Letter from the Manse (145)
Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!
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Humour & Holiness
I spent last week with 17 other men on a “study week” and we studied. 7 hours together each day around the conference table and personal assignments to be completed in the break times. And it was fun. Lots of laughter around the study table, at meal-times...
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Christianity hinders science?
In the last few weeks there has been a string of stories about Christian schools which have fallen foul of the authorities. And it’s been very interesting to read some of the comments that readers have added to the stories.
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The cost of Christmas
In a few weeks time most of us will be celebrating Christmas. So how do we, as Christians, decide what it’s right to spend at Christmas? We face the same pressures as other folk. Let me remind you of five important truths.
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Taking things for granted
This year a number of unwanted events have reminded me of just what a privileged life I live. The things we take for granted and accept as ‘normal’ in our day and age would be thought of as extraordinary luxuries by every other generation in history.
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God’s Glory, our Joy
I hope the dates are in your diary: Friday 10th & Saturday 11th October for the God’s Glory Our Joy conference. This will be the fifteenth GGOJ we’ve helped to organise. The first was held in the year 2000. But the story goes back a couple of years earlier...