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Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentleman. — George Bernard Shaw

Jul 10 2010

“Kiss the Son”

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“‘Scuse me, while I kiss the sky.” (Jimi Hendrix)
The average woman or man on the street – upon questioning – has quite a positive picture of Jesus in his or her mind. Surveys usually reveal people’s admiration for his compassion for the poor and downtrodden and his revolutionary teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (“turn the other cheek and all that”).
But when [...]

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May 30 2010

Charity and the Trinity

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We demonstrate our true attitude towards God by our attitude towards the idea of charity.
On the surface, we all love the idea of charity. We give to charity, we claim to believe in it, we hold high hopes for it… but we find it very difficult to receive. And this demonstrates our real attitude not only towards charity, but towards God. Both practically in [...]

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May 27 2010

The Tanning Gods

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More and more people today are recognising that the word, “atheism”, is the greatest misnomer of them all. For in ‘real’ terms, all people have an object of worship. A-theism means to be ‘without God’ but an atheist is not without a God as such; he/she has simply rejected a particular God or selection of Gods.

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May 4 2010

Nick Clegg (almost) on the Gospel

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After watching the election debate on immigration last night, it struck me that Nick Clegg’s policy on immigration is the perfect illustration of our attitude to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Why did Clegg have to backtrack on his rhetoric of ‘amnesty’ for illegal immigrants?

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Apr 26 2010

A song for myself

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I had never written a song before last week but I was inspired somewhat whilst reading Psalm 17. Carry on reading (and listening) to see the result:

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Mar 12 2010

The Refuge (based on Psalm 11)

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Wretched whore of a thousand lies
You tell yourself and then despise
The darkness of the life you live;
You hate your soul and can’t forgive.

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Mar 3 2010

Oscar Wilde’s “alternative religion”

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Oscar Wilde was easily one of the finest brains ever to grace the British Isles. Not only was his mastery of the English language supreme, but his clarity of thought and ability to gauge the ‘reasons behind the reasons’ was second to none.
Of course I cannot agree with Wilde’s conclusions, that no external source could be the basis for the authority of the individual, [...]

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Feb 9 2010

The uninventiveness of lying

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I watched “The Invention of Lying” a few months ago and didn’t really know what to make of it at the time. Of course it goes without saying that I’m a huge fan of Ricky Gervais’ comic genius so it was inevitable that I would find the film fairly amusing and clever at times (although not as good as “Ghost Town”)… but the film also [...]

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Jan 11 2010

Wordled…

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Thought I would Wordle this blog to see what my collected writings thus far might look like as an image.
Voila!

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Dec 10 2009

Dexter. The disturbing solution to House’s problem.

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There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?” (Psalm 4v6)
We are all familiar with the countless stories of killers getting away scott-free because there was insufficient evidence to convict them. Here is an interesting take on this theme from our favourite tv series. Consider the quote below:
House: The universe always settles the score.
Dr. Cuddy: Does it?
House: No, but [...]

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About this website

This site has two main aims:

1) To provide an outlet for Tim’s (often muddled) thoughts in the form of posts, poems, links etc
2) Winsomely and sensitively, yet also boldly, to further the cause of Jesus Christ
not in that order

A Little Something About Me

Tim and Cynthia Coomar

My name is Tim. I am a web designer, church planter and doting husband (again, not in that order). I am currently studying for ordination into the Greek Presbyterian Church and working part-time for Prototype Design.

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