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Back when I was a teenager it seemed everybody "wanted to be different" and the way they showed that they were different was by doing exactly the same as everybody else.

Sure, it was growing in popularity when I was younger, it's just something else that's not for me. Thanks for reminding me I'm getting old through :P

The Tour de France was certainly memorable. Big Ben is the sort of thing you get used to when it's there all the time.

No pierced ears for me. Much like the tattoo thing I don't see any purpose in doing it. As far as I'm concerned nobody sticks anything in me unless it's medically necessary and even then I'd rather they didn't.

I've certainly seen my fair share of excess within the charismatic church, and it seems tongues are one of the most abused gifts out there. That's probably because it's so hard to conclusively prove whether someone is talking gibberish or not, and any time a "language" is recorded and found to...

The bells are impressive when they ring. I watched the Tour de France as it came through London in 2014 and was stood in the shadow of the tower.

Sure, for me the answer is "not at all" :) If that's what people want I won't stand in their way but, like I said, I won't stand in line behind them either...

I would never plan to abandon my cat at a shelter, but if I found myself unable to care for him any more it's hard to know what to do. First choice would obviously be to give him to someone I know who would look after him. But sooner or later you run out of options, and if I needed someone to...

If it were recorded, and if it could be verified that it was a coherent language, and if it could be verified that the speaker didn't have a natural knowledge of the language, you're probably right. But the fact nobody on a big stage has been recorded as doing something doesn't mean it hasn't...

I often wonder just what it's about. Sadly I know people who lap this stuff up, although if I didn't personally know people who seem to hang on every word of it I'd wonder if anyone really took it seriously.

The word is horribly overused in some circles. It's sad when people lose the sense of "I really liked that" and turn it into something it isn't - "it's anointed". I don't switch off instantly but it usually doesn't take long to figure if someone uses the word "anointed" to mean "anointed" or...

I wouldn't regard Youtube as being a final arbiter of anything like that. It may provide evidence of gibberish being passed off as tongues but the fact there isn't anything on Youtube that can be verified as a genuine gift of tongues doesn't mean it never happens. Absence of evidence isn't...

People can be healed by occult power (I know this, I've personally done it). People can apparently be delivered by powers that are nothing to do with God. The fact someone is healed doesn't in and of itself mean the person doing the healing is anything to do with God. Jesus warned of false...

Sure, the environment may be comfortable but I don't imagine having needles stuck in me is any more pleasant :)

I'm not interested in flaming, just calling out what I believe is false teaching, stating who teaches it (with references, so people have chance to verify and/or call me out on misquoting them) and why I believe the teaching to be unbiblical.

Sure, if someone wants to get inked I won't stand in their way. I just won't be in line behind them :)

There is that. Another question is why certain web sites continue to publish the words of so-called "prophets" when so little of what they say seems to have any relevance to either Scripture or life.

That's at least a step in the right direction. It still pales against the early church and the way things spread locally and could be verified locally. When the lame beggar was healed at the Beautiful Gate in Acts 3 everybody in the area would have known the man, everybody would have seen that...

There are a few African dishes that are pretty fiery. If you like hot foods you'd love the Carolina Reaper peppers. They look pretty mean and pack a serious punch.

The trouble is there are folks out there who claim to be hugely prophetic but what they spout appears to be little more than a tidal wave of drivel. I can only assume they claim to see into the spiritual but without a firm grounding in Scripture. Some of them say things that only take a cursory...