Month: June 2014

On lawful schism.

Posted on By pukeko
God tells us to be one, but it is also true that at times the church has split. This essay is suggesting that sometimes separation and schism is needed. Sometimes a line has to be drawn. For sometimes churches rot, and become one with Babylon: and… Read More

The reformed and the Lectionary [Admin andResources].

Posted on By pukeko
Will S. made a commend about how to source the lectionary and if we could avoid the PCUSA. A fair question, but part of it was if the more reformed churches use the lectionary. In general, they do not. I have linked to this comment before, but it is the best explanation as to why this does not… Read More

Vineyard and history.

Posted on By pukeko
This morning everything is a challenge. I am having to use the cellphone because the router is broken: something has happened overnight. In addition (now that I am online, the PCUSA lectionary site has gone. I have found an alternative site, which… Read More

Administrivia for the shortest day.

Posted on By pukeko
Yes, there are more changes to the blog. I have moved the theme to ignite, which has a virtue. Simplicity. It does mean that one cannot scan -- or one can leave it as a pile of longer pages. This was driven in part by finding a better theme for Read More

Plague, poverty, war and other quotage.

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Most of the world is entranced by the World Cup. Apart from the English. And Spanish. But in the meantime, Mathus' methods of population destruction continue to cause difficulties, particularly plague and war. Now war can make plague worse: both by… Read More

Further on discernment and separation.

Posted on By pukeko
From the Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches website.
Many Christians are unaware of…
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Separate yourself from heresy.

Posted on By pukeko
I am not the creative one in the family. That would be my kid sister, and this, ladies, is a dress she made for the "World of Wearable Art" competition. Out of bicycle tubes. She had to make it using some rules, and that restriction led to her… Read More