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Google UK Street View finally launches! This is the AIM International office where I am working right now. I have an idea I might be further down the road walking along – but I guess Google will have fuzzed my face.

March 19th, 2009 | Tags: , | Leave a comment

A world of free music

I am not someone who listens to a lot of music, but when I do I like to be able to choose what I am listening to. Digital downloads are fine, but Digital Rights Management is a real pain making music I’ve paid for difficult to move around. The public response has unsurprisingly been lots of illegal music sharing and the recording industry launching lawsuits left right and centre against hosting sites. Recently YouTube UK has got into a battle with the Performing Right Society.
But the world is changing and new services are coming out which make the music I want to hear freely and legally available whichever machine I’m logged on to. Spotify has only been around for a few weeks but it’s amazing. It is paid for by a few seconds of ads every 15 minutes and makes millions of popular and classic tracks available on demand.

March 19th, 2009 | Tags: | 2 comments

Time magazine: “Ideas changing the world right now – The New Calvinism”

Mark Driscoll points out that Time Magazine has named New Calvinism as the third biggest idea that’s changing the world right now. He points out what makes it distinct:

Four Ways ‘New Calvinism’ is So Powerful

  1. Old Calvinism was fundamental or liberal and separated from or syncretized with culture. New Calvinism is missional and seeks to create and redeem culture.
  2. Old Calvinism fled from the cities. New Calvinism is flooding into cities.
  3. Old Calvinism was cessationistic and fearful of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. New Calvinism is continuationist and joyful in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit
  4. Old Calvinism was fearful and suspicious of other Christians and burned bridges. New Calvinism loves all Christians and builds bridges
March 13th, 2009 | Tags: | Leave a comment

An Extremist Christian Perspective?

Photo:Cajie

Photo:Cajie

Ruth Gledhill writing in her blog for the Times mentions the letter sent out by Dr Alan Clifford of Norwich Reformed Church about Islam. She fears that protests by extremist Muslims against soldiers returning from Iraq may legitimise his perspective. She says the letter is full of ‘extreme negative comment about Islam’. I must admit that I too get rather annoyed when all Muslims are tarred with the same brush and I am not convinced that Allah is any more a false god than the God of the Samaritan woman in John 4 or the God of liberal Christianity, but even if I disagree with them in a number of respects I wouldn’t label Dr Clifford’s views as extreme or illegitimate (which means unlawful). What do you think?

March 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Faith Steps – The Larsons in NW Kenya

The work I do is primarily to support AIM’s work among African peoples.  To help you learn more, I’m going to begin posting more items showing some of AIM’s work. This first one is a video about the Larson family and their work at Kapsowar hospital. It also illustrates the work of our On Field Media team.

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March 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Leave a comment