Letter from the Manse (145)
Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!
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Memories?
We moved from North Wales when I was seven years old. But my memories of life there are very vivid. Plodding to school through the snow during the winter of 1963. How reliable are my memories?
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Watching the Tide Come In
A New Year. The year of our Lord 2017. What an exciting time this is to be alive! New churches are being planted every day in cities and in the remotest villages.
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Values
What colours our church life? What gives it its distinctive flavour? What are the convictions which underlie everything we do? In short, what are our values?
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Eager to depart?
I usually check my email before I go to bed. Last night there was the usual assortment of junk mail, appointment reminders, freecycle offers and invitations to share the hoarded fortunes of African presidents. Delete without reading. Delete without reading...
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God’s Word in a Wikipedia World
I was taken aback by a conversation I had recently following a Sunday service. In the course of the sermon, I had made reference to the Great Fire of Rome. I quoted a Roman historian by the name of Tacitus.