Letter from the Manse (152)
Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!
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The witness of past generations
Did you read the ‘letter from the manse’ in last month’s bulletin? If you did, I hope you remember the subject I wrote about! I mentioned the question that a visitor to the church asked me. ‘Do people in this church have the gifts of the Spirit?’ I went on...
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Apostles: a gift for today?
‘Do people in this church have the gifts of the Spirit?’ That was that question that a visitor to the church asked me recently. I knew straightaway what she meant. The New Testament writers talk in a number of passages about gifts given by the Holy Spirit. Here’s one of...
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The Christian conscience: a reliable guide?
Ralph wanted to see me. He wanted to let me know that he was leaving Rosalind. (Not, of course, their real names). They’d been married thirty-three years. But the time had come for them to go their separate ways. Why? ‘Well’, he explained, ‘neither of us have really been happy...
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God’s Wisdom in a swiftly changing world
Christians need wisdom. ‘Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold...’ (Proverbs 3:13-15).
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Are you feeling happy?
Are you feeling happy? I hope that some of you could say ‘yes!’ without any hesitation. But I know that many of you would find it hard to say it truthfully. The fact is that for many of us the past eighteen months have been the hardest time we’ve ever...
