Yeah, Aaron, way to gloat about your comment protection algorithms. Have you noticed I haven’t posted on your site in about 9 months? That would be because your spam-guard is far too fiffin strict and has banned the shit out of me!
sigh. i think Water is about far more than “a sad case of hinduism” the director herself is hindu. women’s positions/independence/modernisation vs tradition etc etc. Fire is probably her best work.
sorry to be on topic, but i would say your sermonising seems to be getting much better: clearer presentation of thoughts, easy flow of ideas and a compelling and applicable ending. woot! you’ll be a priest/pastor/guru before you know what’s hit you.
Furthermore, in response to comments #1 and #2: Aaron, are you the only one not to notice that your blog has the single least inviting name of anything ever? Ever.
Richard stop being an arse. I haven’t commented on this blog for ages. Or written on mine for about as long.
I’m busy.
All recent comments on mhjb under my name (at least since my contribution to the pot debate, quite some time back) are fake. As in, not mine. Too many people want to be me. Whereas I think there should be less of me around.
Basically, Aaron, if you would just pause your game and write a post on your blog people wouldn’t feel the need to impersonate you. Even if you wrote a post about your Civ III game.
You should see him. Every time we walk past his room he will alt-tab out of Civ 3 and pretend to work on a Word document which never changes throughout the day. He gets all defensive if you ask to read it because I am pretty sure we will find its dated last year and unedited since. Like an eternally distracted novellist.
hey mate, now that i have reada the actual st francis sermon, i’m even more impressed. those long winded boring sermons of our youth are completely out done by this effort.
Your St F sermon is interesting reading, Matthew. I particularly like the point about not worrying so much about climate change etc because God is in control – something many Christian hippies seem to forget. However, I like it more as an article than a sermon.
O dear, that would probably be the last point I’d hope you take from the sermon. I want people to work not worry. The Keeper of Israel is the Keeper of Earth, so the earth is safe, but there’s no reason to think our civilisation is.
What’s the difference between an article & a sermon?
Re 32: I suspected that wasn’t the point you wanted gleaned from that sermon. It was the point I wanted to get from it though. Aren’t Christians the new Israel? So that would mean the Keeper of Israel is the Keeper of Christians too?
Um, I think a sermon should have the Bible as its foundation. So start from a Bible text/s and work out from there rather than start with a biography of a saint and then tie in some Bible passages.
NB: Creeds and confessions aren’t good starting points either.
‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness’ – 2 Tim 3
Sermon-wise, my guiding principle (unevenly enacted) comes from David Newton’s injunction to invite the hearers into the story. To assist them to see the world in terms of it. The story is Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, Restoration. The story is rooted in a normative way in the 66 books. I think it is legitimate to on occasion come at the story from a different angle, in this case the life of a saint. On occasion.
I’d just like to reiterate what I said below about this blog being boring and mine being far cooler.
I’d just like to reiterate what I said below about this blog being boring and mine being far cooler.
And what’s more, this blog doesn’t even have a duplicate comment detector.
Yeah, Aaron, way to gloat about your comment protection algorithms. Have you noticed I haven’t posted on your site in about 9 months? That would be because your spam-guard is far too fiffin strict and has banned the shit out of me!
On a different note just saw WATER the movie…10/10 a sad case of Hinduism
I hear water may have been invented in Switzerland. Can you confirm this, Dennis?
They were not able to make it in India it was shot in Sri Lanka who also have water.have you seen it?
sigh. i think Water is about far more than “a sad case of hinduism” the director herself is hindu. women’s positions/independence/modernisation vs tradition etc etc. Fire is probably her best work.
I’m working on a film called ‘Wind’ at the moment. mphmfsniggerparp.
I’m working on a film called Farts at the moment…oh…
sorry to be on topic, but i would say your sermonising seems to be getting much better: clearer presentation of thoughts, easy flow of ideas and a compelling and applicable ending. woot! you’ll be a priest/pastor/guru before you know what’s hit you.
re 8 what’s FIRE about how they got rid of widows?
Here’s the Roger Ebert review, Dad. Looks pretty interesting I reckon.
darkest Africa doesn’t know much abpout homosexuality either no doubt Holly or Bollywood will enliten them
A pity they couldn’t read Song of Soloman and get the good oil
Um…
when was the last time you were in darkest Africa, Dad?
Furthermore, in response to comments #1 and #2: Aaron, are you the only one not to notice that your blog has the single least inviting name of anything ever? Ever.
do you need to go to a place to know anything about it
Oi! you! No commenting for a week!
Richard stop being an arse. I haven’t commented on this blog for ages. Or written on mine for about as long.
I’m busy.
All recent comments on mhjb under my name (at least since my contribution to the pot debate, quite some time back) are fake. As in, not mine. Too many people want to be me. Whereas I think there should be less of me around.
Thankyougoodbye.
“busy”
He’s back on the Civ 3 wagon.
weener.
Ah, but a weener carrying the American flag of truth!
Basically, Aaron, if you would just pause your game and write a post on your blog people wouldn’t feel the need to impersonate you. Even if you wrote a post about your Civ III game.
Is that link correct?
Which link, Deb?
Your sermon about St Francis sounds a lot like the sermon you preached in September. Am I doing something dumb?
Yeah I’m with Deb, something is screwy with your link.
On the contrary, it is I who am dumb. Fixed now.
You should see him. Every time we walk past his room he will alt-tab out of Civ 3 and pretend to work on a Word document which never changes throughout the day. He gets all defensive if you ask to read it because I am pretty sure we will find its dated last year and unedited since. Like an eternally distracted novellist.
hey mate, now that i have reada the actual st francis sermon, i’m even more impressed. those long winded boring sermons of our youth are completely out done by this effort.
Your St F sermon is interesting reading, Matthew. I particularly like the point about not worrying so much about climate change etc because God is in control – something many Christian hippies seem to forget. However, I like it more as an article than a sermon.
O dear, that would probably be the last point I’d hope you take from the sermon. I want people to work not worry. The Keeper of Israel is the Keeper of Earth, so the earth is safe, but there’s no reason to think our civilisation is.
What’s the difference between an article & a sermon?
Obviously, Matt, a sermon should be boring.
and have three points
Re 32: I suspected that wasn’t the point you wanted gleaned from that sermon. It was the point I wanted to get from it though. Aren’t Christians the new Israel? So that would mean the Keeper of Israel is the Keeper of Christians too?
Um, I think a sermon should have the Bible as its foundation. So start from a Bible text/s and work out from there rather than start with a biography of a saint and then tie in some Bible passages.
NB: Creeds and confessions aren’t good starting points either.
‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness’ – 2 Tim 3
Re 33: They don’t have to be boring, but on the other hand the aim is not to entertain the ‘audience’.
Sermon-wise, my guiding principle (unevenly enacted) comes from David Newton’s injunction to invite the hearers into the story. To assist them to see the world in terms of it. The story is Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, Restoration. The story is rooted in a normative way in the 66 books. I think it is legitimate to on occasion come at the story from a different angle, in this case the life of a saint. On occasion.
On occasion. Hence my saying ‘I like it more as’ rather than ‘that is sooo wrong’.