New Home - Some Reflections On Stuff

We moved house over the weekend. No big deal, just a lot of lifting and driving to & fro. I was amazed at the amount of stuff we've ...

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Creativity, Expressiveness & Responsiveness

Creativity, Expressiveness and Responsiveness are great qualities in dealing with many situations. For example, in regards to proclaiming ...

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Hudson Taylor - A Strange Attainment Of Holiness

"Do you know, I now think that this striving, longing, hoping for better days to come is not the true way to holiness, happiness or us...

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Alive

'Alive' means to significant things to me today ; We celebrate 1 year in the life of Faith, our daughter. It's been a fast year...

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Game of Thrones

I'm looking forward to 'Game of Thrones' starting on Sky Atlantic. I don't know much about it other than a few ads on Sky...

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Home: A Place to Worship

Yesterday at Christ Church Belfast the message was on the relation between the law of Moses and the promised inheritance of the land. Deuter...

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Why We Didn't Baptise Our Kids

# Infant baptism has been something that both sides of our family has done, believed in and still practice. With a mix of presbyterian, meth...

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The Armor of God - Jesus

Barbara & i were reading Ephesians 6 tonight when a thought occurred to me about the armor that Paul tells us to put on. The belt of ...

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When is it going to end - The honest way to read Leviticus

Do you ever find Leviticus a struggle,? If you're like me the seemingly repetitive descriptions of sacrifices for this and that and eve...

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World of Books: Communication Between Humans

World of Books It is so easy to lose ourselves in a sea of books. To spend more time in them and have better relationships with unmet auth...

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Festival of Booths . . . Water & Blood

I was reading about the Jewish feast of booths. One of the things i read was how they would pour water and wine upon the alter, this would t...

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Why Are We Proud of Others?

Me: 'I'm really proud of you!' Jacob: 'Because i didn't wet my *jocks?' Me: 'No, just proud of you becaus...

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Conversation with Jake (3) and some thoughts

Jake : "Dad, Jesus loves good guys and beats up bad guys?" Me : "Mmmm yes & no . . . Jesus loves everyone good and bad,...

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Subdued But Not Taken

"The land lay subdued before them." (Joshua 18:1) "How long will you put off going to take possession of the land, which t...

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Thought About How we Pray & The Model of New Testament Prayer

Recently Barbara & i have been reading through Paul's Epistles. One of the striking things, is his prayer life as seen through his w...

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So You Want to be a Star?

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever an...

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Rambling Thought Concerning Psalms

Longman and Dillard in their Introduction to the Old Testament write: "The piety and devotional mood that permeate the psalms and th...

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Explorers Wanted

"As might be expected from such a rich and varied book (Genesis) , it is impossible to exhaust its biblical-theological implications....

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The Whole Bible

I recently read a facebook discussion in which some Bible verses were being used. These verses, standing alone seemed an impressive argument...

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Matthew 24 - Some Application

Although the main focus of Matthew 24 is indeed Jesus Christ, there are some very important applications for Christian living now. "S...

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