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Last Sunday our reading and talk touched on some of the radically different ways we should live as God’s people. I will not revisit them now as you can listen to this talk on our web site. But it is worthwhile us stopping and asking ourselves the question I finished with “Are you willing to be discipled by Jesus and take your…
Summer is hardly the time when SA is at it prettiest however as the year progresses we will see radical transformation take place. There will be stunning colours and in some trees colours will be combined and blended. How fortunate we are to have these constant reminders of His consistency and glory before us. God not only supplies our needs season by…
He was born outside a small hotel in an obscure Jewish village in the great days of the Roman Empire. The story is usually prettified when we tell it Christmas by Christmas but it is really rather beastly and cruel. The reason Jesus was born outside the hotel is that it was full and nobody would offer a bed to a woman…
In 2012 we shall encourage more of us to read the Bible more regularly. At the Carols on the Hill event, we gave away the book of Luke. We have spent years seeking to learn different memory verses and each week I am encouraging us to grow as a result of reading God’s word. Why? Christians have always been keen to share…
It always challenges me to think through the number of times I have invited people to come along and find out about Jesus. Often we get the idea that sharing the gospel can only be done via a loud speaker and a platform. We have all had experiences of people who have chosen an insensitive moment or an insensitive way to share…
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years! Mark Twain Families are complex and some have caused untold heartache and pain that have rolled down to…
Your spouse is talking to you about their day, your eyes are glued to the TV and you manage to make the occasional grunt… then the phone rings. It’s one of your mates, the conversation flows and you listen to every word they say. Your spouse hears you responding animatedly, showing interest expressing sympathy and enjoying the conversation. The problem many of…
This is the second last of a series in which I’ve looked at seven aspects of building a strong relationship. As a teenager, I was given a Christian book that covered a whole range of subjects but the first chapter was all about sex. The author argued that he dealt with it at the front because most teens would flip to that…
In any relationship you get plenty of opportunities to hurt each other and in a marriage relationship, you get them all the time. Now I do not meet many people who get married with the intention of hurting the person that they claim to love. But I do meet plenty of people in their marriage relationship who have hurt each other. In…
I read recently that marriage represents similar struggles found in a three legged race. It is entirely normal for a couple to have disagreements. Those who make a success of their marriage are those who tackle their problems together and overcome them. What causes disagreements in your marriage? A survey in the UK in 1998 revealed that the number one cause of…
