This is the first of about three articles in the More on ministry series.
Jeremiah and Jonah provide an interesting comparison and contract when thinking about ministry. Perhaps it is useful to express these in a table.
JeremiahJonah
Background
Jeremiah was appointed as a prophet to the
nations
(Jeremiah 1:5). Specifically, he was to declare God’s
judgement against Jerusalem and Judah, […]
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Just out of curiosity, here are the 21 top phrases used in search engines to reach my church’s English Ministry web site for May 2006. I’ve removed names due to privacy.
chinese church prayer items
[Missionary couple] thailand
kyck
[Preacher who preaches regularly at the English service]
equip women
metrogaine 2006
[Member of my congregation]
uniting church oxford st epping
kyck 2006 photos
kyck […]
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Sometimes things just pop up in one’s mind. Sometimes it’s even useful. That’s what happened last week, while I was trying to get to sleep. I had to get up and write my thoughts down before I forget them again.
So what was I thinking?
Over the next few entries I will deal with […]
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A List Apart is a web design weblog to which I subscribe (and read occasionally). Normally the topics deal with web design (i.e. how to design a good, standards-compliant web page), or web design project management (i.e. how to deal with clients).
So I’m more than a little curious to see this particular article about […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald recently ran a column from its Economics Editor, Ross Gittens, about the virtues of the economic system stipulated by the Old Testament. The article was largely based on a (rather old) Cambridge Paper, The Divine Economy, by Paul Mills.
The thesis can be summarised as follows. The economic system in […]
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