There’s many reasons, but one is that despite how much truth you “know”, you’ll never benefit unless you live it!
Check: Luke 11:27-28
Or so the British Church of England is allegedly hoping.
Whilst an entertaining show, some concern over concept versus context is warranted.
Will communications technology render relationships superficial or change the dynamic?
Would a luddite philosophy help or hinder a personal / pastoral ministry today?
To decrease the size of my posts, all were edited (except poems & 2007 mothers day).
Longer articles are on my other blog.
Exploited?
Definitely!
As father to a daughter, I agree with Miranda Divine and Michael Carr-Gregg - parents please protect your children! No excuses.
I am restructuring my site. I will edit posts to shorter entries. Long Posts will be placed on separate pages.
Stay tuned!
I have recently come across Abraham Piper’s Blog, “Twenty Two Words“.
He makes a good point about brevity. I like the idea.
Just noticed this on news.com.au
“TRISTRAM Cary, the composer of the Dr Who theme tune and a pioneer of electronic music, has died in Adelaide aged 82.
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He died last week at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.”
As a Dr Who - aphile I have many fond childhood memories of the haunting theme music of this (originally) kitsch and brilliant sci-fi series from BBC. I’ve also enjoyed the light entertainment provided by the new series.
When approaching theology, there is a distinct difference between contemporising your message and contextualising it. The concern of a theologian is how to maintain balance in presenting the message of Christianity from scripture amidst (and often against) the constant flux of culture and technology whilst avoiding obsolescence (i.e. contemporising) and compromise.
Previously mostly only known to scientists, laminin is an important cellular protein that provides for the molecular binding of our cells. Ok, ho hum… At present though, due to the increasingly popularity of Louie Giglio’s ‘How Great is Our God’ presentation and DVD, laminin has become somewhat of a fad amongst evangelicals. If you’re not entirely sure why, do a web image search for laminin and you’ll soon see. Diagrammatically the four strands or arms of the protein are often shown in the shape of a cross. This alone is enough to prompt many evangelicals jump up and down. However when you come to understand the nature and function of laminin there may well be more (genuine) cause for excitement. For a very basic explanation we turn to Wikipedia and read:
Laminin is vital to making sure that your overall body structures hold together. If laminin isn’t produced correctly, your muscles may form improperly, giving you a form of muscular dystrophy.
As Louie correctly notes in his talk, this is a brilliant illustration of the nature of Christ as described in Colossians 1:17 - “… in him all things hold together.”
That the protein is usually depicted in the cross shape is merely coincidental and more than likely just an easy way to draw a cross section of the 4 strands that make up the protein. What laminin does demonstrate is though, is, in the same way that our cells cannot be properly held together without laminin, by extrapolation, our entire life and existence becomes impossible without Christ. And seeing how Colossians 1:16 tells us “all things were created through him and for him” then this applies as equally to laminin as it does to you and I.
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