Letter from the Manse (152)
Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!
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Harvest Thanksgiving
I’m writing this late in September. On the first Sunday in October, we shall be holding our Harvest Thanksgiving services. I don’t call it a “Harvest Festival”. A “Harvest Festival” always meant something rather different.
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Heat wave
Perhaps by the time you read this the temperature will have plunged and the rain set in again but now as I write the sun is shining brightly, the temperature in the shade is above 30º and a heat-wave warning has been issued for the Southeast of England. It’s been...
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The Wedding
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the wedding of two Christian friends. They were very determined that this wedding would glorify God.
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Sharing a meal
I feel guilty. Today was Vicky’s seventh birthday. Vicky chose spaghetti for lunch. And I wasn’t there to eat it with her and the family. I was in my office at the church building doing last minute preparation for the Grace Assembly.
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David Livingstone – 200 years
200 years ago, one of my greatest heroes was born. David Livingstone, born 19th March 1813 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire became the greatest of African missionaries, determined to open up the Dark Continent “for Commerce and Christianity”.
