Mars Hill have launched a new media library and the code that runs their pages has been updated – very web 2.0! It’s great to see that there are some good Christian coders out there, see below:
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In view of God’s Mercy
Here’s a little video produced by UCCF for the final night at NWA. If you want to understand the Bible from beginning to end and only have 3 minutes, this is a good place to go!
Fun Job
I’m still not entirely sure what I’m going to be doing after University, although I’m tempted to apply for this…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7328410.stm
Two evenings per week, £7 an hour, and all expenses paid… that’s right you can get paid to spend an evening at the pub with an old gent, and get your beer and crisps paid for you!
Genius
Loved this…
HT: Mark Meynell
Good Friday and The Passion
Check out this video, it’s an in-house production by Mars Hill to publicise their Good Friday services, it’s quite graphic, so if you’re a bit squeamish at the sight of blood (well it’s not real blood) then don’t watch it. At the production level it’s awesome, really powerful visually and says it better than words, I’m impressed that any church (even a ‘mega church’) can produce something so professional. Actually, the video is a little bit weird, but it’s well done nonetheless…
I saw on BBC IPlayer last night the first episode of BBC’s The Passion… I thought it was pretty good, both generally as a TV production and in being reasonably true to the gospel accounts. Part 2 tonight, BBC1, at 8.30pm.
Need a website?
Just in the process of relaunching the website for my little business. I sell web hosting, make web sites for people and generally do computery, techie, designy kind of projects for people…
You can find me at Web4Christ.co.uk where there’s some examples of projects done. If you need someone to put together a blog for you, church website, business website, need your computer fixed etc. then get in touch!
The Other Thing
I bought a poppy today and was reminded of the other thing that makes me cry…
Godly Poking
Joshua Harris has kissed Facebook goodbye, a good thing I feel. I’m not sure how anyone who isn’t a student-bum has time for things like Facebook! Anyway, upon leaving he did go out with these last words…
“Enjoy Facebook. And if you’re a godly single man, receive it as a gift from God to assist you in nonchalantly building a friendship with a godly Christian woman. I’m serious, men! If you’re mature enough to pursue marriage, Facebook should be ‘Courtbook’ for you. Don’t just sit there, get on the ball and go ‘poke’ a godly girl.”
So naturally I added this quote to my Facebook profile. Fortunately (for the ‘godly girls’) I’ve never really understood the point of ‘poking’, just seems silly, along with those stupid superpokes, giving people drinks, throwing sheep, pirate arrrs, aquariums and other such rubbish. I want Joshua Harris to know that ‘Facebook is not the problem (the applications are)’… grrr…
Driscollisms
Some selected quotes, some paraphrased…
“hairy armpits like Don King in a headlock”
“Did Ruth cross the line? No, she just danced on it vigorously!”
“She’s hot… So’s Hell!”
“godless women run after men, godly women get in the way”
“we’re putting the fun back into fundamentalism”
“our official position is no sex outside marriage – get married then make up for lost time”
“Boaz, he’s a man, a dude of dudes”
“people in Seattle think they’re good by being green – justification by recycling”
“Jesus was no limp-wristed hippie”
Driscoll’s latest book has been reviewed by Tim Challies and it seems that some people can’t cope with his sarcasm, “vulgarity” and “crudeness”. Personally I think these people need to get a life and instead of criticising guys like Driscoll, who’s doing faithful gospel ministry among unchurched people in a pagan society, should stop being legalistic and self-righteous and consider engaging with their society some more.
And what does Facebook have to offer…
Mark Driscoll is the new Dr. Lloyd Jones
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