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In the process of migrating frasergo.org from Mezzanine to Ghost. (Edit: This is now complete)
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In the process of migrating frasergo.org from Mezzanine to Ghost. (Edit: This is now complete)
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I've recently been investigating different blogging platforms. And in the process discovered that I've been blogging for 20 years this year. Very sporadically. This site imported blog content from various sites that I wrote with different focuses: * I had a nanoblogger site titled Invention from January
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prayer
quotes
In preparing a message on prayer recently, I remembered a quote that previously impacted me: "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is, and no more" I don't like quoting people without a proper source, and I seemed to remember it was
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bible
internet
growth
My phone has icons for the different apps I use - social media, email, and a program I use to read the Bible. Some of them call out to me with numbers highlighting in red how many unread messages I could look at. But the Bible app just sits there
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bible
translation
poetry
memorization
For a believer in Christ, memorizing Scripture is a powerful and helpful aid to our faith. Poetic devices such as rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and structure are aids to memorization. Is it possible to produce Scripture translations that use these devices, while remaining accurate translations? These would have other benefits as
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tech
maths
truthfulness
logic
honesty
puzzle
A friend recently sent me the fun Singapore maths olympiad problem in which Albert and Bernard attempt to discover Cheryl's birthday. As well as being full of mathematical knowledge, this implies some philosophical assumptions about knowledge and truthfulness. Here's a slightly expanded version I made up,
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gospel
theology
racism
south-africa
oppression
Here are some thoughts on racism that I hope may help Christians to see the enormous difference that the grace of God revealed in the gospel of Jesus should make to racial tensions and division, and to our own hearts, whether we need to repent from racist attitudes and practices,
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duncan
death
celebration
running
poetry
integrity
faithfulness
tolkien
c-s-lewis
worldview
Tribute to Duncan McKenzie Fraser that I shared at his funeral along with those by my siblings, by mother, his friend Prof Eric Bateman and colleague Prof Jenni Case
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duncan
death
faithfulness
On Saturday night my dad, Duncan, had a massive cardiac arrest in ICU and died after an intense 12-day battle following a major stroke, subsequent pneumonia and heart issues. The ICU staff tried to resuscitate him but could not.My dad impacted so many people's lives. I have
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james
joy
celebration
When James was celebrating his eighth birthday, he made the following comment: I want everybody to enjoy my birthday, because we're celebrating that God made me. To me, this is profound. It's a way of thinking that recognizes the awe of being created with gratitude and
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family-news
lego
tolkien
humour
As a family, we love both the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and Lego, so we've really enjoyed the Lego Lord of the Rings and Hobbit range... however we were puzzled to obtain not just one, but many powerful magical rings with the various different Lego sets
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tech
python
music
maths
visualization
conference
talk
colour
harmonihue
At PyConZA 2013, one of the speakers couldn't come due to a visa issue, so I volunteered to do a talk at the last minute. I was already on a panel discussion earlier, and wanted to listen to Matt's talk on caching, so I ended with