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Relativism corrupts but absolute relativism corrupts truth absolutely.

‘That’s great I’m happy for you’. ’If it helps you that’s wonderful’. ’I understand that is true for you’.
Ever heard these kind of statements from people today? Relativism is a common trend in postmodernism and taken to its extremes erodes the whole concept of truth.  If something is true, can it be true for me and not true […]

Binding and loosing

I’ve been meaning to write this post since I read Velvet Elvis.  I already talked about the bible is not an instruction manual for life - a point also made by Rob Bell in the book.
Rob makes a very well argued point which I hesitate to try and summarise - although if you like my […]

Church

According to Michael Lloyd,  he who probably dwells in the urban centre of Oxfordshire, and to whom is due a degree of thanks for enlightening our ponderings over the last few weeks, ‘there is a corporate as well as a personal dimension to belonging to Christ.’
As we learnt in a previous chapter, we are redeemed as […]

Afro-beat anyone?

As “church” is a community of friends who all do fun stuff together, it has come to my attention that we do actually need to do some fun stuff, so to add to our one event we have planned, I propose another:
Anyone want to see Kokolo at the Jazz Cafe in Camden on Saturday 4th […]

Us and Them

Changing the theme a bit here, I was concerned last week that there was a bit too much talk of who’s in and who’s out.  I think it has been fashionable in the last 100 years in the church to be preoccupied with heaven and hell - which I’m sure we will talk about over […]

emerging church

I’m new at this, I admit it.  I mean at this new vision of church.  Ideas that I thought were all mine have all been thought before.  Even that one
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.  Is there anything of which […]