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Berni Responds to Bartlet in the West Wing Theology Challenge

Berni Responds to Bartlet in the West Wing Theology Challenge

Wow there’s been quite  bit of discussion on the blog post about the West Wing Theology Challenge – the theological gauntlet that President Bartlet threw down to the Christian talk show host ‘Dr’ Jenna Jacobs on homosexuality. And you know what makes it all so hard?  It’s this: in one respect at least, Bartlet has a real point.

I don’t mean that his conclusions are right. But his process points out an important truth. So, here (in love) is my take on it all:

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A Birthday Celebration: The Incredible Blessing of Just Being Alive

A Birthday Celebration: The Incredible Blessing of Just Being Alive

I’m not much into my own birthday. But today I turn 53. Amazing!

Where have the years gone?

As I woke up early again this morning – around 3:30 am (something I’ve been doing my mother tells me since I was born – lucky mum!!) I just realised again – afresh and anew – what an incredible blessing it is just to draw breath; what an awesome blessing it is just to be alive. (I wonder whether amidst the hustle and bustle of life, that’s not something that you and I forget all too often!)

And – as it always does when I read it – this passage of Scripture warmed my heart. May it remind you too, what an awesome blessing it is today, just to be alive:

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President Bartlet’s Theology Challenge – How Will You Respond?

President Bartlet’s Theology Challenge – How Will You Respond?

This post is about knowing why we believe what we believe. There’s a great scene in “The Midterms” episode of the TV Series The West Wing – where President Bartlet takes a Christian talk show host to task over her position on homosexuality by throwing some challenging Old Testament dilemmas her way.

According to the President, she’s being quite selective in the things she chooses to believe …

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Miracle in Rwanda

Miracle in Rwanda

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Rwanda is a country that as you know, has been through incredible pain … and the healing process is a long one. But God is right in the middle of that!

People’s Radio Rwanda (their national, publicly owned broadcaster) airs our Christianityworks radio program each Saturday night in prime time. (That’s a bit like getting a Bible teaching program airing nationally on the BBC in the UK or the ABC in Australia).  So just being on air is a miracle in itself!

That’s why what happened late last year is just so amazing!

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When In Need … Plant a Seed

When In Need … Plant a Seed

Okay – so you’re in the middle of a famine. Almost no food to go around. Your family’s close to starvation. You have – ooh, about a half a bag of grain left. That’s all. Just enough to keep the family in bread for the next couple of weeks.

Either that … or enough to plant out part of your field with seed, in the hope that a few months down the track – if the rains come, just enough, not too much, at precisely the right time – you’ll have food galore. (That’s if the locusts don’t eat it all!)

So – what ya gonna do – huh?

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Honest Answers Poll Top 5 Results

Honest Answers Poll Top 5 Results

Thank you if you were one of those responsible for the awesome response to the 3 Honest Answers Poll questions … we had over 1300 individual votes!. In this post, I’m sharing the poll results and my initial thoughts on the top 5 conclusions that arise out of the data.

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