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Dean Roberts
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The meditations and contemplations of a worshiping Welshman
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- Hey, I was baptized, and this is crazy, But God just called me, so ordain a lady!on Jan 4, 2013 in Current Affairs Misc. Video humor ordination of women women in leadership women priestsWell, those in the Catholic Church who wish for women to be ordained are stepping out in faith as they campaign to get the go ahead for women to be priested. Absolutely hilarious! Obviously, I’m for women in leadership, but this video… we...
- Young people cannot cope with lifeon Jan 3, 2013 in Current Affairs community life Loneliness Prince's Trust Problems relationship Statistics UnemploymentNot my words, but words of a study undertaken by the Prince’s Trust. Here’s what an article on christiantoday.co.uk said: One in 10 young people feel unable to cope with day-to-day life, The Prince’s Trust has warned. Its fif...
- Are Christians Cannibals?on Jan 2, 2013 in Apologetics Theology communion denomination Eucharist prejudice Theological ReflectionI’ve always been fascinated at how arrogance justifies suspicion in Christian circles. The title of my post today refers back to the second century when Christians gathered in churches for the regular ‘love feast’, the term given fo...
- New Year ReligionHappy New Year! OK, I’ve mentioned before that I don’t really do or celebrate new year. And there’s loads of reasons for that. I mean, my reason to celebrate, being a Christian, is Christmas. For me, New Year is a massive anticlimax...
- Out of the asheson Dec 31, 2012 in Personal Website NewsI have been absolutely awful at blogging over the last few months, and for that, I apologise. However reading my annual report from the statistician, I have found a new lease of life within me to start blogging again in all power! Yes, throughout 201...
- Boundless SalvationOne of my favourite hymns. Written by the founder of the Salvation Army – William Booth the God Soldier. O boundless salvation! deep ocean of love, O fullness of mercy, Christ brought from above, The whole world redeeming, so rich and so free,...
- Life is Worth Exploringon Nov 10, 2012 in Christian Life Evangelism alpha evangelism life is worth exploring St Paul's NewportThis post is orgionally taken from the St Paul’s Church Newport Website. The location of the original article can be found by following this link. eople always used to tell me to make the most of my life… and they still do! Life is worth expl...
- Being family rather than enemies.There are between 33-41,000 denominations within Christianity. Many of them are not very significant, but in any case, there are a huge amount of sects within a faith that is supposed to be unified in Jesus Christ.I was talking to someone from chur...
- The Vacant VicarChurches need vicars! Share this post...
- Do not neglect Friendshipon Oct 5, 2012 in Christian Life Devotional Life Issues community Disciples friendship Jesus ministry relationshipIt was only a matter of time before I posted a picture of my pets; Taliesin the dog, and Eira the cat. This pictures sums up in quite a nice way my idea of friendship; someone who is different to you (cat and dog) yet is the same (an animal) and yet...
- If you’re reading this: A message to all of us.on Jun 18, 2012 in Day-to-Day Deep Discussion communication human human nature interaction social social networkingClick the picture to enlarge! Found this on James Henley‘s blog. I simply had to nick it and post it here. Sometimes I and we forget that people are meant to be those who build relationships in a way that can only be done through face to face i...
- Eating in ChurchJesus loved sharing meals. And to be honest, I love going to meals too. Eating is such an important part of our lives and it’s a time to make friends, build relationships and be nourished. I often wonder, then, why the Church generally neglects...
- Churches are declining, the Church is rising.on Jun 16, 2012 in Church Current Affairs british christianity Christianity Church Attendance CrISIS decline faith God SecularisationPart of my dissertation was to try to answer as to why church attendance was declining. I came up (along with many theologians and scholars) countless reasons as to why people were leaving churches and practically never coming back, bar a wedding,...
- Christians can be too serious.Christians can be too serious? Too right they can be. I bet it’s one of the most off putting things for those who aren’t Christians… Christians who can’t laugh, can’t joke and take every little thing too seriously. Somet...
- What does God require of me?on Jun 14, 2012 in Day-to-Day Devotional Life Issues burnout God life Micah peace perspective salvationAs I write this post, I am in bed. Ill. I’m feeling sick and have a big headache and feeling really tired. Yet I haven’t actually been sick. So I’m off work, and I *hopefully* have a doctors appointment tomorrow. Readers, I’m...
- Repentance: Relationship and transformationon Jun 6, 2012 in Church Devotional God Jesus Prayer Salvation Series Theology Discipleship forgiveness relationship repentance shalom transformationSo last time I talked a bit about repentance, what religious repentance and comfort blanket repentance is, and what it all says about how we see God. We saw the lie of the religious God, a God we have to impress and be in terror of, and the fallacy o...
- Repentance: Why & What?on May 31, 2012 in Church Day-to-Day Deep Discussion Devotional God Jesus Life Issues Prayer Salvation Theology James Prescott repentanceIf you’ve ever been anywhere near a church, or even seen a stereotypical American evangelical preacher in a movie, you will probably have heard the word ‘repent’. It’s a word that gets a lot of mileage in church circles, especially by anyon...
- Exams are coming up!Here’s another apology from me for lack of blog posts. This time, it’s because exam period is coming up! I’m currently revising for one final exam before I can hopefully declare my undergraduate days as finished (subject to me passi...
- C.S Lewis Quote #5My Thought: I’m not sure how many atheists are actually atheists as much as they are agnostics… or maybe even broken down Christians…...
- C.S Lewis Quote #4My Thought: Sometime I believe that maybe the modern day world has polluted the minds of Christians into thinking that material things matter more than they did in previous years. In previous generations, I don’t think there was the kind of mat...
