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See the original from Gotye below:

(h/t tim stevens)

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(h/t doug fields)

You can listen to the whole EP for free on Bandcamp. You can also get free copies of lyrics and chord charts etc. I listened to it lots of times before purchasing it. Because I really liked it, I paid $6 instead of the asking price of $3. Generous, I know.

Check it. Let me know what you think.

I’ve been really challenged over the past year as I’ve followed along with some of Tim’s environmental work to be more deliberate in caring for creation.

In John Stott’s final book, The Radical Disciple, he has a chapter on Creation-Care. As well as Tim’s practical example, I found Stott’s challenge in this chapter to be a firm rebuke for a lack of creation care on my behalf.

Stott has this quote from Chris White with a vision for Christians to take their environmental responsibility seriously:

They choose sustainable forms of energy where possible. They switch off unneeded appliances. They buy food, goods and services as far as possible from companies with ethically sound environmental policies. They join conservation societies. They avoid over-consumption and unnecessary waste and recycle as much as possible.

Here is Stott’s conclusion:

It seems quite inexplicable to me that there are some Christians who claim to love and worship God, to be disciples of Jesus, and yet have no concern for the earth that bears his stamp of ownership. They do not care about the abuse of the earth and indeed, by their wasteful and over-consumptive life-styles, they collude in it.

God intends… our care of the creation to reflect our love for the Creator.

To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it (Deuteronomy 10:14).

Check out the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation, a foundational statement for those engaged in the ministry of creation care.

What are some practical ways that you are seeking to take care of creation?

We may not hear about it much in the media, but the need is massive. Some 13 million people are directly effected by the drought, famine and conflict. Read more about the situation here.

If you haven’t yet donated, act fast! This is an amazing opportunity to leverage your personal wealth and the wealth of our nation for those in desperate need.

Here are 4 ways you can donate:

1. Anglican Aid – I’m an Anglican minister, so I went through our Archbishop’s Oversees Relief and Aid Fund. Anyone is welcome. They have some great work happening in Kenya. Give now.
2. World Vision – these guys are doing amazing work on the ground throughout the Horn of Africa. Worth checking out.
3. Aus Aid – check the government website for all 19 NGOs that are approved for the dollar for dollar initiative. Go crazy.
4. A night of prayer & song for East Africa – Trev Hodge is leading this event on Wednesday night 30 November in Sydney. All money raised will likewise, be doubled! Check the facebook event for deets.

Do something now. Hurry. Go.

Peaceout, Dave.

It’s from the volunteer disability ministry blog for Bethlehem Baptist Church.

It has also happened in Italy and the United States.  Here are the headlines for each:

Australia: Hospital kills wrong baby, aborts twin.

Italy: Italian police to investigate abortion of wrong twin

United States: Doctor loses license after aborting wrong twin

Every headline is mistaken.  There is no ‘wrong’ twin in any of these circumstances.  Only helpless unborn babies, every one of them.

The only reason any of these babies was chosen to be aborted was because of potential disabling conditions.

The answer isn’t better medical tests or more specific hospital guidelines, but changed hearts that rush to help mothers and babies rather than destroy them.

Read the full article here.

See more of my posts on ‘abortion’

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You can follow along with their trip by clicking ‘LIKE’ on facebook.com/CompassionAU or following twitter.com/CompassionAU Here’s the twitter hashtag: #TZtrip

Part 2 below:

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Here are the four rules:

Rule 1. Turn Up.
Rule 2. Understand the Back End.
Rule 3. Don’t want it.
Rule 4. Work on your weak spots.

Click here to read an explanation for each rule…

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Also check out the website for resources (guitar charts etc) and some videos of the songs from the recording.

Familiar with the album? What’s your favourite track? I think mine is So We Would Know Our God.

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(h/t derek)

I dig it, it’s beautiful. Personally, I think I like the rawness of the earlier film clip better:

What do you think?

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Here are a few responses from some Christians:

• Goodbye Steve Jobs – by Nathan Campbell
• Steve Jobs (1955-2011) – by Nathan W. Bingham
• Steve Jobs, Death, and the Question of Worldviews – by Pete Ko
• Dear Steve Jobs – repost by Josh Harris
• EDIT: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 – by Dr Albert Mohler