Scripture
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Gunning for God
I've just finished one of the best books on apologetics I've read in a little while. "Gunning for God" is John Lennox's response to some of the arguments put forward by the "new atheists" such as Ri…
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Simply Praying Simply
For years I have found the acrostic ACTS helpful in praying: A - Adoration C - Confession T - Thanksgiving S - Supplication I was taught it when I was young and it's stuck with me as a sensi…
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Spurgeon's Encouraging Ministry
I've often thought, as I've read through Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" book that he takes great care to bring as much encouragement to Christians as possible. It may be that the compiler or M&E…
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Pride and Despair
Augustine the great Christian thinker from the 4th Century said "Pride is the beginning of sin", John Ruskin a writer from the 18th Century said “In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistak…
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Trellis and Vine
After much encouragement from a number of sources I've started reading The Trellis and the Vine, a book on discipleship by Marshall and Payne. It is an excellent read so far and as my friend Scott s…
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Shallow Evangelicalism
I'm currently enjoying a book by Fred Saunders called "Embracing the Trinity" and it is proving a stimulating read. The following is a quote from the introduction that acts as timely wakeup call to t…
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More Making Disciples
I had a few more thoughts on discipleship that I wanted to get down on paper before they flittered away out of my sieve like brain. Firstly, who makes disciples? Perhaps the classic answer to this i…
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Making Disciples
This morning, while on holiday in rural Lincolnshire, we were treated to a sermon on discipleship. This got me thinking a bit about what it means to disciple people and what I've seen work both in my …
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Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon is one of the books of the Bible that lots of people really don't know what to do with. At first glance it is a love poem between Solomon and one of his brides, and as such it's in…
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Jude
I guess that Jude is one of those short letters in the New Testament that gets overlooked all the time. After all what could 25 verses have to say about our situation and our life, particularly when s…
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