It’s Better Growing Together

On my way to and from work I enjoy reading. Sometimes I’ll read a book.  Sometimes I’ll read blogs or other articles online through my mobile device. either way I enjoy reading. I’ll come across something and it will grab my attention and I’ll be fascinated with it.  Depending on what I’ve read I’ll note […]

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Shining Light

Jesus says things simply. Jesus does not say simple things. Some people can rightly be accused of trying to bamboozle others with jargon ans fancy words. Some think that a sign of being educated is saying big words. Jesus astounded witnesses because He evidently didn’t go to the same school as religious rulers, yet the […]

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Time

Paul’s Brief Chat Acts 20:7-12 is amazing and hilarious. It’s obviously very important to Paul to share with the brethren at this location.  It’s so important that Paul, after having something to eat, tucks into the word he has to share.  My favourite verse is 9 which introduces us to Eutychus.  He falls into a […]

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My Greatest Sermon Ever

It’s not something I mention here often.  If at all. I preach. OK, when I say that, what I mean is that in some gatherings, at some times, I’ve been asked to outline a monologue to engage with listeners about some aspect of the Christian life. It doesn’t happen often and to be fair in […]

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Love for the Lonely

The church is meant to be a community. It’s meant to be a gathering of those called out from the world to proclaim to the world the amazing good news of Jesus.  How we proclaim that is as much by out relationships as anything else.  So we have Jesus in John 17 making a heartfelt […]

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We Are On Holy Ground

Holy Ground: The Narrow View It is amazing how some of us read our Bibles and come to interesting conclusions that effectively miss the point. Take the church building. I understand some people see this physical structure as something of great importance.  Indeed some refer to the space used for the main services as the […]

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Finding The Faithful

It’s very easy to be critical. Very easy.  I’m a master at the art.  If I stick around something long enough and I can carefully go about showing just how bad the thing is. Over the years I’ve understood that this practice is very limiting in its capacity to bring about the real joy of […]

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Carrying Each Other’s Burdens

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2) There is something about this verse that has huge consequences for how we relate with brothers and sisters in Christ.  It’s also got to impact how we spend our time with each other. For Paul to say that this […]

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In Fitting With Who You Are

I am not a fan of uniform types of church – one style and size must fit all.  I mean by that a uniformed format of how the ‘service’ should take place, and all the ingredients done in the same order. It just does not make sense to me. I found it interesting reading about the David and Goliath […]

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