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Foreknowledge & Predestination. An idiots guide

Foreknowledge & Predestination. An idiots guide (By which I mean, a guide written by an idiot) I might be wrong about a lot of this   And we know that in all things God works for the good of those … Continue reading

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How to be held

How to be held or The discipline supports the experience and the truth we’ve already received I’ve been like a broken record at youth discipleship recently, saying every week that prayer and reading the bible are really important things to … Continue reading

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Judges 14, Samson as riddler

This post assumes the reader to have a familiarity with the plot of the story of Samson as it appears in Judges. It is also helpful if your familiar with the story of Dinah (Genesis 34) that I refer to … Continue reading

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Making Connections – Passover X Cain and Abel

I love those moments when you make a sudden connection about something that you’ve pondered in the Bible. It’s like the spirit gives you a freebie. No work required. That happened for me today as I was listening to some … Continue reading

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8-bit Bible featured on the church sofa

As regular readers may remember I’ve a project for 2013 that isn’t primarily taking place on this blog but on 8bitbible.wordpress.com It’s a series of animations based on bible stories cropping up at a rate of about 1 per month. … Continue reading

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The source of our beliefs

This week some if my own fundamental views were challenged when I read 1 Corinthians 1 verse 16. And then went on to read Acts 16. In these passages Paul baptises entire households at a time – it is by … Continue reading

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I’m a Christian first

It’s certainly true of the church I attend that there are those vocally passionate about being Pentecostal, and I mean passionate to the point of hostility. But there are probably just as many in our number who would shrug when … Continue reading

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The Fresh Prince of Israel

I’m often the first out of bed at my house. I get a lot of time to myself, this is the kind of thing that happens when I’m left on my own… Now, this is a story all about how … Continue reading

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two kinds of knowledge

What follows is an extract from the novel that I keep telling myself I will get on and finish. (This is the novel all about Noah’s family and Ham’s sin) It is taken from a scene when the first child … Continue reading

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Watching & Listening

Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching at Harbour Community Church, I spoke from Judges 13 you can listen to it online! Sadly the audio drops once or twice in the recording but it isn’t very noticable If you’d like … Continue reading

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