The BBC are reporting that the Pope’s chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out:
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.
Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities [...]
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I have been thinking about some church visits we will be having from 120 pupils from our local primary school in a month’s time, and was reminded of this fantastic quote from Martin Luther:
Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.
This is such an important issue. [...]
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Here are some interesting posts on theology and ministry from around the web in the last few days:
Desiring God has now posted new audio and video of John Piper’s 5-hour seminar exegetically unpacking the theology of the 5 points of Calvinism.
Andy Jackson offers 10 biblical guidelines on how Christians can engage in politics without “losing [...]
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Saw this video on youtube - made me think about diversity into unity, and the role the church has in bringing people with some very diverse ages, personalities, thoughts, styles of worship etc. to be unified around the gospel message.
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Great post about how church would look like if The Reverend Steve Jobs was the church leader:
An all-glass front with incredible floor-to-ceiling signage that would welcome you with crisp fonts and simple messaging.
The lobby would be pristine, the walls would be sharp white with warm lighting accents, and there would be iMacs lining the walls on [...]
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Christianity Today is printing an email dialogue running for the next several days between Tony Jones and Collin Hansen. Here is the first installment.
(Thanks Justin Taylor)
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Carrying on my catch-up posts here is a round up of Theology and Church related pieces from the last couple of weeks:
Check out John Frye and the fortune cookie approach to the Bible (thanks Scot)
How to Help Your Husband When He Is Criticized - fantastic post by C.J. and Carolyn Mahaney.
Alister McGrath is moving to King’s in [...]
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Church relevance highlights an interesting issue for a church to face:
Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of the infamous movie Borat, is filming another movie called Bruno. It is about Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion reporter, who is one of Baron Cohen’s many comic personalities. Because Christians are stereotyped as antihomosexual and homophobic, Bruno has already [...]
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Scot McKnight flag’s up a couple of interesting articles around the web this week:
Firstly, Chris Ridgeway has put Mark Driscoll’s talk about emerging into a full script on pdf -definitely worth a read.
Secondly, he links to an article on Homelessness in Heathrow from the Time. An interesting look at those who make Heathrow airport their home, even [...]
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Norwich’s Anglican cathedral had to be evacuated midway through an Easter service as candles set off fire alarms. The 400-strong congregation lit candles at the Saturday evening service to symbolise Jesus’s resurrection but as the flames grew fire alarms sounded. Revd Jan McFarlane, of the Diocese of Norwich, said:
New Christians were baptised and confirmed by the [...]
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