When I was at school I was a member of the cross country team and we completed in a local league against other schools. Whenever we had an away fixture, before the start of the race, we would all gather by the start and listen to one of the sports masters from the host school explaining [...]
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Yesterday our vicar spoke on the transfiguration of Christ from Mark 9. Jesus had taken Peter, James and John up a mountain with him and as he spoke with them his clothes became dazzling white. Elijah and Moses then appeared and spoke with Jesus. The disciples were frightened and Peter offered to build three shelters [...]
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Last Friday the High Court ruled that Bideford Town Council was breaking the law by having prayers at the beginning of its meetings. The case had been bought by the National Secular Society against Bideford Town Council after one of the councillors, who is an atheist, had complained of the practise. For those of us [...]
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For the final week of my series on Abraham I want to consider how he was a man who set his heart on following God’s way to the end. Abraham’s life was changed as a result of receiving and believing God’s promises to him. He had left both his family and country to follow God’s [...]
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When we speak of Abraham it would be natural to think of his amazing faith in God and how he believed the promise given to him that he would have a son, despite the fact that both he and Sarah were old. The temptation is to elevate him in our thinking to be a great [...]
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Last week we looked at Abraham the man of faith and now I want to consider another of his attributes namely that Abraham was a generous man. In Genesis 13 we see an example of Abraham’s generosity shown towards Lot. The herdsmen from both men had been quarrelling, as the land where they dwelt was unable [...]
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I have recently been looking at Abraham in my daily Bible readings and have decided to share some thoughts over the next few postings on what we can learn from him. The first attribute I want to think about is Abraham being a man of faith. We first come across Abraham or Abram as he [...]
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In last night’s episode of Sherlock, he was questioning someone in regard to his investigation, and asked about one of his work colleagues. The answer Sherlock Holmes received was “I do not criticise my colleagues.” I was impressed by that answer as it showed integrity. This got me thinking about myself at work. How often [...]
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I have not read the book “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, but I watched the three part version that BBC1 showed over Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed it. I understand a film version is to be released this year and Helena Bonham Carter will be playing the role of Miss Havisham. Those familar with the story [...]
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Have you ever thought about reading the whole Bible in a year? Maybe you have considered doing this but it seems like an impossible goal that you don’t think you could ever achieve? Would it surprise you though to hear that if you read your Bible for 15-20 minutes each day then you would read [...]
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