Everyday Mp3s (Steve Timmis)

Everyday Church MP3s (Steve Timmis)

As a gospel principle my desire is not to hold on tight to God's gracious gifts, but to share them as widely as I can.
I think Marcus Honeysett taught me that.
When I managed to persuade Steve Timmis to to spend 48 hours with the UCCF South West team that meant looking for ways to open our doors.

Steve spent four sessions (including Q&A) with us as a team along with a number of guests. Additionally we were able to open our doors for an evening event for the Exeter CU and other members of local churches, and a breakfast for local church leaders. We recorded the sessions and I'm posting them here for your encouragement - find yourself over 8.5 hours to listen in. I'm deeply challenged and looking forward to implementing ideas that flow from Steve's richEcclesiocentric gospel theology.

Monday
Session 1 (80mins)
Session 2 (84mins)
Tuesday 
Session 3 (90mins)
Everyday Church Evening Talk (53mins)
Everyday Church Evening Q&A (30mins)
Wednesday 
Church Leaders Breakfast - Talk and Q&A  (94mins)
Session 4 (90mins)

Video: Richie Righteous - Salvation 101 - Rap from the perspective of the thief on the cross

Video: Is Peace Possible (4 Part Special Report on the Irael-Paletine Peace Process)

View all 4 parts of the 4 Part Special Report at the Atlantic Video Blog page.

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4:

An MIT Scientist Refutes Scientism (the belief that scientifically gathered information is the only valid source of information)

From Justin Taylor's Excllent blog.

An MIT Scientist Refutes Scientism

“Scientism” is not the same as “science.”

Scientism is a philosophical belief about science, holding that science is the only rational approach to truth in the world, and that only scientific truths can be rationally accessed and believed. (A softer form of scientism would hold that the results of science are the most rational and most objective truths we can have or hold.)

I think it’s safe to safe this is the dominant worldview of the secular scientific community—despite the fact that it is a self-defeating position (since “scientism” itself is not a philosophical position and not a scientific truth).

Those seeking a refutation of scientism might be interested in a new book by Ian Hutchinson, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entitled Monopolizing Knowledge: A Scientist Refutes Religion-Denying, Reason-Destroying Scientism.

You can also read quite a bit of the book online for free at the author’s website.

HT: Chronicle of Higher Education blog (via Gene Veith)

Audio: Role of Men Sermons by Matt Chandler

3 Talks from Matt Chandler of the Village Church on the Role of men and defining masculinity.

Aug 26, 2007

Men as Fathers

Speaker: Matt ChandlerTopic: The Role of Men

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Aug 19, 2007

Men as Husbands

Speaker: Matt ChandlerTopic: The Role of Men

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Aug 11, 2007

Defining Masculinity

Speaker: Matt ChandlerTopic: The Role of Men

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Video: Funny Rap 'Fear the Boom and Bust' Keynes vs. Hayek

Funny Rap video on the difference between the Keynsian school and the Austrian school.

Proofs of God in a photon (Article from The Independent)

You can read the entire article on The Independent's website.

FOR THE first time in 400 years, sensible people are saying some very dangerous things. Theologians are discussing the origins of the physical universe, the beauty of the fundamental laws of physics and the wonder of the complexity of nature. Scientists, too, are discussing what they suggest may be a sense of purpose behind the universe and questioning why those laws of nature should be exactly the way they are and why they give rise to those wondrous complexities. This year, a flurry of new books has been published, written by eminent scientists and with the word ``God'' in the title. It may be that this is in part due to pressure from publishers - ``God'' sells well - but it also represents a profound change of attitude since, until recently, few scientists who value their reputations would have risked the G-word even in private. That scientific books invoking God should sell well is also a reflection on the rest of us. Society seems to be searching for something which neither religion nor conventional science on its own has been able to deliver.

Listen to (Stream) Sufjan Stevens Entire Discography for Free

Sufjan Stevens is a most enigmatic musician and his albums are sprawling multi-instrumental epics with heart tugging tender pieces and swelling orchestras and enough mischief to keep himself from taking himself too seriously. Well worth a listen. Try illinoise here to begin with then head on over to his website to listen to the rest.

Sufjan Stevens Christmas Album (Stream for free)!

Mars Hill (Driscoll) Talks on Luke (Christmas)

Here are the Mars Hill talks on the Luke passages leading up to Christmas which might be good leading up to Christmas.

1. 1:5-25 John the Baptist's Birth Foretold
2. 1:26-28 Jesus Birth Prophesied
3. 1:39-45 Mary & Elizabeth
4. 1:46-56 Mary's Song
5. 1:57-80 John the Baptist's Birth
6. 2:1-7 Birth of Christ
7. 2:8-21 Christ the Lord
8. Birth of Christ Q&A