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these are the musings of a guy who is trying to make sense of people, especially those who actively turn their back on a Father who cannot love them any more than He does already.

Persistence

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July 18, 2009

PERSISTENCE INDICATES A STRONG WILL. OBSTINACY INDICATES A STRONG WON'T.

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Pegasus Bridge - plan or fail...

July 04, 2009

I've just finished reading "Pegasus Bridge" by Stephen E Ambrose. It reminded me of what my generation seems to take for granted - that when it comes to heroes, there was a generation called upon to volunteer to be truly heroic. In the early hours of D-Day 6 platoons of British paratroopers landed between the Orne River and the Caen Canal, far behind enemy lines, very much alone, and 5 hours ahead of the main landing party of around 160,000 Allied troops, with the aim of capturing and holding the two adjacent bridges - one of which became known as Pegasus Bridge. The importance of the sudden capture and hold of these two bridges INTACT cannot be underestimated in terms of the success of the D-Day landings and the liberation of Europe - which we are all still benefitting from. They were landed by glider a few minutes after midnight and in a matter of minutes had taken both bridges, eliminated the guards and the threat of the bridges being blown, and established a defensi...

Marmite lid Jesus - an insult to the gospel

May 28, 2009

I love and hate stories like this! (pic from BBC website - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8071865.stm) On the one hand - we're all a bunch of nutters for thinking that this is anything more than human beings reading into the marmite residue whatever we like. After all, in another time or place this could be Osama Bin Laden, any member of ZZ Top, or a slightly windblown homeless guy from the 60s that no-one has ever heard of. But it's not the family's fault - they just took a photo and let us make up our minds. I love stories like this cos they remind me that we're all superstitious and suggestible, and prone to believe anyhting we want to beleive - and the Bible tells us exactly that same thing. But I hate stories like this as well. Usually some 'Christian' leader from one denomination or other (somehow the Roman Catholics always speak up) is quoted as saying that this is a sign that Jesus is still with us, or that God has not forgotten us, or something l...

Christians risk rejection and discrimination for their faith, acc to Sunday Telegraph study

July 23, 2009

Christians are facing discrimination at work, and ridicule and rejection at home, according to new research. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent The first poll of Britain's churchgoers, carried out for The Sunday Telegraph, found that thousands of them believe they are being turned down for promotion because of their faith. One in five said that they had faced opposition at work because of their beliefs. More than half of them revealed that they had suffered some form of persecution for being a Christian. The findings suggest a growing hostility towards religion in this country, which has been highlighted by a series of clashes between churchgoers and their employers. Church leaders, including the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, have urged Christians to "wake up" and defend their beliefs after the suspension of Caroline Petrie, a community nurse, for offering to pray for a patient. Churchgoers are likely to be further concerned by new guideline...