THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH - personal observations on life and faith
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The Vanity Of Nations
How an ancient text speaks to the world today. Who said the nation-state would become irrelevant in the new century? Clever assumptions about power leeching upwards to supra-national institutions like the EU and the IMF, outwards to powerful corporations and downwards to indigenous .... it
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Recent Topics You May Have Missed
What Does War Do To Human Relationships, Paul In Athens, The Autocrat And Their PR Problem, The Disciple, The Light Footprint Of Mission, On Standing In The Desert, Why Do We Get So Much Pleasure In Being Hard On Others, +
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Recent Topics You May Have Missed
Why The Christian Journey Is More Like The Film, Elijah's Spot Kick, The Good Shepherd, Barnabas People, skin Deep, Light Touch Intercession,
Davids Star
- Many act from mixed motives which they are barely able to identify or articulate and those who judge them are often wrong to attribute one motive at the expense of others. King David’s life is a prime example.
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Day Seven
- When God calls us to rest, he shows us what he can do while we sit back. You shall carry out an audit. If one commandment were to be added to the ten by our generation, this one would have some claim to pre-eminence
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Unhinged Ministry
- We may dislike ourselves and feel useless, but this does not mean we are fruitless in the work of God.
The Last Enemy
- Those who commit murder assume a power which does not belong to them; only one has authority over death, whose rule lies in its defeat
The Rock
- People often grow into the meaning of their names, which gives hope to all who bear the name of Christ
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OMG
- Globally, God's name has become associated with violence; nationally, it litters our conversation without love. The name which is above every other name deserves better.
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Handling A Crisis Without Being Crushed
- God is good, even if our lives are not. And he is walking with us. How we respond to a crisis is said to be the mark of us, yet we rarely feel good about the responses we make.
The Divorce
- Power without love is prominent in bullies, but love without power is ineffectual. ‘For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-control’ (2 Timothy 7).
THE STONE THAT ROLLED
- Over ninety percent of human communication is non-verbal. Sharing the risen Christ is a similar story. When I was young and trying to figure out whether Christianity was true or not
WHY VOTE?
- There is one phrase a Christian should have in their mind as they enter the voting booth. The statistics don’t look good on the face of it. In 1997, 71% of the electorate voted in the General Election