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		<title>It&#8217;s coming!</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/its-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news.. but Christmas is coming&#8230;fast!
To be honest, we&#8217;ve nearly finished our present buying and planning the church program, so I&#8217;m pretty chilled. But, so often, as I&#8217;m buying gifts, running church events, eating mince pies and thinking about new books, I forget to see Christmas for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=752&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A new course: Cross Explored</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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As a student worker I remember the joy of reading John Stott&#8217;s &#8216;the Cross of Christ&#8217; for the first time. I remember grappling with issuess surounding justice, God, wrath, forgiveness and assurance. I am so thankful especially for his chapter on &#8216;self-substitution&#8216;. Having been brought up on a diet of unhelpful sermon illustrations like the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=748&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colossians 2:16-23</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/colossians-216-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we reached the end of Colossians 2, but I haven&#8217;t got the audio of the sermon to put up. So, for those with enough determination, here are my notes from the sermon.

Colossians 2:16-23
DIY seems great. But is it?
Let me give you three reasons why DIY isn’t great:
One: It’s dangerous:
1, Knives and scalpels  cause [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=721&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A conman named Satan</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/a-conman-named-satan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love watching programs like Hustle,and films like Oceans 11, 12, 13 and 44. I love watching the long con. But I also love watching short cons. Ultimately they all come down to one thing: confidence. The conman, is a confidence man. You can check it out on Wikipedia! The way they work is be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=716&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Morning Encouragement</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/monday-morning-encouragement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

	
	
	
	


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		<title>Fairtrade Friday</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/fairtrade-friday-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ammanfordpastor</dc:creator>
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Congratulations to the Ammanford Fairtrade Group who won &#8216;best media campaign&#8217; during Fairtrade fortnight. You can read the full list of awards here.


Read the following to see why we won:
&#8220;Congratulations! I am very pleased to tell you that Ammanford Fairtrade Group is the winner of the Fairtrade Fortnight Best Media Campaign Award! The judges were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=692&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some new book reviews</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/some-new-book-reviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Here are a couple of great books I have enjoyed this summer.
Click on the image to go to the review.


You can check out other reviews here.
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		<title>Are you qualified?</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/are-you-qualified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Isn&#8217;t it funny how we sometimes end up preaching the exact thing we need to hear? This weekend I began a series in Colossians called &#8216;completely complete&#8216;. The idea is that Paul writes this letter to ensure that the Christians know they are complete in Christ, because Christ is complete in his Person (chapter 1), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=5433291&post=681&subd=veryrandomthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fairtrade Friday</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/fairtrade-friday-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the key issues for being &#8216;fairtrade&#8217; as a Christian is making sure we understand why we need to be involved in making the world a more fair place. Also, we need to understand why we need to engage with such issues. This is ultimately about understanding the full gospel of Jesus.
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		<title>Emerging leaders in Wales</title>
		<link>http://veryrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/emerging-leaders-in-wales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Oh, it&#8217;s the day of small things&#8221;
&#8220;Dear, there is no-one to fill the pulpits&#8221;
&#8220;Where are all the young men?&#8221;
I hear these comments regularly&#8230; and to be honest&#8230; I get frustrated with them. I sometimes think that most Welsh Evangelicals are either Functional Deists or Blind to Evidences of Grace.

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