About four years ago, I read a book that made me think “Of course! This makes sense. Why did I not see this before, why haven’t I heard this before?” This blog is based on what I’d read. You&#...
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Reflections taken from the Bible.
Towards the end of Mark 8, Peter declares Jesus to be the Messiah. In other words God’s anointed King. When Peter realises King Jesus intends to go to a cross, he doesn’t answer by saying ‘lead ...
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Every year, over 100,000 children enter the BBC’s 500 word competition. The competition is to write a short story in only 500 words or less. Publishers, Oxford University Press then analyse the con...
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For Philip, the wait was over. There was something about Jesus, that when he said “Follow me!”, Philip did. He sees in Jesus the possibility that his hopes will be fulfilled. We don’...
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This blog is based on a sermon I gave at my church – disciple the nations! Matthew’s Gospel is often portrayed as the most Jewish of the four Gospels. The general theory is that it was written...
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“Should an engaged couple be Frank and Ernest?” I can remember being oh so clever as a boy telling this joke. But even then it was outdated! The only people called Frank or Ernest were even older ...
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A fellow teacher sings in a choir. He loves church music and jovially describes himself as a cultural Christian. To him evangelical is bad news. He described to me how it was an evangelical Christian ...
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