Eat Your Heart Out, Alan Titchmarsh - Jesus Wins!

Back in Genesis 1-2 God created all kinds of animals and plants, that would bear offspring according to their kind. Apple seeds would bring forth apple trees. Dove "seeds" would would bring forth more doves. Banana trees wouldn't suddenly start spouting butter-nut squashes, nor would pigs be expected to birth hammerhead sharks...

Thank God for Men Like These

It's easy to forget, in a prosperous and democratic society like our own, that many lost their livelihoods and even their lives to get the gospel of Jesus Christ to us in an easily available format and understandable form.

The following documentary traces some of those who were martyred for the cause of getting the Bible translated into English so that common folk, like you and me, could understand its message. Who knows where you or I would be now if it were not for the power of God at work in the lives of these courageous men.

The God of Forming and Filling

Getting In The Mood For Christmas??

There's nothing like stunning truth set to beautiful music to get you feeling like you're going to burst out of your skin if you get any more excited!

Having posted recently on the similarities between Genesis 1 and Matthew 1, here is stunning Christmas song that brings out the echo wonderfully. Much better than poor old red-nose Rudolph ever could!

Oh and the house in the video is impressive - if only for wondering how long it took the guy to set it up.  Don't let it distract you from the magnificent words though... ;-)

Sermon Notes on Genesis 17

Genesis 17 here

God's Gracious Restoration (v1-2): Abraham was a man who, back in Genesis 12, God had called to leave his family and his country to go to another land that God would show him. God gave him the promise that he would make Abraham's descendants into a prosperous and mighty nation and that through his offspring, all the nations of the earth would be blessed by God. The problem was, his wife was sterile, so Abraham and Sarah (Abram and Sarai as they were known at that point) tried jamming a square peg in a round hole by getting a son/heir through his maid - perfectly acceptable in that culture, but not with God. Nevertheless, God does not disqualify Abraham on account of his presumption and not only seeks out face-to-face fellowship with him, but makes the promise he gave him in Genesis 12 even better!

Beans Are the New Lettuce

The specialists are tweaking their methodologies, it seems.

Follow Helman's argument and you have to say that beans are the super food of the hour - high fibre, protein and carbs, and what minuscule amount of fat is in there is unsaturated! They are the lettuce in a full English breakfast!! I could almost talk my way vegetarian at this rate!

If these new trends hold, the smart money is investing in air fresheners and nose pegs, at least for the transition phase!

If You Have Strong Views on Election, Calvinism and Arminianism, Read This - Not What You Think

Dave Bish has posted a wonderful blog on the issue of election, Calvinism or Arminianism. Many churches, denominations and individual Christians have said and done some very hurtful things to each other in the name of the side they hold in the argument.  I'm with Dave in that I think we need to frame the question a whole lot differently.