The previous post has informed a little of what I am speaking about on Sunday as we kick off our new series on ‘Putting the rubber to the road’
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From what I am sharing on Sunday…
“We all know people dont we…who say one thing and do another…we call such people hypocrites…or perhaps we call them politicians… ha ha!
In fact some would say that Kevin Rudd was deposed from his position because he promised a lot, but did not do much. Now whether that is true of not is actually not the issue…the issue is that there was a perception of that.
And James makes it clear that for the Christian…what we say must match up with what we do. Faith in God demands action…belief in Jesus means we will not just be hearers of the word…but doers of the word..and James will touch on that later.
He says here that the bible is like a mirror. We hold up a mirror to our face to show what we are like. For some of us, at 6am in the morning that is a really scary experience! Imagine waking up seeing your face is dreadful…you know there is salivia dripping down your chin, the cat has left hair on your pillow…even the mirror is recoiling in horror…and doing nothing about that and walking out of your room and scarring the kids.”

Our new PM is reportedly not sure about her beliefs about God.
There has been quite the discussion on radio about the so called ‘Christian Vote’.

Some are saying that she is going to miss out on such vote, because of her views.

This is simply not true.
I have Christian friends who are passionate ‘Green’ Votes.
I have Christian friends who are passionate anti “Green’ Voters.
And everything in between. One lady I know yelled out “Praise the Lord” when Howard got back in. Others where weeping at what had happened.

You can’t categorise us Christians by voting patterns or Blocs anymore than you could categorise non-Christians.

Buyer beware when trying to get the Christian vote, you are likely to just as many offside as you attract.

Recently someone posted something on their blog which caused me to reflect on my dad’s legacy…here is how I responded to their post on ‘doorknocking’

My dad started two churches that way. (doorknocking)
One up your way, which is going well.
another down at Port Kennedy, which is also going well too.

He took out ‘Boundaries’ videos, ‘Jesus’ video…whatever and lent them to people.

It was hard work.

But he has led more people to know Jesus than anyone I know, and he was NOT supernaturally gifted with evangelism.

He just worked hard, was used to rejection, and loved people.

He did not believe in shortcuts, and ever time I think of his legacy, where at his funeral a few hundred people who I never knew, but who he led to God, came along, it challenges the heck out of me.

At his best moments, he worked like Jesus.
There was no bulldust with Merve Edwards

PETER HANLON take a bow this is superb journalism.

Thia story on Michael Barlow, and his incredible family, their hardships and life together, is inspiring whether you are a footy fan or not.

http://tinyurl.com/22lsbrh

Pre Season Mark Harvey was odds on favourite to be the first AFL coach sacked.
I must admit, I had reserved judgement on him as well. A pretty poor year last year did not leave me with a lot of hope for this season. At this point, we are well past what I dared to hope for this time of the year.
Well entrenched in the top four.

There is an old adage in the AFL, the players get the credit for a good performance, the coach for a bad one, which is probably unfair.

But even the most ardent critic must give Harvey a great deal of credit for the way Freo are playing at the moment.

Hard, tough, relentless tackling…just how we are told Harvey used to play.
He has even managed to get McPhee to find his place in the team, and play well. The last two games have shown his talent for the team.

Mark Harvey has won me over.

And the critics agree with Rohan Connolly labelling him the best AFL Coach so far.
Guess who is the worst? mmmm…..
Rohan’s List

Twitter really has become the place for instant news action. Last night I was watching television with my wife, and we both had out laptops out.
Then it happened in my twitter stream…..rumours of a leadership spill happening at the highest level in Australian parliment.
I flicked on the radio…nothing there yet, and there was certainly nothing on the TV.

But the Twitters had it right, a variety of journalists, scuttlebutters and retwits were on the spot, bringing the information to whoever was following them, Julia was in Rudd’s office, calling for his head.

Eventually the news broke on radio…in Perth 6PR..and then eventually when it become obvious that this was serious…Channel Seven and Ten, and we did see Rudd’s press conference live.

Channel Nine and ABC had a failure of a night for West Australians, with Nine and Two going ‘live’ about 3 hours after the fact. In other words us folks in WA were not seeing ‘news’ but ‘olds’.

As I watched the more traditional media trot out the ‘breaking story’ I sat back in my Twitter smugness, assured that I knew about it 3 hours before the now old fashioned media got its act together.

The book of James seems to have universal appeal.
Blokes in particular seem to resonate with its practical and ‘thats how it is’ appeal.
So when we have finished our series on failure, we are going to have a look at James for the month of July.
Extra points for the person who can correctly identify make and model of the car I used for this picture. (Actually looking at that picture a second time, there is not much to go on! I had to zoom right in to get the look right)