“The egalitarian position does not advance on the strength of exegetical arguments.”
“[Men and Women are] Creatures more like God than anything he has ever or will ever create.”
- Wayne Grudem, ‘Manhood and Womenhood in Creation and Marriage.’ (Mobilise/TOAM: 05/07/06)
My dear friend Sam was talking about one of his main passions in the car on the way back from Brighton, ecumenicalism. That is - different denominations and streams united and working together due to a shared love of Christ. He made one of the most amazing statements on it I think I’ve ever heard.
Sadly […]
“We are not ‘modern,’ we’re Spirit-filled.”
“What is the point of the wine skin without the wine!?”
- Dave Holden, (TOAM: 05/07/06 - Commentary)
Gareth recently made a great post on the scandalous nature of Christian forgiveness.
It made me think - when I reflect on the absolute scandal at the centre of the gospel, sometimes my reaction is: “Oh my word, how could this be true!?”
What’s God reaction to such an exclamation? I like to think it’s something akin […]
“The Church carries world history.”
“[We have] A command to bring this contra-culture into our society.”
- Terry Virgo, Hebrews 11:23-26 (TOAM: 04/07/06 - Commentary and more)
While text messages can be sent from the Ukraine and also received, seemingly phone calls cannot. Needless to say, I am not best pleased about this particular state of affairs. Ah well, she’ll be back in a week and a half!
I’d share “information” or something, but I have nothing more than the kind of little […]
“God’s initiative empowers you to overcome and we need to be a generation that knows this.”
“The heroes of the Bible were not thinkers, not philosophers, they were fighters.”
- Tom Shaw, (Mobilise/TOAM: 04/07/06)
More Together On A Mission reflecting! This is going to keep me in blog-posts for at least a little more time!
After being asked to present some thoughts/testimony post-Brighton at group last night I came up with 2 little things to talk about, and realised I hadn’t shared either of them in full with you, the […]
“The Church is destined to become a multitude no one can number … God is comitted to having a people so multitudinous you can’t count them … to gathering a multitude.”
“This is God’s story: a people for his name; a multitude no one can number.”
“We go into every little vista of the cosmos to declare […]
In case you were wondering, no, I’m not.
I’ve just watched a trailer for the new Mormon film States Of Grace. The main thing that saddened me about it is that a gang members refers to one of the rugged Mormon missionaries as a ‘Jesus Freak.’
Gang members need to be more discerning.