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Is Prince Philip the Chosen One?

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Friday 13th March 2020

​Is the Duke of Edinburgh God’s Chosen One?

There are people on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific Ocean who worship the Duke of Edinburgh as a god.

The islanders used to be committed cannibals and they ate the first two missionaries who came to Tanna.

More missionaries arrived, told them about Jesus and many of the locals became Christians.

They stopped eating each other and began to eat Jesus instead (John 6:54).

In the 1960s many of the islanders noticed Prince Philip in his wonderful, shiny, white uniform.

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cannibalism
idolatry

Baptist Times on RealityBites

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Wednesday 11th March 2020

Delighted that the Baptist Times has published my article on Serving God in schools and on the streets. I am trying hard to get people thinking about a worldview-infused way of doing mission and discipleship. Please write to the BT and join the discussion.

 

                   https://www.baptist.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=566381   

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mission
worldviews

Student Ministry in Leeds

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Wednesday 4th December 2019

​RealityBites is a ministry that is part of ThinkingFaithNetwork.

What do we do? Here is one of our projects.

My good friend Mark Yeadon and I reach out to students by telling stories and sharing the good news of Jesus. We are inspired by the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). We follow Jesus by telling fascinating stories and asking provocative questions. We make ourselves vulnerable by serving hot drinks to students and homeless people outside the Library pub on Woodhouse Lane in Leeds.

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mission

Young People Serving the Technology god

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Thursday 7th November 2019

Above is a photo of young people learning how to serve a very powerful and hypnotic god. Technology is a good gift from God but can easily become an idol! A bit of background to this.

The famous Russian revolutionary Trotsky (1879-1940) wrote that “Such is the power of science, that the average human-being will become an Aristotle, a Goethe, a Marx.  And beyond this new peaks will rise.” Trotsky believed in the power of science and technology to create a perfect world. He was tragically misled.

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secularism
worldviews

From food to Jesus

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Friday 30th August 2019

I am writing a short booklet which aims to help people to talk creatively about Jesus. This is my first chapter. Love feedback if you have a moment.                  

Chapter 1 From Food to Jesus

A lot of people enjoy talking about food, recipes and celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsey and Nigella Lawson. Imagine you are cutting up some garlic with a non-Christian friend, Derek, in your kitchen. Try out this possible spiel:

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