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Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Evolution: Who Cares?

Who cares about the theory of evolution? I don’t. I know a lot do and I’m not saying that they shouldn’t. But my point is that I’ve often heard people try and trump Christianity because of the evolution question. “So…

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Friendship and Relational Evangelism

(Black Coffee. See www.mio.co.za). A while back I read a book called Kiss and Tell by Pete Gilbert. The book is about evangelism and looks at how friendship evangelism (or relational evangelism or lifestyle evangelism) trumps other kinds of evangelism…

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Why Freedom of Speech and Politics is Spiritual

In my #SpeakZA post from yesterday I mentioned that the topic of freedom of speech and press was, in my view, a ‘spiritual’ topic as much as any. I thought I would make it clear why I believe that. Some…

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The South African Press vs the ANC Youth League? #SpeakZA !

The freedom and independence of the press is a powerful and needed thing in any country. Background to this post I’m digressing a little from my usual ramblings and rantings on my faith and spirituality to talk about the freedom…

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Who We Are / Who I Am / In Christ

(Picture taken from YouthWorkInternational.com) I’ve been thinking a lot lately of my identity in Christ and how who God says I am in Christ Jesus reflects on how I think about myself, what I believe about myself, and how I…

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The Excitement of “Story”

(Picture painted by Geoff Hunt, PPRSMA, entitled “The Yellow Admiral”. See www.artmarine.co.uk.) On Sunday I picked up one of Patrick O’Brian’s books called HMS Surprise. The book follows O’Brian’s popular Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin characters, which most people will…