Nick Griffin on Question Time

Here’s hoping that he says some of the things he is quoted as saying in the above video.  I suggest we all watch BBC1 tonight and find out.

All Hallows Eve

Simply The Worst – Why Blogging is a Bad Idea. Bye Everyone.

Discuss.

The BNP and Question Time

It would seem that the ongoing saga of Nick Griffin’s appearance on BBC’s question time this week is going to be a hot talking point all week.  In a week where I have witnessed first hand a reasoned debate get thrown out of the window in favour of name calling and petty squabling, it would seem to me that David Aaronovitch has come up with some pretty sensible advice for how the BNP should be dealt with in a live television forum.

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Salvation

Worship Idea – Bread of Life

From Jonny Bakers Blog.

The Modern Wedding

I just found this clip.  I think it raises some interesting questions about how we engage with the modern world as a church.  And it made me laugh 😆

The Church and The World

Sorry if I have been a little negative lately.  I have ben struggling a lot with this dillema, wonderfully illustrated by Jon at ASBOJesus. 

When we look at our missiology there is often a major stumbling block in that we expect people to come to church as their first step.  For many people taking that first step into church isn’t going to happen because of their perception of who/what the church is.  As I have said in a few previous posts, there is a perception of the type of person who goes to church as being posh, dressed in ‘Sunday best’ and complete with ‘holier than thou attitude’.  From the outside the church can be perceived as a very judgemental place to go.  This was certainly my experience as a teenager.  It is certainly the experience of the people I talk to on the streets

I had a recent conversation where we discussed how wonderfully welcoming our congregation was.  They accept anyone on face value with a smile and a genuine offer of friendship.  As I talked about the perception of people outside of ‘the church’ and relayed a conversation I had had earlier in the week I was told “but we aren’t like that here”.

“But no one outside is ever going to find out unless we start looking at being church outside of this building”.

Social Class, Athiests and Theists

The church mouse has written an article that simplifies the research into social background and religious belief by Theos.  Check out the article but mouse raises an interesting question about why there are more people of faith from higher educational and social backgrounds.

The obvious next question is why on earth this should be the case? Perhaps because most of our evangelism approaches are designed in such a way as to appeal to those who want to ‘study’ or debate the issues – perhaps more attractive to those who have been through the university system.