My blog - updated
Have a read of my blog, Thoughts on Life - one man's thoughts in his search for reality and for what makes sense in life.
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Web link
This is quite simply one of the best websites I have come across in many years, especially for those looking to see how their faith can interact in an intelligent way with the world around them.
The Jubilee Centre is a UK based Christian think-tank which seeks to explore a biblical vision for society. Its understanding is based on the conviction that “the Bible describes a coherent vision for society that has enduring relevance for…the world in the twenty-first century.”
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Album Review
This is the latest offering from that doyen of a man who is at once the cool all-American rock star who also has a deep social conscience. I first became a fan of John Mellencamp in the late 1980s when he produced such classic albums as Scarecrow and The Lonesome Jubilee.
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Welcome to Soul Thoughts
This is the website of Nils von Kalm. On this site I offer you my thoughts on life - soul thoughts. These thoughts come in the form of articles, sermons, book reviews and movie reviews, among others. My thoughts about life arise from a foundation of faith and how it can be manifested in everyday life. See the 'about' page for more about where I'm coming from.
Many people have influenced me in my life so far. Some are public figures and some are people I know personally. Whether it be by the extraordinary things they have done or the things they have said, they have all had an impact on me, for which I will be forever grateful. As John Lennon famously sang, "some are dead and some are living. In my life I've loved them all". Enjoy...
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Humanity and Meaning - some thoughts on our ultimate quest
It was the French mathematician Blaise Pascal who wrote of the God-shaped hole that lies within every human heart. Whilst it is said that Pascal may have originated the phrase, Augustine also hinted at the concept in his Confessions:
“Man [sic] is one of your creatures, Lord, and his instinct is to praise you. He bears about him the mark of death…But still, since he is a part of your creation, he wishes to praise you. The thought of you stirs him so deeply that he cannot be content unless he praises you, because you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you.”
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New sermon posted on 17 August 2008 - 'Trust - Without Jesus We're Sunk'. Read it here.
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Most recent article - posted on 27 July 2008 - 'Good News for the 21st Century'.
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very beginning of the oldest gospel that we have, the Gospel of Mark,
has Jesus proclaiming, in chapter 1:15: “The time has come. The kingdom
of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
But what is this good news? When someone says to you, “I have good
news!”, what is your immediate emotional response? In most cases it
will be one of excitement as you anticipate what this good news could
be. What did Jesus mean though when he talked about preaching the ‘good
news’? Those simple words have led to 2,000 years of debated
interpretation. To gain a proper understanding of Jesus’ proclamation
we must look at the context into which it was spoken. We need to ask
what the people who listened to Jesus’ message in first century
Palestine understood when he said that he had good news for them.
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