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Emotions not welcome
British people don’t like to show their emotions. Stiff upper lip and all that. It’s still around in my generation – it seems the only time people feel free to show their true emotions in public is when completely drunk, because then at least they have an excuse. Unfortunately, this ’stiff upper lip’ culture is [...]
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Tags: authentic, Bible, charismatic, church, culture, emotion, ezra, happy clappy, John, passion, service, stiff upper lip, worship
Committed to Christ and Culture
We can not abandon our culture.
We can not embrace our culture.
What do we do?
http://www.vimeo.com/1455355
I haven’t read this book yet, but when I have I’ll do a review.
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Tags: christ, conformist, culture, seperatist, world
Battles of the mind
As Christians, especially those of us living in a Western culture, the majority of our battles take place in our minds. Our culture feeds us a multitude of lies, twists good and evil on its head and condemns those who think differently. It is our ‘developed’, materialistic culture that has resulted in a mass of [...]
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Tags: battle, Bible, culture, individualistic, Jesus, John Piper, lies, materialism, media, memorizing scripture, selfish, spiritual warfare, temptation, truth, values, western culture
Hopes and Fears
In less than a year I will have graduated (hopefully!)…
I have no idea what I want to do, I have no idea what God wants me to do. I feel a lot of pressure to make the right decisions; the choices I make now could affect the rest of my life. It is hard to [...]
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Tags: advice, attitudes, career, choices, Christians, colossians, decisions, dreams, education, faith, financial security, future, God's will, graduation, hopes, Jesus, jobs, John Piper, Life, Living for Jesus, money, philippians, pressure, proverbs, questions, sucess, trust
God is good!
So, I’ve finished all my exams, second year is nearly over…which means I may get a chance to write all those posts I’ve been meaning to for months and months! Maybe.
God has been so amazing this year. I look back to this time last year and I can see how I’ve grown with Him and [...]
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Tags: blessings, exams, God, goodness, love, Psalm 31, stress
Half the world lives on $2 or less a day.
At least 80% of the world lives on less than $10 a day.
The remaining 20% (that’s us) earn a VAST amount more – we earn more in a week than most people in the world will earn in a year.
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s [...]
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Tags: comfort, consumerism, culture, excess, God, God's heart for the poor, injustice, Jesus, luxury, materialism, money, poor, poverty, society, waste, wealth
The Narnia Code
A very interesting programme shown on the bbc last night, especially if you’re a fan of C.S Lewis’ Narnia series.
This programme explores the symbolism hidden in the Narnia books and discusses the relationship between faith and science.
Definitely worth a watch if you have some time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jz2qp/The_Narnia_Code/
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Tags: bbc, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, cosmology, faith, fantasy, literature, michael ward, narnia, planet narnia, planets, science, symbolism, the narnia code, theism, Theology, tv
I went to the cinema yesterday. After 15 minutes of adverts enforcing the ‘importance’ of exterior beauty came the film trailers. Two of these trailers involved the characters being magically transported back in time to re-live part of their lives. I was struck by how similar the two films were, in terms of their [...]
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Tags: 17 again, adverts, cinema, culture, films, ghosts of girlfriends past, Jesus, Life, meaning of life, movies, past, re-live, relationship, satisfaction, trailers
President Obama wants to force Pro-life doctors to perform abortions. You have a chance to sign the Petition to Protect Pro-Life Doctors (If you’re an American citizen, that is)
http://www.BEHEARDPROJECT.com
The Conscience Clause was implemented by former President George W. Bush to give physicians and nurses the choice to act according to their conscience — to not [...]
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Tags: abort73, abortion, america, be heard project, conscience clause, doctors, human rights, justice, law, Obama, petition, president, pro choice, pro life
A sheltered Christian life
This may be of interest to some of you. There is a documentary on bbc iplayer at the moment about a Christian 13 year old girl brought up in a Christian family who has been home-schooled and led a sheltered life compared to most her age.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j6l77/Deborah_13_Servant_of_God/
BBC blurb:
“Documentary about 13-year-old Deborah Drapper, who, unlike [...]
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Tags: bbc, christian family, deborah drapper, home schooling, lifestyle, sheltered life, World & Culture
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