Compassion or Complacency

I just could not do it any more. One of my (many) problems is that I am not really the confrontational type.  I can be brusque and up front and blunt when I want to be, and I’ve been informed that I can appear somewhat intimidating at times, though I put that down to the […]

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Disconnect and Reconnect

I was sitting down in a section of the day’s church gathering that they called the Divine Worship. As is my wont, I made notes of what the preacher was saying.  As I listened and noted and also considered the rest of the session and indeed the service, there was something gnawing at me.  The […]

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Faith And Being Realistic

Bob had made up his mind on the issue. He had been out of work for two years, and he was now 50 years old. He didn’t feel he could go back to his last job because it had got him to the point of despair.  Other than that his work history wasn’t much to […]

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Help My Unbelief

Mark 9:14-29 tells the story of Jesus, a crowd, faithlessness, a spirit-possessed son and a desperate father. Even with the benefit of reading in hindsight, there should be features that are familiar to people reading it.  This doesn’t have to do with children in trouble.  This is an issue of faith and faithlessness. Where is […]

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No Vote, No Voice?

It is presidential election season over the pond and the debates are up and running and people are being given reasons to vote for him and not vote for him.  It is this time of year that the arguments are rolled out about the importance of voting and what was done to ensure people had […]

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Thanks For Brothers and Sisters

The writer of Hebrews in some verse referred to being surrounded by a cloud of witnesses.  His point was about the heroes of faith who had been the platform for those now in Christ to keep pursuing life in Him with all their might. I’ve not really seen myself as someone with a lot of […]

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