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Getting young people to pray is a good thing, yeah? Dave Buster and Ed Sowden are two young punks who are keen to get other young punks praying. Sounds good. They’ve just begun a ministry called THE TIMOTHY STRATEGY. Worth checking out.
Go read more about it on fervr: tts.fervr.net. Join the group, pray, and encourage other young punks to pray. (You can also hook up on twitter).
Less than two weeks until the two big RICE Youth Events for 2010! Youth Leaders and Young Punks – get your butts along!! RICE Fever 14 August includes: Garage Hymnal; Chasing Light; Jake Nauta; Road to Canaan; Krosswerdz; and Sam Chan speaking. RICE Rally 21 August includes: New Empire; and Steve Chong speaking. Promo vid:
Get the full deets over at riceyouth.org
Youthworks have just launched a monthly newsletter, Growing Faith. This is essential reading for all Christian parents and I think it’s useful for those involved in ministry, youth ministry and children’s ministry. The first issue looks great, including the blue jeans and white t-shirt uniform worn in the header pic below! Go sign up for this great resource | Go read the first issue | Pass it on to others…
Here’s the introductory quote:
We have a vision of parents and carers equipped and energised to fulfil their responsibility to raise their children in ‘the fear and instruction of the Lord’ (Ephesians 6:2).
Our prayer is that families would grow in faith as the Church in Thessalonica did (2 Thessalonians 1:3) ? trusting in the promises of God’s word and living as missional disciples of Jesus to the glory of God.
Each month you will receive useful information, practical tips and helpful resources. Each issue will contain an interesting article on the privilege and responsibility of discipling our children, short tips from other parents and carers with ideas they have found helpful in this task, plus reviews and links to other useful resources.
Please forward this to anyone you know who shares the responsibility and privilege of raising children to know Jesus.
Go sign up for this great resource | Go read the first issue | Pass it on to others…
Last month I failed to post any design related gear. Not this month. The following are 3 videos that are well-made and if you’re a creative, they might give you some inspiration. Or not. Two stop animations, then a film clip. 1) The PEN Story (h/t ragamuffin soul):
2) PEN Giant:
Some Christians say some dumb stuff when it comes to politics. In this article Greg Clarke (from Centre for Public Christianity) shows that he is NOT one of them! There has been a very small kerfuffle regarding whether Julia Gillard’s atheism means that she’s unsuitable to be Australia’s Prime Minister. Clarke’s article is worth reading.
Here’s a snippet:
Nowhere in the New Testament is there any concept that a Christian ‘prophet’ might be given word from God on who should govern the land. The arrival of Jesus changes all of that theocratic language, and the role of ‘prophecy’ changes: it becomes a call to recognise the authority of Jesus, and to follow his teachings and his call to turn back to God.
The New Testament famously calls on Christians to “be subject to the governing authorities” (in Romans 13:1) but it certainly does not say, “go and appoint the governing authorities yourself”. In fact, it says quite the opposite. The very next verse suggests that if you resist an authority, you are in fact resisting God, because God is in control ultimately of who leads and who doesn’t.
July has kinda been a blur. I’m now over the sleep deprivation from the month-long World Cup; I think Spain played well and deserved to beat the Netherlands, but I also think that Germany and Argentina played well AND also scored lots of goals. Tip for 2014 World Cup? Australia to beat Brazil in the final. Germany to beat Nigeria in the 3rd place play-off… you heard it here first! I’ve been able to speak at some great camps and events throughout the month; I’ve really enjoyed meeting lots of young punks keen to follow Jesus with their life. Irrelevanten Wörtern zu füllen dieses Absatzes ein.
July also witnessed my first broken bone, an amusing academic injury! August has now kicked off, what a beautiful day in Sydney!! I’ve got a light speaking load this month. We’ve just begun Romans at college; no exam, just an essay. I appreciate the time to learn from the book without the stress of an exam at the end. Above is my selection from a pretty lame set of August Desktop Wallpapers from Smashing Magazine.
Here’s the best of July (according to clicks) and some other stats:
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I heard this song a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been humming it ever since! It’s a beautiful picture of a loving God that has promised there is a day coming when crap will be gone. Those who belong to Jesus can look forward to an eternity without weeping, hurt, pain, suffering, darkness, sickness. Bring it. Check the vid:
Lots of the themes in the song are from a stunning part of the bible:
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
5He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”