Dealing With DifferencesIt was a curious Minister's Bible Study I held tonight. Several of the great "poles of opinion" came up (yet without contention). One of the group said: "How should we th...
MoPress: Mobile blogging applicationI downloaded MoPress to my cellphone this morning to check out how it works. Basically its a mobile application that allows you to post basic articles to your blog. Quite...
SCREWTAPE PROPOSES AN EPISCOPAL TOAST - (11)With apologies to C.S. LewisBy David W. Virtuewww.virtueonline.orgMy dear Wormwood,Word of your enormous success with America's mainline denominations continues to draw ...
Morocco Begins Large-Scale Expulsion of Foreign ChristiansCompass Direct NewsISTANBUL - Moroccan authorities deported more than 40 foreign Christian aid workers last week in an ongoing, nationwide crackdown that included the exp...
Rwanda: Bishop Rucyahana RetiresNow here is one truly a courageous bishop who stood up, almost alone, and fought for the orthodox faith. May he continue mightily used in retirement. Eugene Mutara repor...
Embarrassing MomentAn old friend came to bring words of comfort to wife M. today. I said, "Oh, that was good! I should have written it down! I should have recorded it! You should say it aga...
Do You Support Discerning The World?Discerning The World has seemed to make the “headlines” in the in the South African blogesphere.
Some like the blog, others just down right hate it. I persona...
A dispatch from the lenten wildernessAs you've probably noticed I haven't blogged regularly. The main reason for this is that I'm fasting technology during Lent after 5pm. It is not the only reason. The othe...
Time to PrayI know that I really need to make more time to pray. I used to say - this was maybe five or six years ago - that I didn't know how one could be a pastor or a minister wit...
Best Seminary CoursesI must have done a hundred courses at seminary / university. I got to thinking which were the best of them -- purely subjectively, that is -- in terms of how deeply they ...
I will resign only if Pope asks me to, says head of Irish Catholic ChurchCardinal Brady said that he did not feel it was his responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the policeDavid Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent, and Richar...
The communitarian idealFor the past three years I’ve been doing research into the charismatic renewal movement in southern African Christianity. It flourished in the 1970s, and in the 198...
My Computer Up and Running Again!Yipee! My pc is up and running again. The installation didn’t take as long as I expected.
Well maybe that’s because I didn’t install all my usual progra...
My Computer Up and Running Again!Yipee! My pc is up and running again. The installation didn’t take as long as I expected.
Well maybe that’s because I didn’t install all my usual progra...
Decline of 'Churchianity' Will Lead to Growth of Genuine Faith, Says EvangelistCharles Boyd| reports:With Britain heading towards financial, moral and social bankruptcy, it is hard to be optimistic about the nation’s future, admits J. John. But in...
Victory: No DSTV Porn ChannelChristian View Network reports:DSTV has announced that they have scrapped plans for a pornography channel. Thank you to all who protested against this. We should be enco...
VIP Box? No ThanksI received a private invitation today to join Angus Buchan, Graham Power, and various luminaries "in the VIP box" next week (55,000 Christians are expected for a gatherin...
Computer Crash! Why Now?Last night my computer unexpectedly crashed. Luckily I had all my important files saved on a seperate hard drive preventing me from losing anything (a lesson learnt from ...
Computer Crash! Why Now?Last night my computer unexpectedly crashed. Luckily I had all my important files saved on a seperate hard drive preventing me from losing anything (a lesson learnt from ...
How to beat the South African Time ThiefThe William Nicol offramp on the N1 gets me every time. It’s more like a parking lot than a highway. Click image to enlarge.
I live about 40 km’s from the of...
The Last LectureThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is the last thoughts of a professor of computer science who discovers that he is dying of cancer. Very easy reading, but challenging and ...
How the Prophet (pbuh) would complainWhat would you do if the world turns against you and difficulties become almost unbearable? Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went through tremendous problems in the p...
Besieged AgainYesterday morning I found myself continually besieged. A group of people was waiting for me after Church as I greeted people at the Church door. I said, "Sorry, I have a ...
Georgian monasteries to take in prisonersMonks sometimes speak of their monastic life as “my repentance”, and in the USA prisons are sometimes called “penitentiaries”. Now in Georgia ther...