Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Becoming Christian ¦ Kierkegaard

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    Another excellent programme from BBC’s In Our Time, which this week looks at Soren Kierkegaard. It’s a really good introduction to his thinking, and has some wonderful sections around the idea of subverting those who consider themselves to ‘be’ Christians, and how Kierkegaard considered this to be impossible… There’s also an honest confession from a…

  • Say no to Phorm ¦ Don’t Let Your ISP Stalk You

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    A piece on the BBC news caught my ear yesterday. To the disgust of Tim Berners-Lee British Telecom, Virgin and my ISP Talk Talk have all said that they are going to start using Phorm in the near future. Phorm tracks your internet use, and harvests data to create a profile which these companies will…

  • Was Jesus Black?

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    The Nation Newspaper have named him top black icon. So was he or wasn’t he? Here.

  • Frrvrr.com

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    This is Onion genius. Read it and weep, Web 2.0. Technorati: Frrvrr | Onion | Web 2.0

  • Should British Kids Salute the Flag? | Identity | Symbols

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    A recent government report has proposed that teenagers should make an oath of allegiance to ‘Queen and Country’, in order to give them a ‘sense of belonging.’ I’m aware that something similar exists in the US education system, though the only reason I’m aware of it is by it’s bitter-sweet use in movies to suggest…

  • Time and Chance | Theology | Sport

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    It’s been a huge day of sport in the UK. Depressingly the team I support got dumped out of a cup competition, and England were also beaten in a big rugby international by Scotland. But later on, Jonny’s team – who’ve had literally hundreds of millions of pounds spent on players since being bought by…