Why you shouldn’t be a hyprocrite

5 05 2008

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

 




Dr Who has Examples of Christian Symbolism

5 05 2008

Or so the British Church of England is allegedly hoping.

Whilst an entertaining show, some concern over concept versus context is warranted.

 

 




Is blogging and email impersonal?

2 05 2008

Will communications technology render relationships superficial or change the dynamic?

Would a luddite philosophy help or hinder a personal / pastoral ministry today?

 




Project Blog Reducer

2 05 2008

To decrease the size of my posts, all were edited (except poems & 2007 mothers day).

Longer articles are on my other blog.

 




Hannah Montana Embarassment

1 05 2008

Exploited?

Definitely!

As father to a daughter, I agree with Miranda Divine and Michael Carr-Gregg - parents please protect your children! No excuses.




KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

30 04 2008

I am restructuring my site. I will edit posts to shorter entries. Long Posts will be placed on separate pages

Stay tuned!

 




Less is More - Shorter Blog Posts

30 04 2008

I have recently come across Abraham Piper’s Blog, “Twenty Two Words“.

He makes a good point about brevity. I like the idea.

 




Dr Who theme composer dead at 82

28 04 2008

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.

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.




The Laminin Factor

26 04 2008

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.




No Pictures and Graphics equals no hits

21 04 2008

Since clearing off a number of pictures and graphics that I couldn’t properly attribute or footnote ownership I noticed a serious decline in site hits/visits. Quite a huge drop from several hundred a day down to less than 50 :(

One thing I have taken onboard is the need to be more interactive with the blogs I link to and other I read. I can’t recall the exact citation, but Spurgeon’s counsel applies here - something along the lines of in order to be well read you have to read well. i.e.  In other words, if you don’t read and interact with the work of others, don’t expect others to read and interact with your work.

So more discipline on my part is required. Lets see how I go. In the interim I will return to my personal debrief of Erickson’s Theology text in preparation for my Seminary classes coming up in May.