Playtime for information
Geographers like a good map, diagrams too. It’s the whole ‘colouring in’ kind of thing with which we’re supposed to be so ennamoured. So imagine my joy when I see this from the BBC News website. I find this kind of stuff (from David McCandless) fascinating and even if you’re not a geographer it turns out you just might too:

Personality, character and sanctification
Some churches use the Myers-Briggs Types Indicators as a way of quickly helping people to think reflexively about themselves and the way they interact with others. Glen talked about it here with a useful commentary that a good deal of what these types describe is actually patterns of sin (the series continued with part 2, 3 and

D- S- x4 = the shape of the Christian life
Mark B was preaching from Mark 9:2-13 on Jesus the Son in the King’s Church evening service series: Encountering Jesus. The text is Luke’s telling of Jesus’ transfiguration but Mark gave us two sermons for the price of one as he needed to talk about Mark 8:27-9:1 to set the scene. The four points from this passage were well worth repeating here (though all of it was great!): Decentre your self “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Decline safety

As someone who did physics and now does geography…
Update: I knew it was too good to be true! Oh well… — Albert Einstein is attributed (in a

Simul justus et peccator?
Is the Christian “simul justus et peccator”, simultaneously just and sinners as Martin stated or no longer “a sinner” but a new creation, “a saint” as Terry argues? (Please do read his posts to get his argument rather than just going from my summary.) Do Terry and Martin disagree? Or, are saying the same thing differently?