Archive for March, 2009

Groups for Pre-Bible Study

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Group 1:
Cindy
Lewis & Craig
Paul
Group 2:
Eilish
Steven
Gerald
Alan
Group 3:
Barry
Julia
Denise
Faith
Group 4:
Noreen
Kieran
Matt
James
Group 5:
Dan
Keren
Bobby
Amanda
Group 6:
Rob
Darra
Bob & Pauline
Group 7:
Doug
Teresa & Eliz
Mark
Group 8:
Emer
Shane
Norma & Aoife
Group 9:
Phil & Evan
Neil
Emma
Marie

Materials for this month’s study

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

For anybody who has misplaced their copy of this month’s study materials here are links to them:

Relate or Not?;
Unity, Community and Love.

The study will be this Saturday (28th March). The more people have read, prepared and contemplated the more enjoyable it will be.

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Hal Miller quoted by Frank Viola @
Christianity is culturally relevant when it offers a qualitatively different society. Jesus called it “the kingdom of God.” Paul saw its first outlines in the gathered disciples of Jesus, and so he called them ekklesia – we translate it “church”- a Greek word denoting citizens assembled [...]

Why did the [early church] gather?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Most evangelicals, and indeed Christians of nearly all persuasions, traditionally answer that churches meet for worship. Paul’s consistent answer was “to build each other up.” The members met to use their personal endowments from the Spirit for the common good. They prayed, read Scripture, encouraged, sang, taught, and prophesied to one another as the [...]

Groups for Pre-Bible Study

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Group 1
Dan
Norma & Aoife
Julia
Group 2
Paul
Rob
Bob & Pauline
Group 3
Bobby
Lewis & Craig
Doug
Group 4
Phil & Evan
Shane
Keren
Group 5
Amanda
Emer
Noreen
Faith
Group 6
Alan
Barry
Marie
Emma
Group 7
Dara
Eilish
Steven
Matt
Group 8
Elizabeth & Teresa
Neil
Denise
Group 9
Ger
Mark
James
Big Kieren

Conservatives and Porn a new study

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.
A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.
“When it comes to adult [...]