Tag: bible
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How to amaze Jesus!
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and…
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Drowning out the distractions
I’ve stopped reading my Bible recently. Instead, I take time to listen to it. My work as a journalist means that I am constantly looking at words, reading and interpreting content. And I’ve realised that there was a tendency to take a similar approach to my ‘quiet times’ with God. I am finding it really…
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The Cloud
I guess we can all have experiences that are very hard to put into words. As followers of Jesus, we are mindful that the world looks for opportunities to mock us. That’s certainly the apprehension I feel in deciding to write down an event that happened to me at Nicholaston burrows one day. I know…
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Don’t look to the thorns, or to the flesh, but look to Jesus
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2 Cor 4:16) My dear friend Robb’s earthly body died from skin cancer in 2006. I will never forget him, he was and is a tremendous man of God who was integral and had…
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The Calling Of Samson
I have been thinking about Samson recently. Perhaps it’s because I have become partially blind in one eye and Samson lost both his eyes just before his passing. I’m not aware of any Bible study or sermon about the death of this heroic, difficult man. But I have thought for many years now that there…
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All that we need
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8) Christianity didn’t make sense. I remember standing in front of a church pastor with my fist gripped in my pocket, wanting to smash his face. He was sitting in a chair, smiling at…
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Stand Up For Kindness
One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Does not the…
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What Is ‘Life’ After All?
“This is no life. No life at all.” The words were muttered in agony from a skeletal old man, propped up on white pillows in a hospital bed with a blanket half-wrapped around his thin legs. He had frazzled, balding hair with circular glasses. His body was arched to the side and his striped pajama…
