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The Fire is still falling
Pentecost, the day the Fire fell was not a one time event. God still desires the same for us. We can prepare for this great feast by understanding its Jewish background. Nothing happens in the scripture by coincidence. It is all part of God’s great …
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What “Jesus is Risen” can mean for me
So Jesus is Risen. But what is that for me?
Easter is the feast of all Christian feasts, the basis of our faith: And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 1Cor. 15:17 Yes sure, but …
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The Seven Last Words – Meditations for the Seven Visits
The ancient tradition of the Seven Visits can take different forms, typically a series of meditations which follow Jesus’ passion from Gethsemane to Calvary. Jesus’ seven last words on the cross can also serve as an excellent prayerful meditation for us as we visit the …
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Why ‘Losing My Religion, Finding My Faith’?
A skeleton without a body is as dead as the human anatomy can get. Religion without genuine faith and spirituality is also lifeless. If by religion we mean a system of faith and worship but we end up adhering to the system but not the …
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Racing towards the finishing point
Aspiration to fame is as old as humanity itself. Yet if we have a good look at who makes it to the Bible’s ‘Top Famous People’ as recorded in the letter to the Hebrews (chapter 11) we will find that they were commended for something …
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Be One of the 1001 Reasons for the success of ‘Come and See’
Join us for this year’s Come and See, a retreat based on the key words ‘encounter’ ‘experience’ ‘see’ and ‘reason’. The Encounter In the first chapter of John’s gospel two disciples encounter Jesus. Before they had only heard about Him from John the Baptist, but …
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Rock climbing faith
Once a famous architect wanted to design and build a different house. Disillusioned by the suffering, wars and aimlessness of the world he saw around him, he wanted his building to reflect this. So if you entered this house you would find doors which led …
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Shaped in the Potter’s hands
Most of us study and train to be the good at something, to be top of our job where we can cope with any eventuality, situation and emergency. The danger is that we who have this readiness to cope with job, family and friends may …
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Terrorist Arrested in Damascus experiences change
There is a lot of turmoil happening in Syria at the moment. But centuries ago in Damascus a terrorist was arrested not by the police but by the Lord. Saul was a fanatic in the line of Bin Laden. Yet when He actually meets Jesus …
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7 questions about Christmas
1. Was Jesus really born on the 25th December? No he wasn’t. The date was in fact a pagan feast which celebrated the return of the ‘dying sun’ at the end of December. From then on the days would become longer. In about 354AD the …
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