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Don’t Trifle with Christmas
I blame Charles Dickens. Everywhere I look, in the TV adverts, the Christmas themed films, the secret Santas and the planned parties, there’s a huge determination along with Scrooge to ‘know how to keep Christmas well’. We’re convinced that if we can by sheer force of will enjoy the festive period, we will have captured… Continue reading
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House of the Risen Son
There is a house, My father’s house,Where love eternal reignsAnd ruined sinners who believeWill there with Christ remain This ruined world can never giveThe peace and hope we craveBut those who trust in Jesus ChristGain hope beyond the grave For all have sinned and fallen shortOf the life that God demandsOur sin and shame are… Continue reading
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Anything but Normal
“And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.” – 1 Kings 8:10,11 Once the temple was built the ark was… Continue reading
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Lost & Found
Matthew 10:34-38 Where’s our peace? Where and how do we feel that bedrock of assurance? Every time I watch TV, or look at social media there is an avalanche of messages persuading me that I can have peace, satisfaction, a sense of well being. But it’s all based on ephemera – there’s no substance, no… Continue reading
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Weapons of Warfare
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,… Continue reading
