Posted on April 18, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
We were chatting the other night at Loam about hospitality. Kate ran the night and has also written this great article that is well worth a read. During the discussion we of course covered many topics and as we did my mind kept flicking over to the role of hospitality in evangelism. I was struck [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
I’ve just been reading this article online while I watch the cricket and I have to say that it’s disturbing me.
Australians searching for meaning: churches
* April 08, 2007
A NEW search for meaning in the modern world has been the catalyst for bumper attendances at Easter church services in Melbourne, church leaders said today.
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Posted on April 8, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
The Rev has returned (started posting again) and has kicked off with this cracker of an Easter reflection.
Jesus of Nazareth, a working class man, from a poor neighborhood in a rebellious and troublesome part of the Roman Empire begins at thirty years of age to announce the kingdom of God. This man rises from total [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
As you may have noticed I think that studying the background, the context of the biblical stories that we know and love is really important. So when I stumbled across this piece by Scot McKnight I had to share.
We need to reconsider why it was that Jesus chose Passover (a night of celebrating and remembering [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
I just realised that today is the 2nd birthday of this blog. I’ve really enjoyed writing it and imagine I’ll keep on doing so for the next little while. I find blogging to be a helpful process of getting ideas, questions, problems out of my head and onto a page. This helps me articulate what [...]
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Posted on April 4, 2007 by Tim Jeffries
I’ve been reading Ryan Bolger’s Blog and came across this awesome assignment he set for his class. If I wasn’t so busy doing my own assignments I think I’d do this one just for fun!
Continuing Jesus’ Mission into the World (Part Two):
Piggy-backing on my last post on Continuing Jesus’ Mission into the World, I wanted [...]
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