Matthew Sweet’s Weblog

I have been listening to Bill Hybels Podcast today. He was preaching from the book of Malachi. He is one of the most passionate and thought provoking speakers I have ever heard.
Malachi is all about living a life of excellence by offering your best to God, not your second best!
God hates scraps, it’s a hard [...]

I’ve been researching Content Filtering technologies for our church network.
Basically content filtering monitors any incoming webpages and filters them according to their content. It filters porn and any other content that may be inappropriate for minors and team members here at church.
ContentKeeper Technologies: Internet Content Filtering Solutions
Content Keeper looks like a pretty good solution. [...]

I was just reading about Anthony LaVey’s son Jess, who rebelled against his father and the “Church of Satan” to become a Christian as a teeneager.
I can just picture him now in the school yard, down behind the toilet block….
“hey Jess, you got some of the good stuff?”
“Yeah Johnny, I got something here you need [...]

I just realised that in order for the “God” category to appear, I need to actually post to it….
Did I mention I love God?

What is freedom?
This is a difficult question to ask because there may be as many answers as are people on this big blue planet. What does it mean to be free? Some people think that it has to do with being financially free, others feel that freedom is liberation from an oppressive regime. I want [...]

I’m constantly amazed and in awe of the amazing grace that God has given us. Even when I look at myself, someone who naturally speaking has little on the side of gift, for some reason, being used by God in His purposes. I don’t rightly understand why, only God see’s the potential I have. [...]