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Understanding The Basics Of The Christian Faith
The longest church AGM I ever attended was not about money, staffing, safeguarding or whether we could afford to replace the leaking roof. It was about whether a person must be baptised before they could become a church member. Someone had proposed changing a sentence in the constitution, and you
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Power of Hope
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Where Is This Going?
A woman asks a simple question: “Where is this going?” Suddenly, she is accused of living in the future. She mentions marriage, and he says she is rushing. She talks about building a life together, and he tells her to enjoy the moment. She asks whether he sees her beside
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“Called By God?”
“Called By God?” Thinking About a Life of Christian Ministry The answer is surprisingly difficult to figure out. As full-time Christian ministry recedes into the rear-view mirror, I find myself thinking about my life from a more outside perspective than was possible when I was a workaday vicar. It’s been
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Identifying Spiritual Immaturity
Why years of church attendance, biblical knowledge and strong convictions may tell us surprisingly little about spiritual growth The most spiritually immature person I know has been faithfully sitting in a church pew every Sunday morning for many decades now. He reads the word, prays the prayers, and sings the
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Why Some People Don’t Change
When I was a student, there was this lady who was admitted to study Mass Communication. She was well-kitted fashion-wise but held this erroneous belief that because the University was a private university where her parents paid a lot of money, she would never be allowed to fail. The first