Comments on: Football, fees and fantasy http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/football-fees-and-fantasy/ Musings of a restless bishop Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark B. http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/football-fees-and-fantasy/#comment-38 Mark B. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:07:18 +0000 http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-38 '..there a good few Churches in Manchester that..' Ah, but are there few good churches in that esteemed city? Besides having The World's Favorite Football Team (TM), isn't Manchester the rainy city of Britain's famous export, 'Coronation Street'? ‘..there a good few Churches in Manchester that..’

Ah, but are there few good churches in that esteemed city? Besides having The World’s Favorite Football Team (TM), isn’t Manchester the rainy city of Britain’s famous export, ‘Coronation Street’?

]]> By: martin sewell http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/football-fees-and-fantasy/#comment-37 martin sewell Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:35:58 +0000 http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-37 At the risk of being flippant, there a good few Churches in Manchester that would welcome a tithing footbaler on £1/2 million a week! At the risk of being flippant, there a good few Churches in Manchester that would welcome a tithing footbaler on £1/2 million a week!

]]> By: Mark B. http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/football-fees-and-fantasy/#comment-36 Mark B. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:18:49 +0000 http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-36 #1: Yes, he's a member of the 'Reborn in Christ Church' and tithes to them. Having two left feet, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to live strongly and consistently for Christ, and in the public eye, in a pressured world of trials and temptations of every kind. It's little wonder that some have stumbled along the way. We should keep them in prayer for the pressures they face as well as the good they can achieve. #1: Yes, he’s a member of the ‘Reborn in Christ Church’ and tithes to them. Having two left feet, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to live strongly and consistently for Christ, and in the public eye, in a pressured world of trials and temptations of every kind. It’s little wonder that some have stumbled along the way. We should keep them in prayer for the pressures they face as well as the good they can achieve.

]]> By: Martin Sewell http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/football-fees-and-fantasy/#comment-34 Martin Sewell Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:09:35 +0000 http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-34 I hear that Kaka is a very committed Christian and it is possible that the high profile which a move to this country would bring, might have some collateral benefit in relation to how young boys might feel it "ok" to be Christian and still "cool". We cannot underestimate the pressures on young people to conform to the non-religious mores of so much of the media. I hear that Kaka is a very committed Christian and it is possible that the high profile which a move to this country would bring, might have some collateral benefit in relation to how young boys might feel it “ok” to be Christian and still “cool”. We cannot underestimate the pressures on young people to conform to the non-religious mores of so much of the media.

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