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 is this week’s round up of theological and ministry related wanderings:
Interesting post over at Out of Ur: The Emerging Synagogue? Apparently Christians aren’t the only ones feeling the urge to emerge.
Justin Taylor highlighted this advice from John Piper on humility. Check out this line as a sample quote: “be more amazed that you’re saved than that [...]
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Our work here is brief but its reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes away like a shadow.
Fantastic quote from Clare of Assisi which really speaks to me at the moment.
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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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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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David Powlison has written a guest post over at Between Two Worlds entitled ‘Should We Really Call It a “Quiet” Time?’ Well worth a read.
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Check out Craig Blomberg’s “Jesus of Nazareth: How Historians Can Know Him and Why It Matters.” This is the second essay in Christ on Campus Initiative’s series. Their essays by evangelical scholars, geared for university evangelism, and edited by D. A. Carson.
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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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