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the personal blog of paul vernon

Thank you for taking the time to view humblethorn. The purpose of this blog is to have an outlet to share my thoughts, quotes, ramblings and the occasional item of interest as I serve as a missionary to the Akha in Northern Thailand. Mostly, this is an outlet (in English!) for me to feel like someone out there is listening. So, to whoever you are, thank you for being my listening someone.

Many people have asked about the name "humblethorn". I would love to explain it, but I honestly don't fully understand it myself. In very simple terms, it is an identity that I have come to realize in Christ. I do not claim to be humble, rather that I am often humbled by my own weakness.

Feel free to navigate through the links on the top of this site to read more about me or just to view the photo galleries, videos, podcasts and journals about our lives with the Akha. Now... on to the posts!

Do Apostles exist today?

Sunday, September 17, 2006

I was reading some of the great Christian blogs today (my English church online) and found this article from Adrian's Blog about Apostles in the modern church.

Now, I'm a Foursquare Missionary with a Reformed (Calvinist) leaning - so I can be all over the map with this kind of stuff, but I really enjoyed what Adrian wrote here and agree with most of what he says (I also agree with some of the comments added at the end).

All in all, it's a good read. Check it out if you have the time:

Adrian's Blog: Apostles are meant for today- Challies wheels out the big guns in the charismatic debate

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