Dyfed Wyn Roberts



The leaves of the tree 

were for the healing 

of the nations


Yr oedd dail y pren er

iachad y cenhedloedd


Revelation  22:2  Datguddiad

 

Should life mean life for the killers of Jamie Bulger?

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 , In : Random 

I was trawling through Facebook updates this morning when I came across the ‘Justice for James Bulger’ group and an application that invited me to ‘release a balloon’ in the child’s memory (if you don’t do Facebook, then you’re probably lost by now, but keep with me anyway). The introductory blurb to the application claims that the boy’s killers should never have been released from prison and that...


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Pastors with no friends

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 , In : Linking other blogs 
I came across this rather sad post today. It's about pastors who have no friends. Some of the reasons given do make sense I'm afraid.

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Emerging church - Post-Christendom 6

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 , In : Post-Christendom 

Did the Reformation change Christendom? Surprisingly not is Stuart Murray’s answer in chapter 5 of Post-Christendom. Though the Protestant Reformation brought about much needed change to doctrine and many church practices, very little was done as far as the church’s connection to the state is concerned. ‘They refined it, fractured it and shifted the balance of power within it towards the secular authorities...


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An emerging kingdom - Sermon on the Mount 3

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, March 8, 2010 , In : Emerging Kingdom 

Before getting stuck into the meat of what Kingdom living is all about Jesus does something profoundly loving: he affirms the very people he calls into this new lifestyle. The demands of that life will be great. Maintaining those choices will not be easy. And so before going into the detail Jesus tells his hearers that the Kingdom is for people just like them. If they are broken, if they are small, if they are do...


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Sites of interest

Posted by Dyfed on Friday, March 5, 2010 , In : Linking other blogs 
A few links for you to enjoy today as I'm not sure my brain could cope with writing a post of my own!

Rhys Llwyd is a friend of mine who is training for full time ministry with the Welsh Baptist Union. He's also completing his PhD in the School of Theology at Bangor. He is particularly gifted in website design, digital photography, and also video production. His latest venture is producing some Nooma type videos in Welsh. Here's link to the first. If you don't speak Welsh no matter. You'll sti...
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