Theology
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Are you getting the idea?
Due to our incredible denseness God speaks some things over and over and over again. Sometimes the symphony of sources that speak the same word is deafening but still we are not listening. I hear it a…
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A mixed up king
Reading the account of Hezekiah over the last few days made me realise again how mixed he was. He finds himself under siege from the army of Sennacherib and does the thing that seems to natural and so…
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Fear Vs Terror
Last night we were asking the kids that come to one of our youth groups what they were afraid of. The answers were interesting: spiders (obviously), darkness, dying, adults shouting and so on and so f…
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He gets my back up
Thinking yesterday evening about the comments in John 15 from Jesus about why people hate him got me thinking about the type of things that Jesus said that got people annoyed. John 15v22-23 If I had n…
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Renewed Attitudes
Reading Isaiah again last night and I found myself challenged by the words that he spoke about a change that would happen with Gods people. Isaiah 29:23-24 ESV 23 For when he sees his childre…
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Lloyd-Jones on Seriousness in the Pulpit
The preacher must be a serious man; he must never give the impression that preaching is something light or superficial or trivial….What is happing [in the act of preaching] is that he is speaking to t…
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Terrifying
Last night we were reading through Isaiah 13 in our read through the Bible in a year plan and I have to say it was a sobering experience. The section is all about God's judgement on Babylon but as wit…
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Good news for messed up people
I just had to share this video. I friend had posted it on their facebook account and I was so moved by what the guy had to say I wanted others to have a look too.The basic premise is that we are messe…
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Dont be too good...
Claire and I are reading through Ecclesiaties at the moment and last night we came across a verse that made us both laugh out loud."Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise--why destroy yourself?"…
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