On Saturday the ruling Labor conference committed the Party to a policy of support for same-sex marriage. The move was supported by a rainbow coalition of activists including member of the clergy. History teaches us that this is not the end of a long battle, just a pause before the next push begins. What was [...]
Tag Archives: Quotes
God is dead. We have killed him!
18 January, 2011 – 9:56 PM
I have a Greek barber who fancies himself as a bit of a philosopher. Every now and again we talk about the ultimate issues of life and death while he cuts my hair. On one such occasion he asked me, “How can you believe in God when so much evil has been done by religion?” [...]
A simple principle
17 November, 2010 – 9:57 AM
I’m still enjoying Ben Witherington’s commentary on Acts. Here’s a great insight into early Christianity’s advantage over the established religions of the ancient world. Sure we live in a different world today. Christianity arose during a time when there was already enormous religious curiosity on the part of Romans and other pagans about Eastern religions [...]
Apple’s Secret: Focused Simplicity
12 October, 2010 – 2:54 AM
Here’s an engaging extract from Garmine Gallo’s book on Steve Jobs and the success of Apple. Apple believes in “focused simplicity. It is a $30 billion company with less than 30 products. That’s never been done before. This quote grabbed my attention: In product design and business strategy, subtraction often adds value. Whether we’re talking [...]
Beginning with the end in mind
19 March, 2010 – 2:01 AM
I’m in Singapore for a consultation on church planting movements. Doing a lot of listening because the participants are practitioners. One of the greats in the room is David Watson. Here’s his handy definition of a church planting movement: A Church Planting Movement is an indigenously led gospel planting and obedience-based discipleship process that has [...]
Plain sailing
27 January, 2010 – 8:55 AM
Never mind the manoeuvres, just go straight at ‘em. Horatio Nelson Nelson was of the opinion that in war no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy. According to Edgar Vincent, his method for evolving plans was not analytical. He despised “pen and ink men”. He relied [...]
Bob-isms
25 September, 2009 – 5:47 AM
I’ve been hanging out with Bob Roberts at the Crossway conference this week. That’s Bob on the right tickling a church planter. That man is out of control. Here’s just a few of his quotable quotes.On the key to success Every big thing has always started from simple obedience. God puts something on my heart. [...]
Back to the future
20 September, 2009 – 9:33 PM
The great Christian revolutions come not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when somebody takes radically something that was always there.
Lost for words
11 September, 2009 – 12:49 AM
It was Francis of Assisi who said, “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary use words.” Actually, that’s not true. Francis never said it. Just as Marie Antoinette never said, “Let them eat cake.” And Humphrey Bogart in the film Casablanca never said “Play it again Sam.” Nor did Sherlock Holmes say, “Elementary my [...]
Who owns the Great Commission?
28 May, 2009 – 12:45 AM
A gem of an insight from a practitioner in Africa. Church planting movements are about ownership. Who owns the Great Commission? A CPM gives ownership of the Great Commission to the new believer and the local church. Some things never change.
