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Alan Molineaux: 21-Mar-2014
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No Makeup - Its all in a good cause. Without warning my Facebook feed seemed to be filled with photographs of women who had decided to take selfies whilst not wearing makeup. Was this some kind of feminist statement I thought! It seems that each of these participants had felt compelled to do so in support of the charity Cancer Research; which at this point has raised in excess of £2 million. I would exclaim after shopping as if I had triumphed at a major event. Perhaps men like me who have hopes of suppo...
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Alan Molineaux: 19-Mar-2014
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Peace, peace when there is no peace. The latest episode in the recent Mark Driscoll saga has produced predictable responses from those who have a tendency to support him and other high profile mega church pastors. I am sure that others could also have predicted the response from those, like me, who would offer a critique. The calls for peace seem to fall in to two main categories:. But I, for one, have a considerable problem with this challenge for two main reasons:. 1) Despite what his supporters sugges...
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Alan Molineaux: Three Phases of Engagement in Church
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Three Phases of Engagement in Church. Without a vision the people perish" so goes the oft quoted biblical proverb. In our church experience it has been used by leaders to suggest that 'the' vision of the church leader(s), and therefore the church, is worth fighting for; it is possibly even more important than the hopes, dreams, and lives of the individual church members. Firstly, church engagement is not a single entity; it is certainly not an upward journey of increased adherence. This is, of course...
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Alan Molineaux: 10-Jul-2013
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My Hidden Advantage When it comes to Gender Issues. I have been commenting on a blog by Mike Duran entitled ' Are Christian Feminists Hurting Their Cause? In which he suggests that the recent response to Emily Weirengy' piece called ' The Lost Art of Servanthood. Letter to my feminist sisters)' has pushed him towards complementarianism. So when Maya (one of the commenters who challenges the main thrust of Mike's blog) expresses her frustration that somehow there is a mismatch between how she might be tre...
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Alan Molineaux: 21-May-2014
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English Football and the Labour Party. I like to think that perhaps Stephen Fry voted for me but I suspect he was too busy practicing his manservant skills. I have been somewhat disillusioned with the England football team since 1986 when Diego Maradona employed the 'hand of god' to knock our team out of the Argentinian World Cup. My dismay is not really with Diego but with the way we English place an expectation upon our national team to be what we are not. The comparison between the English football te...
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Alan Molineaux: 06-Feb-2015
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Piers Morgan confuses journalism with sophistry when it comes to ISIS. Piers Morgan has written about the horrific murder of an Arabian pilot by ISIS. He makes great efforts to say why such action should be stood against. In doing so however he makes a grave error that seems to be common amongst people of his political persuasion. He conflates the actions of ISIS with the responsibilities of every Muslim person. In doing so he:. 1) ignores the many statements by Muslim leaders condemning ISIS. This site ...
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Alan Molineaux: My Hidden Advantage When it comes to Gender Issues
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My Hidden Advantage When it comes to Gender Issues. I have been commenting on a blog by Mike Duran entitled ' Are Christian Feminists Hurting Their Cause? In which he suggests that the recent response to Emily Weirengy' piece called ' The Lost Art of Servanthood. Letter to my feminist sisters)' has pushed him towards complementarianism. So when Maya (one of the commenters who challenges the main thrust of Mike's blog) expresses her frustration that somehow there is a mismatch between how she might be tre...
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Alan Molineaux: The Emergent conversation has failed........or has it?
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The Emergent conversation has failed.or has it? According to twitter it seems that the emergent church is dead; or at the very least terminally ill. It's not unusual to see commentators describe it as 'the failed emergent experiment' as if a few of us tried to do things differently and had no perceivable effect. So is the emergent church a 'failed experiment'? Are liberal evangelical voices on the decline? Here are just a few thoughts:. It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, th...
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Alan Molineaux: From 'farewell Rob Bell' to 'You're fanatics charismatics'
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From farewell Rob Bell to Youre fanatics charismatics. At the time I had many an internet debate with my charismatic conversation partners about whether Pastor Piper had been too quick to make such a statement and I was surprised at how few understood my concern at the use of the 'H' word against someone to whom we find disagreement with. Let me declare my hand by saying that I became a Christian in a Pentecostal church and spent many years as part of a charismatic stream. I am, for sure, nearer to R...
