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Courage
When I was growing up there was a television program that was very popular called, “Mission Impossible”. Every episode began with the agent receiving a message about the secret mission he was to undertake. It was never an easy mission and required courage, ingenuity, nerves of steel and Continue reading
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Australia Is One Of The Most Beautiful Countries In The World And A Paradise For Travellers And Especially Backpackers!
The Hypostyle hall at 54,000 square feet with its 134 columns the Bible have a special message built in to them. The huge weight above could have caused the chamber to collapse, so to be Nubians and the Nilotic clans, the brown skinned hunters of the… Continue reading
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A Quiet Revival: A Theological Biography
This is Martin Bleby’s excellent telling of Geoff Bingham’s life and Ministry, following the themes of the Scripture that he taught so joyfully and earnestly. I believe the hard copies of the book are sold out, and it is awaiting a reprint sometime soon. 430_QuietRevival Continue reading
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My Top 10 Working Actresses: The Top 3
3: Jessica Chastain Jessica Chastain only really came to filmgoers attention in 2011, when she had a truly spectacular year, and seemed to be in everything. This was largely because she had been making a lot of films over the previous couple of years, but they all … Continue reading
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Mr. Blue: reflections
6/13 Down to downtown and back to talk with a lawyer. Trip and fall case. Been going on 5 years now. First attorneys hired by the insurance company never asked the right questions, filed the right motion. Then the insurance company went bankrupt… Continue reading
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Sam Harris’ Faith In Secret Government Powers
Sam Harris’ recent Twitter activity on the subject of PRISM ( the NSA secret spy program) brings up some important topics I’ve wanted to further discuss about Sam Harris and the critique of religion and faith. Harris asked on Twitter ” What’s in your… Continue reading
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Anti-Catholic Rappler continues attack against the Church!
Include Marites Vitug and Aries Rufo for their continued bias against the Catholic Church! From that rubbish of a website called Rappler. Just a matter of time when Maria Ressa loses all her money on this venture! Or is it really her money? Hmmm??? *** The Catholic Church is… Continue reading
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New Book: Theology of John Perkins « Reconcilers with Chris Rice
Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins is now available for pre-order (September release by University of Mississippi Press). I was honored to contribute a chapter along with Ronald J. Sider, … Continue reading
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Awakening by JoAnn Durgin
Title: Awakening Author: Joann Durgin Pages: 247 Year: 2010 Publisher: Torn Veil Books Joann Durgin has written a wonderful contemporary Christian romance set in Texas. Sam Lewis is the director of TeamWork, a missions-based operation that is rebuilding some homes lost in a recent flood Continue reading
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June 2013 Book Reviews by Revd Canon John Thomson, Director of Ministry
Nigel Peyton and Caroline Gatrell, Managing Clergy Lives: Obedience, Sacrifice, Intimacy (London: Bloomsbury, 2013) & Brother Ramon, Franciscan Spirituality: Following St Francis Today (London: SPCK, 1994) Nigel Peyton and Caroline Gatrell, Managing Clergy Lives: Obedience, Sacrifice, Intimacy (Lond … Continue reading
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The Saudi States of America
A senior FBI official has recently told a Fort Lauderdale Federal Judge that disclosure of the agency’s classified information about its formerly secret investigation of a Saudi family (Esam Ghazzawi, Deborah Ghazzawi, their daughter Anoud al-Hijji and her husband, Abdulaziz al-Hijji), who left Continue reading
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To the Wonder (Terrence Malick, 2013)
To the Wonder marks the fullest distillation of Terrence Malick’s style even as it violently shakes up the formula like nothing else in his oeuvre from the start. Its opening shots roll out under a blanket of digital snow, lending an immediacy to its central couple’s passionately begun Continue reading
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Is Rob Bell part of the Great Apostasy?
Emerging Church leader Rob Bell has authored another controversial book, “What We Talk about When We Talk about God.” The gist of his new book? Old doctrines (aka, Scriptures) are getting in the way of truly experiencing God. Bell argues that the traditional view of God is … Continue reading
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Book Review: A reflection on science and Christianity through Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons
” Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed” – Dan Brown, Angels and Demons In Dan Brown’s bestselling novel, a exhilariating thriller, he explored the a hot topic; the ultimate showdown of science vs. religion, which metaphorically refers to the title of this book. But in … Continue reading
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Book Review: Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? A Surgeon …
Whether you are a skeptic struggling with the resurrection and searching for answers to your questions or you are a new or seasoned Christian this book is a must read for its logical, unbiased evaluation of the facts concerning … Continue reading
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