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Archive for July, 2008

Supporting Sam Norton

If you’re new to the ongoing SSG / SPCK saga, start here. Otherwise, read on.
Sam Norton first took the step of retrieving and republishing some of Dave Walker’s blog posts, which Dave had removed following the receipt of a cease and desist letter. In turn he received a cease and desist letter himself. Yesterday Sam [...]

House rules

Since I have twice deleted comments in the last week (something I don’t normally do) I thought it would be useful to clarify the house rules.

You are free to disagree with any position I take on this blog. Your disagreement can be robust, but I ask that it be courteous. Name calling is frowned upon [...]

Experience: it messes with your preconceptions

This could be a serious post about theological method, prejudice and fresh readings of the faith in the light of what actually happens and the real people we meet.
But superficially it’s about Microsoft’s new marketing wheeze. They got a whole bunch of people in and asked for their opinions on Vista. A great many of [...]

It’s all the fault of the New Testament

John Hobbins has a useful select annotated biblioblography of those posting on translation issues. In the midst of a paean to his own excellent education and linguistic facility, he also says this:

Everywhere around me, I see believing Jews and Christians training to be scientists, doctors, lawyers, and engineers capable of commanding an immense wealth of [...]

Doh! Give the journalist a dictionary.

Update 30/07/08: I’ve deleted the last comment (see my final comment) on this post and closed comments. It’s gone way off topic.
The Windsor Continuation Group’s observations made to The Lambeth Conference begin like this:
This document is NOT a report by the Windsor Continuation Group. It constitutes their preliminary observations on the life of the Communion [...]

Queerly unclear vice lists

I have been in two minds whether to continue with the series looking at the texts most often deployed in discussions, arguments and battles over the potential re-evaluation of Christian teaching on same sex relationships. Partly this is because there promise to be more interesting engagements such as that Mike Higton is currently starting, Partly [...]

SPCK – timeo Texani et dona ferentes

This is the Worcester former SPCK bookshop. The photo was taken yesterday morning, some nine months after the licence to trade under the SPCK name was removed.
However, as the title of this post (nicked from Virgil, and the bit normally paraphrased as “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” – I’ve no idea what the Latin for [...]

Woof - I’m not quite two days old

With Mum … and without her

SSG: when the Brewer really can’t organise a piss up

Reading the petition of the official court trustee seeking to prevent the Brewers filing for chapter 11 is well worth it. Ministry of Truth has the (low quality) PDF and A single blog has a summary. The main thrust is remarkably common-sensible for a lawyer, which is that the company, the assets, and the creditors [...]

Kirk and Bentley, dog and bone

Oh, dear, I’ve lost count of the number of times Peter Kirk has posted on Todd Bentley, far less of the number of times he’s commented on other people’s posts. This is largely a conversation I’ve dropped out of, but today Peter tries to move things on to a broader canvas of discernment.
Now, I am [...]

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