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Expectation
A couple of things this week got me thinking about how appropriate expectation is for people who profess to believe in an all powerful God. The first was last Sunday, we looked at Psalm 5, a great son…
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Fringe
Reading through Job last night I had one of those moments where you come across a verse that you must have read before but it's never hit you in previous readings: Job 26v14 "And these are but the ou…
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Real Christianity
Each week I get an email from the Kairos Journal which has various articles on contemporary issues and articles drawn from older works. I was struck by one of the pieces this week because it touched o…
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Praise God for Richard Dawkins
Writing today in "The Times" Richard Dawkins is on a mission to demonstrate again how stupid Christians are and how superior his own brand of religion (athiesm) is to all the rest. I have to say much …
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Blogging with trumpets
It is not difficult to understand what Jesus is getting at in Matthew chapter 6. Three times he condemns religious acts that are done merely for show. He says God hates it when we pray so that other p…
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Resolutions
Generally I dont like New Year resolutions. Not because I dont think they are a good idea but because I often fail to keep them (like most people) and sometimes wonder if they tend to be an exercise i…
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Trying it all
A few observations of things that I observe myself and my friends tempted to find satisfaction in. Please note that because a thing is on the list it is not therefore a bad thing but simply an indicat…
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Brooks on courage
Phillips Brooks says: There is another source of power which I can hardly think of as a separate quality, but rather as the sum and result of all the qualities which I have been naming. I mean Courage…
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Augustine on Faith
Augustine says:"Faith is to believe what we do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what we believe." I confess I do want to see. I dont want to rush ahead of all the God has in store but …
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Living Simply
While away speaking at David Rushbrooks induction service at the weekend I had 10 hours alone to myself in the car. What a pleasure to find that "Desiring God" by John Piper had been released for free…
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