A Journey of Faith
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The Light of the World
Smellies! “Smell this one Papa! It’s really nice!” My four year old granddaughter calls across the garden centre from her favourite spot among the candles and smellies. I dutifully join her and smell the candle. “Oh that’s lovely!” I agree. “What smell is that, Papa? I look at the packaging and report that it is
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Hardness of Heart – What is it?
To discover what constitutes hardness of heart we will look at some of the examples described in the Bible. The first person said to be hard of heart is the Pharaoh to whom God sent Moses with the message that he must let his Israelite slaves (God’s chosen people) leave Egypt. God knew that Pharaoh
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Hardness of heart
The Bible talks about a condition it describes as “hardness of heart”. What is this, why might it be a problem for us, and what should we do about it? Over the course of three studies we will answer these questions and see what we need to do to prevent it happening to us.
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In Understanding be Men – 3
Part 3: Towards a Deeper Understanding Beloved ones, don’t remain as immature children in your reasoning. As it relates to evil, be like newborns, but in your thinking be mature adults.” (This is a modern reading of 1 Corinthians 14:20 from The Passion Translation) Before Previously I have reflected on my journey towards becoming a
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In Understanding be Men – 2
Part 2: Half Understanding Seeking to understand Back at Wye after Easter I became friends with the “Travelling Secretaries” from the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). When they visited Wye they spoke about the Christian life and introduced us to modern Christian songs. They also brought with them copies of Christian books to “help us grow
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In Understanding be Men -1
Part 1: Not Understanding Introduction Last week I posted a Reflection called “…Lean not on your own understanding”. It was a partial quote from Proverbs 3:5,6: “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths
