- How do you get youth to realise Christianity is not just another extra-curriculum activity alongside: music lessons, sport teams, ballet, horse riding etc? Or perhaps the harder question is; how do you get their parents to realise that?
- Terminator: Salavation is a cool movie and Head of State quite good too.
- Doing a preaching series on the 'Sermon On The Mount' at the moment, not that I really preach as such at The Station, we generally more discuss. I have always, kind of struggled with the Beatittudes, I mean what do you do with those things? Have since learned, that these are actually displaying kingdom values that God's Spirit is building into us. That we might be people who are 'poor in spirit' that we might rely on the strength of the kingdom. That we might be people who 'mourn, hunger and thrist for righteousness, peacemakers, and humble'.
- Another, thing is role of the Holy Spirit in the Sermon On The Mount. The Spirit is never mentioned, yet present in every word. Some argue that the Sermon On The Mount is the last stand of the Old Testament law. I prefer to view as part of the new law - promised by Jeremiah and Ezekiel long ago. A law written on our hearts, by the Holy Spirit as He tranforms us from the 'inside out'.
- Did a sermon in Singleness the other day at Church. Even though I'm married. Found this cool quote, that I gather comes from a starbucks cup.
The Way I See It #44 If the current generation of young adults is delaying marriage for five to 10 years longer than their parents, the question becomes: What good are they doing with that time? – Ethan Watters
- Heard another cool quote on Radio Sport the other day......we need to get rid of those boring middle overs in T20 cricket. Cut it down to just the 1st and last over. 12 balls - 6 bowlers can bowl 2 each....T20 cricket just ain't real cricket I'm afraid.
Later,
