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	Evangelicals and Plain Folk Anabaptists, Mennonites, Hutterites, or the rather endearing title of Plain Folk. All labels with close connections to one another and various nuances of meaning; yet I’m not sure if the people at Rocky Cape wear any of them completely. Read more... 2008-12-30 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Team People (vs Car People) With all the logic I could muster I explained to Ivan how driving a car is not wrong or sinful in itself. Just that buying cars, and coming to depend on them for transportation, leads one into a lifestyle that always ends up taking people into the world. Read more... 2008-12-15 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Outflow It has been said that the only difference between The Red Sea and The Dead Sea, is that, while both have water flowing into them, only The Red Sea has water flowing out. Have you ever experienced filling yourself up with Christian teaching... Read more... 2008-12-13 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Ambitious service In 50 Years In The Church Of Rome, Charles Chiniquy comments that pride is the daily bread of the Catholic priest. But is it the daily bread of the Catholic priest only, or does this sickness permeate the protestant and evangelical worlds also? Read more... 2008-11-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Religious Right RIP When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, he will do so in the 30th anniversary year of the founding of the so-called Religious Right. Read more... 2008-11-17 \| Submitted by: cal \| View all by cal \| Category: political \| View all in category
	Prophecy against the church The Old Testament Prophets got into some serious trouble with their fellow countrymen because they often prophesied against them. Indeed God was trying to correct them and sent the prophets to warn them. Read more... 2008-11-14 \| Submitted by: chris \| View all by chris \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	Worried about Obama? The election of Barak Obama as president has a number of Christians suddenly quite rattled. I’ve heard concerns ranging from his stance on Israel to his almost cult like following; and even some people hinting that he could be the Antichrist. Read more... 2008-11-05 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: political \| View all in category
	Modern Israel in prophecy? The other day a friend forwarded me an email by Jerry Golden from The Golden Report , a portion of which included the following: Read more... 2008-10-25 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: prophecy \| View all in category
	Promise Keepers I think I’d imagined Promise Keepers as some kind of overgrown, cringey, Christian men’s support group; or a thing you went to if you were having trouble with your marriage. Read more... 2008-10-12 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: ministries \| View all in category
	Anxiety attack Have you ever had anxiety build up to the point where it feels like you’re going to completely crumble? Where you have a permanent headache and there is a sickening sensation through your whole body? Read more... 2008-10-01 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: counsel \| View all in category
	Compassionate capitalism Not long ago I picked up a book at the City Mission in Launceston, Tasmania. Compassionate Capitalism. Its remarkable title caught my eye. Read more... 2008-09-22 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: money \| View all in category
	War with Iran? The way I see it our world has two distinct futures; one if Israel does NOT attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, and a very different one if they do. At last week’s lunch with Robert Fisk I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to ask for his estimate of... Read more... 2008-09-11 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: political \| View all in category
	TV undermines fathers In the mid 1960s television featured a lot of what were called family sitcoms, short for family situation comedies. They were all produced in the USA and were regarded as family entertainment. Read more... 2008-09-09 \| Submitted by: tony \| View all by tony \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	The beast now Back in the early nineties I imagined a time when everything would start rapidly changing. A time preceding the great tribulation when the normal state of things would start to morph into end times. Read more... 2008-08-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: prophecy \| View all in category
	Natural versus spriritual There is terrible confusion in Christendom today between the natural and the spiritual. Recently my daughter came home and told me about hearing someone speak of a girl who felt called to be a missionary, yet was wrestling between this and her love of... Read more... 2008-06-27 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	2 Churches : Real and Counterfeit The real church is made up with Jesus as the foundational rock. The prophets and apostles through the old and new testaments embrace Him to form a structure. We as living stones, a testament to Him, may make up the rest of the structure. Read more... 2008-05-22 \| Submitted by: chris \| View all by chris \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	The Times They Are A Changing In my lifetime, I have witnessed a great falling away in Christianity, particularly in the countries that make up what was once called western civilization. E.g. England, the USA, Australia, NZ etc. Read more... 2008-03-17 \| Submitted by: tony \| View all by tony \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	Jesus, not Constantine Constantine, the first "Christian" head of state, a murderer, adulterer, despot, founder of a long dynasty of incredibly bloodthirsty and perverted tyrants -- all of them Orthodox Christians -- glows from the walls of the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)... Read more... 2008-04-12 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-history \| View all in category
	Beyond church During the past year I found myself playing down the fact that I no longer go to church, initially because I had my own uncertainties about it, and later because of all the assumptions people make. Read more... 2008-04-09 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	Voluntary Poverty Stock market crashing? To this K'ekchí man and his son, fishing beside their house in Toledo District, Belize, Central America, it will not make much difference. Read more... 2008-03-19 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Balancing Christian life For many years of my Christian life I struggled to understand the correct balance between what you might call ‘the radical Christian life’ and, for lack of a better expression, the ordinary Christian life. Read more... 2008-02-09 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	The mustard tree The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed…the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. (Matt 13:31-32) Read more... 2007-11-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	The distant church What did I see today? Am I wrong, because it seemed like I saw a man drowning. Desperately pulling out all the old catch phrases that used to work, trying to hide even from himself that the old magic had gone. Read more... 2005-09-05 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category

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	Evangelicals and Plain Folk Anabaptists, Mennonites, Hutterites, or the rather endearing title of Plain Folk. All labels with close connections to one another and various nuances of meaning; yet I’m not sure if the people at Rocky Cape wear any of them completely. Read more... 2008-12-30 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Team People (vs Car People) With all the logic I could muster I explained to Ivan how driving a car is not wrong or sinful in itself. Just that buying cars, and coming to depend on them for transportation, leads one into a lifestyle that always ends up taking people into the world. Read more... 2008-12-15 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Outflow It has been said that the only difference between The Red Sea and The Dead Sea, is that, while both have water flowing into them, only The Red Sea has water flowing out. Have you ever experienced filling yourself up with Christian teaching... Read more... 2008-12-13 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Ambitious service In 50 Years In The Church Of Rome, Charles Chiniquy comments that pride is the daily bread of the Catholic priest. But is it the daily bread of the Catholic priest only, or does this sickness permeate the protestant and evangelical worlds also? Read more... 2008-11-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Religious Right RIP When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, he will do so in the 30th anniversary year of the founding of the so-called Religious Right. Read more... 2008-11-17 \| Submitted by: cal \| View all by cal \| Category: political \| View all in category
	Prophecy against the church The Old Testament Prophets got into some serious trouble with their fellow countrymen because they often prophesied against them. Indeed God was trying to correct them and sent the prophets to warn them. Read more... 2008-11-14 \| Submitted by: chris \| View all by chris \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	Worried about Obama? The election of Barak Obama as president has a number of Christians suddenly quite rattled. I’ve heard concerns ranging from his stance on Israel to his almost cult like following; and even some people hinting that he could be the Antichrist. Read more... 2008-11-05 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: political \| View all in category
	Modern Israel in prophecy? The other day a friend forwarded me an email by Jerry Golden from The Golden Report , a portion of which included the following: Read more... 2008-10-25 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: prophecy \| View all in category
	Promise Keepers I think I’d imagined Promise Keepers as some kind of overgrown, cringey, Christian men’s support group; or a thing you went to if you were having trouble with your marriage. Read more... 2008-10-12 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: ministries \| View all in category
	Anxiety attack Have you ever had anxiety build up to the point where it feels like you’re going to completely crumble? Where you have a permanent headache and there is a sickening sensation through your whole body? Read more... 2008-10-01 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: counsel \| View all in category
	Compassionate capitalism Not long ago I picked up a book at the City Mission in Launceston, Tasmania. Compassionate Capitalism. Its remarkable title caught my eye. Read more... 2008-09-22 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: money \| View all in category
	War with Iran? The way I see it our world has two distinct futures; one if Israel does NOT attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, and a very different one if they do. At last week’s lunch with Robert Fisk I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to ask for his estimate of... Read more... 2008-09-11 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: political \| View all in category
	TV undermines fathers In the mid 1960s television featured a lot of what were called family sitcoms, short for family situation comedies. They were all produced in the USA and were regarded as family entertainment. Read more... 2008-09-09 \| Submitted by: tony \| View all by tony \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	The beast now Back in the early nineties I imagined a time when everything would start rapidly changing. A time preceding the great tribulation when the normal state of things would start to morph into end times. Read more... 2008-08-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: prophecy \| View all in category
	Natural versus spriritual There is terrible confusion in Christendom today between the natural and the spiritual. Recently my daughter came home and told me about hearing someone speak of a girl who felt called to be a missionary, yet was wrestling between this and her love of... Read more... 2008-06-27 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	2 Churches : Real and Counterfeit The real church is made up with Jesus as the foundational rock. The prophets and apostles through the old and new testaments embrace Him to form a structure. We as living stones, a testament to Him, may make up the rest of the structure. Read more... 2008-05-22 \| Submitted by: chris \| View all by chris \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	The Times They Are A Changing In my lifetime, I have witnessed a great falling away in Christianity, particularly in the countries that make up what was once called western civilization. E.g. England, the USA, Australia, NZ etc. Read more... 2008-03-17 \| Submitted by: tony \| View all by tony \| Category: christian-culture \| View all in category
	Jesus, not Constantine Constantine, the first "Christian" head of state, a murderer, adulterer, despot, founder of a long dynasty of incredibly bloodthirsty and perverted tyrants -- all of them Orthodox Christians -- glows from the walls of the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)... Read more... 2008-04-12 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-history \| View all in category
	Beyond church During the past year I found myself playing down the fact that I no longer go to church, initially because I had my own uncertainties about it, and later because of all the assumptions people make. Read more... 2008-04-09 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	Voluntary Poverty Stock market crashing? To this K'ekchí man and his son, fishing beside their house in Toledo District, Belize, Central America, it will not make much difference. Read more... 2008-03-19 \| Submitted by: peter \| View all by peter \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	Balancing Christian life For many years of my Christian life I struggled to understand the correct balance between what you might call ‘the radical Christian life’ and, for lack of a better expression, the ordinary Christian life. Read more... 2008-02-09 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: christian-living \| View all in category
	The mustard tree The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed…the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. (Matt 13:31-32) Read more... 2007-11-18 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category
	The distant church What did I see today? Am I wrong, because it seemed like I saw a man drowning. Desperately pulling out all the old catch phrases that used to work, trying to hide even from himself that the old magic had gone. Read more... 2005-09-05 \| Submitted by: john \| View all by john \| Category: churches \| View all in category

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2008-12-30 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2008-12-15 | Submitted by: peter | View all by peter | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2008-12-13 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2008-11-18 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2008-11-17 | Submitted by: cal | View all by cal | Category: political | View all in category

2008-11-14 | Submitted by: chris | View all by chris | Category: churches | View all in category

2008-11-05 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: political | View all in category

2008-10-25 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: prophecy | View all in category

2008-10-12 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: ministries | View all in category

2008-10-01 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: counsel | View all in category

2008-09-22 | Submitted by: peter | View all by peter | Category: money | View all in category

2008-09-11 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: political | View all in category

2008-09-09 | Submitted by: tony | View all by tony | Category: christian-culture | View all in category

2008-08-18 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: prophecy | View all in category

2008-06-27 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: christian-culture | View all in category

2008-05-22 | Submitted by: chris | View all by chris | Category: christian-culture | View all in category

2008-03-17 | Submitted by: tony | View all by tony | Category: christian-culture | View all in category

2008-04-12 | Submitted by: peter | View all by peter | Category: christian-history | View all in category

2008-04-09 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: churches | View all in category

2008-03-19 | Submitted by: peter | View all by peter | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2008-02-09 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: christian-living | View all in category

2007-11-18 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: churches | View all in category

2005-09-05 | Submitted by: john | View all by john | Category: churches | View all in category

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