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WHITE TRASH

2006-05-12T19:56:00.000+10:00

i remember a song long ago that 2 young Christians sang... "Jesus loves white trash.. like you" and as a prideful 18yr old in the fashionable northwest of sydney, i was incensed... 'how dare they call me white trash???'

now 18yrs on i realise that they were right... i am 'white trash' - pride satans favourite sin would have us think otherwise....

of course i am also of infinite value... but only because i am valued by Christ

so what do you think "Jesus loves white trash" as a blog name to replace shelly beach??????

A NEW NAME FOR THIS BLOG?

2006-04-21T23:34:00.000+10:00

For a while now i have been concerned that this blog would be seen as a representative voice for the views held by those at Shelly Beach Christian Life Centre. Ususally not a problem as the posts are ususally generic and invite comment from all directions of faith... This however can restrict comments in someway ......... so the blog must go on but with a new name and be open to all and with a new 'take no prisoners' attitude.........

any suggestions for a new name????

the hard work of learning

2006-04-09T22:41:00.000+10:00

Not only must we honestly announce that pain and work are the irremovable and irreducible accompaniments of genuine learning, not only must we leave entertainment to the entertainers and make education a task and not a game, but we must have no fears about what is “over the public’s head.” Whoever passes by what is over his head condemns his head to its present low altitude; for nothing can elevate a mind except what is over its head; and that elevation is not accomplished by capillary attraction, but only by the hard work of climbing up ropes, with sore hands and aching muscles. The school system which caters to the median child, or worse, to the lower half of the class; the lecturer before adults—and they are legion—who talks down to his audience; the radio or television program which tries to hit the lowest common denominator of popular receptivity—all these defeat the prime purpose of education by taking people as they are and leaving them just there.”

From Adler's “Invitation to the Pain of Learning,” in Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988), 232-233, 235.

Those who teach in the church, particularly with our children and youth, must consider Adler's words. In the world of youth ministry, not only do we lower the bar of expectations but we succumb to the cultural tempation to entertain rather than teach. It is no wonder that "in spite of their generally positive attitude toward religion, almost no teenagers...can articulate the most basic beliefs of their faith."

how this for Christian tacky

2006-03-29T17:30:00.000+11:00

yes its here the jesus toy

God's obligation

2006-03-17T10:32:00.000+11:00

Miroslav Volf contends that we are incapable of giving anything that obliges God to reciprocate. For what do we have that we did not receive? Obligation? God's or ours? Here's a thought from Volf: 'But rather than receiving something God needs but doesn't have, what God receives is delight - the lover's delight at the sight of the beloved whose very existence is that lover's gift. What God also receives is pain - the lover's pain when love has been betrayed.' The point is that we are incapable of offering God a gift in such a way that will move him to be other than he is already... totally towards us in grace.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

2006-03-15T09:57:00.000+11:00

How would you feel if your pastor announced from the pulpit that he had uncovered a “new revelation” in the Bible? His discovery: That a church leader can have more than one wife.

Hopefully, you and everyone in the building would run, not walk, out of that church and never come back until the pastor had been replaced. But I am afraid too many of us gullible charismatics might stay in the pews—and eventually give the guy a standing ovation plus a $10,000 love offering.

cancer

2006-02-17T22:16:00.000+11:00

That's the title of John Piper's most recent article, written on the eve of his surgery.Here are his ten points:
You will waste your cancer if you do not believe it is designed for you by God.
You will waste your cancer if you believe it is a curse and not a gift.
You will waste your cancer if you seek comfort from your odds rather than from God.
You will waste your cancer if you refuse to think about death.
You will waste your cancer if you think that “beating” cancer means staying alive rather than cherishing Christ.
You will waste your cancer if you spend too much time reading about cancer and not enough time reading about God.
You will waste your cancer if you let it drive you into solitude instead of deepen your relationships with manifest affection.
You will waste your cancer if you grieve as those who have no hope.
You will waste your cancer if you treat sin as casually as before.
You will waste your cancer if you fail to use it as a means of witness to the truth and glory of Christ.

2006-02-06T00:50:00.000+11:00

Nero vs Paul and the truth

2006-02-03T05:08:00.000+11:00

In A.D. 64, a fire broke out in Rome. It raged for six days and seven nights, totally destroying a great part of the city. Nero falsely charged the Christians for the blaze and punished them with, in Tacitus’ words, “the most exquisite tortures,” including being nailed to crosses and set ablaze to serve as torch-lights for Nero’s gardens.

This was the man who, that same year, held the Apostle Paul captive in chains in one of his dungeons.

I’ve seen pictures of this dungeon, a cistern hewn out of solid rock. A trap door in the ceiling was the only way in or out. A small rock ledge next to one wall just above ground level was the only break in the even hardness of the stone floor. It was the one place a doomed prisoner, lying on the cold stone, could prop himself up and write.

On this lonely ledge Paul penned his second letter to Timothy. It was his final epistle, and he knew it. Days later Nero’s wrath—and his ax—fell on the apostle.

These are Paul’s final words, his “swan song.” His writing is vigorous, intense as he passes the spiritual baton to the next generation. The letter bristles with words of urgency, warning, admonition, and exhortation:

“Kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you.” (1:6)

“Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.” (1:13)

“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” (2:1)

“The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” (2:2)

“Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (2:3)

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” (2:15)

“Realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.” (3:1)

“I solemnly charge you…preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” (4:1-2)

“Be sober in all things, endure hardship…fulfill your ministry.” (4:5)

One sentence early on, though, captures the beat of Paul’s heart resounding throughout the entire letter: “Guard the treasure which has been entrusted to you” (1:14).

I can think of no better book for this age then this final charge to Timothy by Paul. Every line speaks to the church in the 21st century.

2006-02-03T05:04:00.000+11:00

How to end a conversation

2006-02-03T04:38:00.000+11:00

There are several words and phrases that I think we should voluntarily ban from discussion and dialog. I hear them often, and they seem to me to be ways of feigning an argument when there is no substance, devices to avoid facing the consequences of a good argument. Rather than furthering a dialog, they shut it down and actually mischaracterise the other's statements very uncharitably. Here they are:

labeling a criticism as an "attack"
dismissing disapproval as "bashing"
mistaking a moral argument for a legal one and insisting that "people have a right to do what they want"
avoiding making a substantive response by stating, "Well, that's your opinion."
mistaking a moral claim for a preference claim: Well, I wouldn't want to have an abortion.
That works with vegetables, not morals: Well, I wouldn't eat beetroot.

These are phrases unworthy of a good dialog where both people should make a good case and acknowledge when one is made. Be on the lookout for them, and examine your own rhetoric for these tricks of the tongue.

Cultural Elites vs Narnia

2006-01-29T19:47:00.000+11:00

The curious rise of anti-religious hysteria
It is the Anglo-American cultural elites' insecurity about their own values that encourages their frenzied attacks on religion.

This is a bit long but worth the read... very educational on the divide between the post modern societal elites and those who believe in the concept of universal moral values

Oprah

2006-01-22T22:45:00.000+11:00

on the previous post, lionfish left a link on oprah...
http://www.watchman.org/oprah.htm

its a common way of thinking today... is she wrong? and if she is how can we respond in a way that shows the truth without making us look like we are whacking everyone with our 'truth' over the head...?

2006-01-22T04:20:00.000+11:00

Science and Faith

2006-01-16T10:39:00.000+11:00

(flogged this from Dr Chiangs website!)

Long before the distinction between faith and science became blurred, one of the greatest scientists in the 20th Century, Sir V.B. Wigglesworth (1899-1994)stated:
"The philosopher has no use for faith; that is why he speaks a totally different language from the scientist, whose entire system of thought is based on faith. It is curious to note how long it took for philosophers to recognize this obvious fact."
(from Wigglesworth, Insects and the Life of Man, London, Chapman and Hall, 1976, p.206)
He also stated in the same address: "For the laws of science, which are the immediate objects of our faith, are not regarded by the scientist as for ever true. They are temporary, provisional, or partial truths."
What does this mean for the evolution/creation debate?
It means that the scientific theory of evolution (molecule to man) is no more, or no less, valid than the Bible's account of creation. Both should be taught in schools since both depend on faith.

Should Biblical Creationism be taught in schools???

The difference between Thomas and a sceptic

2006-01-14T10:29:00.000+11:00

The skeptic says, “If Jesus would only show Himself to me—if God would just work one dramatic miracle—then I’d believe in Him.” This kind of person overestimates himself. Even miracles can be denied or dismissed.
During Jesus’ passion week in Jerusalem, he was called to nearby Bethany because his friend Lazarus was dying. By the time Jesus arrived, Lazarus was gone. In a dramatic scene Jesus called him forth from the tomb alive, still wrapped in burial cloths.
This was a spectacular miracle performed in public for all to see. What was the response of the Jewish leaders? They plotted Jesus’ death. "This man is performing many signs. If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." (John 11:47-48)
But Jesus wasn’t the only one they wanted to eliminate. They also had to get rid of another piece of evidence: "But the chief priests took council that they might put to death Lazarus also; because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus." (John 12:10-11)
Incredible! Instead of falling to their knees in response to this obvious display of Messianic power, they conspire to kill the very man whose public resurrection was proof positive of their error.

This is unbelievable unbelief.

You think if God just did a miracle it would change your rebellious heart? Don’t count on it. Jesus said, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead” (Luke 16:31).

As one wag put it, a skeptic with such an experience would not seek God, he’d seek a psychiatrist.

Oh so true. The sun melts butter…but it hardens clay.

Does God really exist?

2006-01-13T10:19:00.000+11:00

I was recently challenged to prove that God exists at all... here is my answer and if you click here you can see some attempts to disprove my thoughts (in the new window scroll down to comment 113 and read on)

there are more arguements than these but it is my contention that these arguements are reasonably conclusive.

there is nothing stopping you or anyone else arbitrarily saying that this is not good enough proof, but i use them as a cumulative case. of course these arguements are only to prove the existence of ‘a god’(theism) and not necessarily the Judeo/Christian belief of Jehovah……….

Moral arguement

a. Moral Laws exist (it is wrong to commit murder)
b. Moral Laws are not voted on (if we voted to allow people to murder Africans, it wouldn’t make it morally right)
c. Moral Laws are absolute and are there for all people all the time in all cultures in all history (otherwise it would be impossible to condemn the actions of Hitler)
d. Moral Laws indicate a moral lawgiver (humans know from their conscience that these morals are there and shouldnt be confused with an instinct)
e. This moral lawgiver would by definition be ‘God’

Meaning

a. Humans are looking for meaning in thier lives
b. Only a creator gives meaning
c. If the creator does not have a relationship with the created then the created has no meaning (i cannot gain meaning from the things i create - they gain meaning from me)
d. Therefore for humans to have meaning .. there must be something above us and we have to be in a relationship with it
e. this ’something’ would by definition be our ‘god’ our ‘creator’ although this does not enlighten us as to his character

Cosmological arguement

All things in nature are caused.
Nothing in nature can cause itself.
Therefore, everything that is caused is caused by something other than itself.
A causal chain cannot stretch infinitely backward in time.(if could we would never reach the present, therefore even time had a begining and was caused)
If the causal chain cannot stretch infinitely backward in time, there must be a first cause which is separate from nature.
the uncaused first cause which designed and caused everything would by definition be our ‘god’.
Therefore, a ‘god’ exists although this does not enlighten us as to his character

Ontological argument

If God exists then his existence is necessary
If God does not exist then his existence is impossible
God’s existence is possible
Therefore God exists

Telelogical arguement

there are exists in nature things that can only be explained by design. (there only has to be one thing in nature for this arguement to hold)
this designer would by definition be its (or our) creator and therefore god

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders arguement

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders exist
Therefore there Must be a god!

Iraq revisited

2006-01-11T20:08:00.000+11:00

this is funny

thats all im going to say

HARRY POTTER

2006-01-08T23:12:00.000+11:00

I am not an anti potter zelot but at the same time our 'secular' culture has an ever increasing interest in the supernatural...

have a further read here http://www.internetmonk.com/index.php/archives/pro-harry-potter#more-280

Depressed the holidays are over?

2006-01-05T20:16:00.000+11:00

Just back from a terrific holliday with a bunch of friends to forster... skiing surfing swimming movies eating eating eating relaxing... Nathan got stung by 2 jelly fish Swany kicked off a toenail golf tennis card games jenga scattagories table tennis etc etc etc

How were your holidays?

Which Religion?

2005-12-23T10:28:00.000+11:00

The judge who decided the Dover intelligent design case said that I.D. was just a guise to introduce religion into the public school. Here's my Constitutional question: Which religion?

Catholicism? Lutheranism? Jehovah Witness? Islam? Mormonism? Anglicanism? Those are the religions the Founders were speaking of when they said that the Federal government could not establish a religion. I.D. favors none of these religions.

The implication of I.D. is theism, but that's not a religion. It's a philosophy. A general religious category.

I.D. establishes no religion in the Constitutional sense.

what slippery slope in gay marriage?

2005-12-22T21:44:00.000+11:00

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005, the 46-year-old Victor de Bruijn and his 31-year-old wife of eight years, Bianca, presented themselves to a notary public in the small Dutch border town of Roosendaal. And they brought a friend. Dressed in wedding clothes, Victor and Bianca de Bruijn were formally united with a bridally bedecked Mirjam Geven, a recently divorced 35-year-old whom they'd met several years previously through an Internet chatroom. As the notary validated a samenlevingscontract, or "cohabitation contract," the three exchanged rings, held a wedding feast, and departed for their honeymoon.

continue here

making fire

2005-12-20T19:36:00.000+11:00

Once there lived a man who discovered how to make fire. He was a good man and did not keep the discovery to himself. He went around from village to village — showing people how to make fire and explaining its uses for cooking, for keeping people warm on cold evenings, for burning off the undergrowth in the garden, for lighting up the village at times of festivity.
Soon he became a very popular figure. Everyone wanted to meet him, hear him and learn how to make fire. He came to be so popular that some became jealous of him and said he was dangerous and that his fire could cause harm. So they arranged quietly for someone to kill him. However, they were very shrewd. After his death, they arranged for a big shrine to be built in his honour. A large image of him together with his instruments for making fire were set up in the shrine. People came regularly to honour him and days were set aside during the year when his work was recalled and celebrated. Songs were composed about him and a special book was written about his life and work and everyone had copies of it to read.
Over the years it was amazing to see how many shrines big and small were constructed in his honour, how many people celebrated feasts in his honour, and how many hours people spent reading the great book about him, studying his words and singing songs to his memory.
It was truly remarkable! However, the strange thing was that very little fire was being made. People were so busy honouring him, reading about him, studying his words, singing songs about him and celebrating his memory that there was not much time left to actually make fire. the man was remembered and celebrated but the wonderful gift he came to communicate was almost forgotten.

Christmas ... Again

2005-12-20T19:19:00.000+11:00

The true meaning of Christmas--it is suggested--is giving. It's love, joy, peace, and good will to men, that kind of thing.
On this view of the season one could imagine God saying, "Well, it's that time of year again, Christmas, the season of giving, the season of joy and peace and good will towards men. Let's see, how will I celebrate this year? I think I'll become a man, sacrifice myself as a gift to mankind. That will be my gift during this time of good will on earth and peace toward men. That would be a fitting statement for this season."
Now, of course, none of these things--peace, giving, etc.--are pathetic in themselves, but they pale in significance to the event which authored Christmas two thousand years ago. The point is that it's God's miraculous act of incarnation that's the very foundation of those things characteristic of Christmas; God's act authored it, gave it substance, meaning and context. To talk about the true meaning of Christmas and not focus on Jesus is to admire the aroma and ignore the meal. If I can turn a literary reference on its side a bit, it's the clothes without the emperor. It reduces Christmas to packages, beautifully wrapped and ribboned with nothing inside. And that is pathetic because of what is lost; it's a pathetic trade-off.

one million people needed in a hurry

2005-12-16T13:08:00.000+11:00

Wow! recieved this in my inbox this morning...

W A N T E D

ONE
MILLION
AUSSIES
PRAYING…

…for
1. The preservation of our Christian heritage,
2. The Muslim community in Australia – for God’s gracious revelation that all truth is in Jesus, Eph 4:21 “…all Truth is in Jesus - embodied and personified in Him.”
3. Compassion and wisdom for Parliamentary leaders and other lawmakers in their relationship to the Muslim community and for those who work with them.
1 Tim 2:1-6. “I urge ...intercession...for all in authority...for such praying is good and right and it is pleasing and acceptable to God our Saviour, who wishes all men to be saved and …perceive the divine Truth: that there is only one God, and only one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all people...”

Join us every Friday in intercession for the MUSLIM LEADERS who attended the Prime Minister’s Summit in August. Each month we will give you details of the Leaders for whom we will pray. The full list of Muslim community leaders who are part of the Reference Group is at http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural/mcrg/05.htm

This month we will pray for IKTIMAL HAGE-ALI, who is the Deputy Chair of the NSW Youth Advisory Council. She was appointed to the council by the NSW Government and represented the Muslim Alawi community, where she works with Arabic speaking youth in western Sydney, at the August Summit.
For more see:- http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1444534.htm

what do you think?

My Soul's Dark Night

2005-12-13T11:21:00.000+11:00

What happens when you have relied on intimacy with God, and the day comes when he seems distant?

CHRISTIANESE again!

2005-12-08T21:46:00.001+11:00

Christianese Translator
. "Touch not mine anointed" Means: Do what I say without questioning.
. "You are 'out of your place' in the spirit" Means: You are not complying 200% to my every command.
. "Jesus came to bring a sword" Means: I want you to cut off your family and friends and become co-dependent on me.
. "Sanctify your emotions" Means: Turn off your brain and let me do the thinking for you.
. "You have an independent spirit" Means: You have begun to think for yourself again - now stop it, or else!
. "Yeah, and the Lord would say to thee..." Means: I'm getting ready to give you your marching orders.
. "I'm getting ready to read somebody's mail" Means: I want you to think I have psychic powers and can read your mind.
. "We should all speak the same thing" (based on 1 Cor 1:10) Means: Always agree with the leadership, anything else is strife or rebellion.
. After "Joe" leaves the church it is said of him: "Oh, Joe wouldn't let us pastor him". Means: Joe wouldn't submit enough and let us control/manipulate him.
. "Truth is not always the truth if it is not spoken in love." Means: you are in sin if you say anything bad about us!
. "The Bible doesn't have anything to say about votes, ballets, etc." Means: I am in total control & you will have no say-so."
. "I'm discerning an attitude!" Means: I am about to rip one of your heads off in public to make you an example of what happens to anyone who crosses me.
. "I wonder if some of you are even saved!" Means: Your assurance of salvation should not be based in your acceptance of the sacrifice that Jesus made at Calvary, but rather in adhering to my every demand - and that has been brought into question!
. "This is not a democracy - it's a theocracy." Means: I am in total control here. Whatever I say goes.
. 'I'll pray for you.' Means: "Too bad about your situation--glad it's not me --glad I don't REALLY have to do anything to help--see ya")
. "God put it on my heart" Means: "I really want to tell you this (or really want to do this) and if I just say I WANT to, you'll be able to tell me why I shouldn't, but if I tell you GOD SAID then you can't argue with it, can you?)
. "Quiet Time" Means: (NO clue what that was when I went to church... never read it in the bible)
. "Praise and Worship" (What's the dif??? ....oh yeah.... we had some teaching about the difference from time to time so you could tell when you were praising and when you were worshiping. LOL!)
. "I'm blessed" Means: "life sucks, but I have my head buried in the sand and am avoiding all issues in my life in favor of seeking after religious experiences"....)
. "I love you in the Lord" Means: I CAN'T STAND you in the natural! LOL!!! )
. "Baptized in the Holy Spirit" Means: They spoke in tongues at least once, so now they have our stamp of approval. We expect you to believe that this altered state of consciousness is totally controlled by God, and that it only happens in a Christian culture.
. "Dance in the Spirit" Means: It's Ok to dance a jig in church, so long as we believe that God gives the moves. Just move your feet, silly. We'll supply the music. Better not have a human partner!
. "Filled with the Holy Spirit" See "Baptized in the Holy Spirit"..
. "Gifts of the Spirit" Means: Well Ok, there are more than one, but WE only want you to speak in tongues. It keeps the service more lively and impresses others, especially visitors.
. "Nominal Christian" Means: Normal Christian, not one with super-gifts. Those in other churches. Not one of us because we know we are more holy and could teach them some things!
. "OF God" Means: What we perceive as good... looks holy. (All white)
. "OF Satan" Means: What we perceive as bad... looks evil. (All black)
. "OF the flesh" Means: Anything people do that we just don't think is right. (Oh Oh, Grey area!, but more black than white.) Watch out! Satan is lurking...
. "Slain in the Spirit" Means: We knock them down & expect you to believe God did it.
Side note: Someone stands behind them to help them fall easy. This is our insurance policy, so there's no personal injuries, hence no lawsuits.

CHRISTIANESE

2005-12-08T21:46:00.000+11:00

Christianese: "If it be God's will."
Translation: "I really don't think God is going to answer this one.

Christianese: "Let's have a word of prayer."
Translation: "I am going to pray for a long, long, long time."

Christianese: "That's not my spiritual gift."
Translation: "Find someone else."

Christianese: "Fellowship"
Translation: "Organized gluttony."

Christianese: "The Lord works in mysterious ways."
Translation: "I'm totally clueless."

Christianese: "Lord willing . . ."
Translation: "You may think I'll be there, but I won't."

Christianese: "I don't feel led."
Translation: "Can't make me."

Christianese: "She has such a sweet spirit!"
Translation: "What an airhead!"

Christianese: "I have a 'check' in my spirit about him."
Translation: "I can't stand that jerk!"

Christianese: "Prayer concerns"
Translation: "Gossip"

Christianese: "In conclusion . . . "
Translation: "I'll be done in another hour or so."

Christianese: "You just have to put it in God's hands."
Translation: "Don't expect me to help you."

Christianese: "God wants to prosper you!"
Translation: "Give me all your money."

ETHICS

2005-12-07T21:25:00.000+11:00

Adult stem cells have now helped patients with at least 65 different human diseases. It's real help for real patients. For embryonic stem cells the score is zero—not a single patient has benefited from embryonic stem cells. After 24 years of research with embryonic stem cells, they are still risky even for experimental animals, all too often forming tumors or misplaced tissue in rats and mice.

why does God allow evil?

2005-12-06T08:07:00.000+11:00

When we raise children, we desire them to do good, but we realize they may turn out to be bad. So what do we do? Chain them to their beds or lock them in a closet to insure they stay out of mischief? That would be barbaric,

In the same way, God has dignified man by giving him choices. He's gifted him with the privilege of making his own decisions. Man's choice to do good, to live in conformity with God's desires, is only meaningful if there is an alternate choice to do evil. God won't chain man to the bed or lock him in a closet. That would be cruel.

www.str.org

No but i think your nose is a little wide

2005-12-01T16:36:00.000+11:00

old time comics

2005-12-01T16:32:00.000+11:00

got 30 mins to kill

http://www.lileks.com/comics/index.html

GEOFF BULLOCK

2005-11-29T09:24:00.000+11:00

Ever wonder what really happened to this master muso?

read his testimony here

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/4734.htm

my latest book review

2005-11-20T20:30:00.000+11:00

howdy all lookenpeepers!

well maybe its just anthony :-)

has anyone read the book(s) they bought from me (or started to read)

Mere Christianity is a cracker.... if you don't want to read it get someone to read it to you.

Is Religion Bad For Us?

2005-11-16T20:17:00.000+11:00

“Religious belief can cause damage to society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.” -- Ruth Gledhill, Times of London religion correspondent

check out
http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=17236

monty python

2005-11-08T15:44:00.000+11:00

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_scripts/peasant.asp

try this link to see the violence inherrant in the system

New Additions!!

2005-10-21T13:41:00.000+10:00

OLIVER SAM CARBLIS

Congratulations to Benny and Cassie.
What a gorgeous little (9.1lb !) bundle of joy

Mother doing well. Father last seen jumping wildly for joy somewhere in the Nth Avoca area. If seen call 000, do not approach or poke with a stick, will cry and try to hug you and tell you incessantly about the light of his life for hrs on end!

wedding feast

2005-10-19T10:26:00.000+10:00

hey wasn't the wedding feast a raging unmitagated success!!

i am quite willing to admit that prior to the day i was really skeptical as to how many people would turn up. I thought 'if we get 50 we will be doing really well!' i have never been so glad to have been proven wrong...

we had a few commitments on the day, do we know who they are? and are we following them up? cause right about now they are probably coming down off a high and realising that this is not a sprint but a marathon they have signed up for.

Golf Day

2005-10-19T10:17:00.000+10:00

there is a golf day for the blokes this saturday see or speak to anthony welch for details.

we're back

2005-10-19T10:14:00.000+10:00

Finally the shellybeachblog is back on line.

sorry folks but i had 2 weeks with viruses all through my computer and couldn't do anything online.

CELL GROUPS

2005-09-13T06:48:00.000+10:00

Just a quick note about Cell Groups. We have group for Men, Women, Young Families, and Young Adults. If you would like to be in one please speak to Sam and Kylie Collins.God Bless From Sam and Kylie.

do you have kids?

2005-09-13T06:44:00.000+10:00

if you have kids then check this out

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/default.htm

i can't wait till my son is old enough to do some of these

Blokes Breaky

2005-09-12T09:17:00.000+10:00

if you havent been to one of these extravaganzas before... here's your opportunity!

Sat 17 Sept at 7.30am

Great breakfast provided and it ususally goes for about 2 hrs

Its at Ian Wilson's house (again! what a trooper)

email me if you dont have the address support@advancedhearing.com.au

on a lighter note

2005-09-11T16:10:00.000+10:00

how good was this mornings service? i thought it was great even though i couldn't stay for all the preaching (im sure it was good vince really) as i had no sleep and a sick family (i love the fact that i can truly say family of my own).

one announcement i didn't hear was on the 'Wedding Feast'... i think we still need a few volunteers? I think Rhonda Lyndal and Phelicity are the ones to speak to...

sept 11

2005-09-11T15:57:00.000+10:00

today is sept 11.

how the world has changed since that date. and yet it has stayed the same in other ways. Globalization continues and we still have the same old TV programs.

Where was God on Sept 11?

I think the first picture says it quite well

what are your thoughts?

Who needs a blog?

2005-09-09T11:07:00.000+10:00

In this postmodern world of websurfing, chat rooms and blogs, Shelly Beach has reached the 21st century in interchurch communications.

getting started is easy. just click on comments and type away. enter in your security code and presto - your published on the wwweb for all of our congregation to see....

this site will be useful for Shelly Beach CLC in many ways.

Last minute changes to church happenings

Find out what happened when you were backsliding last Sunday morning :-)

Discuss topics current to our Church and the world

Prayer requests and answers to prayer that you want to share

Have a bit of fun and develop more community with our fellow Shelly Beachers....

if you have something you want to publish or share put it on one of the 'strings' (new language to some but you'll get used to it) or if you think that it is very important email it to me at support@advancedhearing.com.au and I will create a 'string' for it. Photos welcome.