Thanks to my wife Carole for the following book review on The Shaming of the Strong by Sarah Williams. This is a challenging book which looks at how one family deals with the awful knowledge that their longed for third child is severely deformed and unlikely to survive beyond birth. Sarah and Paul Williams are [...]
Tags: Suffering
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Some very wise words from Professor R. Scott-Clark on true repentance: Crouching Tiger, True Repentance
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I came across this challenging article by Paul Tripp which was written on BuildingChurchLeaders.com yesterday. It is called The Heart is the Target Paul Tripp makes some interesting observations including the following comments which are worth pondering: People and situations do not determine our behaviour; they provide the occasion where our behaviour reveals our hearts. Any agenda [...]
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Please read Lenten Inspiration from The High Calling by Mark Roberts in which he challenges us to return to the Lord.
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On Ash Wednesday last year our vicar preached on fasting and feasting in Lent. One year on that sermon is worth pondering again as we begin our period of Lent for 2010.
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If you are thinking of doing some extra Bible study, prayer and reflection during Lent and you are not sure what to do then Nick Baines’ book looking at the Gospel of Mark is one to consider. The book has 47 reflections for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Each day consists of a passage from [...]
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Thanks to my wife Carole who has written the following review on ”From Medicine to Miracle by Dr Mary Self and Rod Chaytor.” I first came across this book in an article “How do we pray for the sick?”, Woman Alive (Jan 2010). This is a well written and uplifting book that seeks to honestly recount, [...]
Tags: Healing, Suffering
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In Matthew 12, Mark 3 and Luke 12 Jesus speaks about the unpardonable sin. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or the age to come. (Matthew 12:32 NIV) This is obviously a [...]
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