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Recent content by sinfulman

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    Does anyone Blog?

    where what's at exactly?
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    Dostoevsky

    Funny that... that's the very Dostoevsky I'm currently somewhere near the beginning of... Some people have accused him of having very weak endings to his novels. What do you lot think?
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    Books I should read..

    if you like "pretty much anything" this may interest you... http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?p=30 I've found it opened doors to stuff I'd never consider reading or realise the literary importance of at all.
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    Catcher in the Rye

    for those that haven't read it... get it and read it... it's so short. What do you have to lose? I found the character absolutely fascinating. Very similar in many ways to whatsisname in On the Road. Someone I'd avoid in real life who I'm brought face to face with in a novel with God asking me...
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    Dostoevsky

    "a good Christian"? anyway... yes, I'd recommend Dostoevsky for some good old moral soul-searching. Have you read any Graham Greene for this kind of thing in a more modern context? Fantastic stuff.. try the Power and the Glory or the Heart of the Matter.
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    Ywam?

    I'm working through a copy of YWAM's Perspectives course on missions and it is a very comprehensive and balanced document. Well worth working through. I have had no other involvement with the organisation but if this is the kind of training they give people, they are on the right lines.
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    We want to be missionaries

    Keep praying, keep reading, keep listening to God, keep sharing your heart with people. One big part of missions is leadership and that involves and awful lot of admin skills such as budgeting. Start to learn some of that now by getting that mortgage paid off. My wife and I worked for 11 years...
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    Books on prayer that have changed your prayer life

    With pleasure... [prayer is] something which needs no bodily strength, but only love and the formation of a habit; and the Lord always gives us an opportunity if we want one. 102 my life became full of trials, because by means of prayer, I learned more and more about my faults 105 it...
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    how big is the difference between mission n ministry?

    is it possible to do mission without ministry?
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    Training others

    Okay Becky... looks like you have clearly outlined what is required. It was just a thought. In terms of motivation, prayer is key as well as your continued devotion to God through the role. Then, delegating clearly, strongly and regularly to various people you feel can lead. This delegation...
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    Script Help

    thanks for that... I'm drafting stuff now. About halfway through the production in draft form. Script has to be in the hands of the cast on Saturday so some work to be done!
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    Books on prayer that have changed your prayer life

    I'll kick off with perhaps an unexpected one.. The Life of Teresa of Jesus This is the autobiography of Teresa of Avila a Catholic nun who lived in the 16th century in Spain. You might think "How on earth can I relate to that?" and that's exactly what I thought until I started to read. Inside...
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    Wot no books?

    I'm blown away. Here I am, fairly new to CF and I totally expected to find a section about Books under the hobbies because Christians are renowned for their literacy. How come? Surely I'm not the only one who's crazy about books here ;) Seriously though, books have been so influential in my...
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    Does anyone Blog?

    oooohhhh yeah... I've got three Arukiyomi - books Stuff I find - er... stuff I find... SeouLife - stuff we find interesting where we live... Check out the links in my sig to visit...