poor, the rejected, the sick, the searching, the frightened, can all feel... read full blog post...
think time - deception, deception, deception
I have just finished reading an unbelievable article about shenanigans going on at the Climate Change Conference recently held in Mexico. Some students apparently distributed a “Petition to Ban the Use of Dihydrogen Monoxide.” (Dihydrogen Monoxide is, of course, just plain old water.) Almost every delegate approached by the students at the conference signed the petition!... read full blog post...
think time - what's the truth about unity?
It may surprise you to discover how little the Bible says about unity. The New Testament Greek word for unity is only mentioned twice. That’s right, just twice! And both references are in one chapter of one book. I am pretty fed up with the way unity is bandied about within Churches with little or no understanding about its true meaning. Unity has to have substance. By this I mean... read full blog post...
think time - what is church really all about?
You can probably guess after the two previous ‘Think times’ that I’ve had plenty of opportunity to mull over lots of stuff during the past few months! Thank you for some great feedback last week. Don’t worry if you don’t fully understand, or agree with, what I write each week, because I expect to further explore these topics next year. They are important, but... read full blog post...
think time... who should be senior pastor?
I have to confess that I was being a bit mischievous when penning this heading at the bottom of last week’s news-letter. I’m the sort of person who enjoys thinking outside the box and couldn’t resist the opportunity to tease. This question is, however, a serious one. Almost every Church today has a senior somebody - pastor, minister, reverend, bishop, priest, or whatever.... read full blog post...
think time... pleasure
I find it so easy to lose the big picture. I go into a shop, knowing exactly what I have gone there for, but so often come out with something other that what I went in for. Or even worse, a lot more that what I went in for! You ever done that? I find this with God as well. I find it so easy to get sidetracked into issues that are not really that important, and so I miss the big stuff.... read full blog post...
Hell
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