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Losing sight of Christ
The power and appropriateness of Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" has been astonishing. Let me share another for encouragement: "I sought him, but I found him not." Song of Solomon 3:1 Tell me where …
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Prayer - Wisdom from Spurgeon
“Beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.” — Matthew 14:30Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when h…
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John Lewis
There is something strangely moving about watching a snowman go to extraordinary lengths to procure a hat and gloves for his beloved snowwife. Of course said blandly like that it sounds unimpressive b…
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Is God Jealous?
While reading through the Ten Commandments again yesterday I was struck at God's description of himself as jealous. Of course we baulk at that because it seems so wrong that God could display somethin…
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Gadgets and Gizmos
This may strike you as somewhat of strange post but I've been thinking about my love of gadgets and what it is that drives it. Since my earliest memories of TV are watching and loving Star Trek I con…
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Batman the dark knight rises
I've been a fan of the previous two outings in this trilogy of Batman films and I've been looking forward to seeing what Christopher Nolan would do to bring it to a satisfying conclusion. I wasn't dis…
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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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A Monster in Paris
What do you do on cold afternoon in Bury St Edmunds when you've exhausted the English Heritage sites and the children are fed up with walking? We decided that the cinema would be a useful distraction …
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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 pic…
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