A Journey of Faith
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Spiky Plant Proves to be Fruitful – Part 1
This is Part 1 of a two part reflection. In this first part I reflect on the pomegranate and its role in God’s purposes. Ouch! As a volunteer gardener at a local garden open to the public, I was clearing fallen leaves from under a large bush when it attacked me with its vicious thorns,…
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Hardness of Heart – What should we do about it?
What should we do about it? We have seen that even Christian believers can be dull of heart and blind to God’s purposes. So how can we soften our hearts and become spiritually more alert? We can see that, when His disciples were slow to comprehend what He was saying, Jesus asked them questions to…
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A Sense of Place
Somewhere special Have you ever had that feeling that you are in a special place – a place where you ‘feel at home’, a place of comfort, safety and of well-being? Just the other day I was standing in a small orchard of old and gnarled apple trees and there I realised I could feel…
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Hardness of Heart – Why might it be a problem for us?
`Why might it be a problem for us? It would be easy for those of us who are Christian believers to think that hard-heartedness will not affect us. But the Bible makes it clear that it is not just those who are far from God who exhibit the symptoms of a hardened heart. It was…
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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…
