Jon Jolly

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Entries Tagged ‘Christianity’

Make Me A Christian

Channel 4 are airing a new three-part series called Make Me A Christian which starts this Sunday at 7pm. The show features people from various walks of life that can be perceived as opposing Christian beliefs, including a playboy and a lesbian.
According to Christian Today:
Make Me A Christian follows the three-week journey of thirteen [...]

Personal Heroes

I made a new friend and found a new personal hero last week in a man called Jason. I met him because a friend had suggested that I give him a call: “He just needs some advice on raising teenagers” she said!
Although I have no children of my own yet, I arranged to meet up [...]

The Golden Compass Debate

This week I’ve had a number of discussions with Christian friends who were planning to go see The Golden Compass movie as a fun-filled family outing. No problem there! But when I asked these people if they were going to have a chat with their kids after seeing the movie, I received a number of [...]

Whose religion is christianity?

Here’s a link to Jonny Baker’s poston the book ‘Whose Religion Is Christianity?‘ by Lamin Sanneh. Looks like an interesting read!

Jesus in Japan

The BBC have an interesting article about Japanese spirituality and in particular, Christianity. Focusing on a local legend of Jesus, the report looks briefly at the country’s wider attitude to religion and raises questions about cultural interprepation of the Bible and missionary activity to a nation with such differing social values. A great discussion starter [...]

Matthew 6:32-34

I first posted this in response to Ben’s Blog but it got me thinking! I heard something this week that helped me to make sense of how I live my life. I’ve always thought this, but never been able to articulate it in this way.
Basically, If we seek the Kingdom of God in our daily [...]

Weddings

Kirsty and I have just got back from Kings Lynn in Norfolk where we were attending the wedding of Dan Lush and Ruth Hiles. It’s been a fantastic weekend with a load of friends making the 3-4 hour journey from Littlehampton to wish them both well. The record for longest journey was Chris Gray after [...]