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Love Thy Neighbour (2)
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR If I am going to obey the commandment to love my neighbour, what exactly does that mean? Yesterday, I posted 25 specific things the Bible tells us to do towards those around us. Today, I’m posting something … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Christianity
Tagged decisions, feelings, I Corinthians 13, love, neighbour
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Love Thy Neighbour (1)
Because it appears I’ll be doing a lot of hospital visits in the coming days, I’ll be “recycling” some things I’ve written in the past (though they haven’t hit this blog before). I should manage some “new” posts, but certainly not every day, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Christianity
Tagged gentle, Golden Rule, good, Gospel, honour, love, neighbour, peaceable, pray
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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part four)
Series Introduction Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part four) Acts 1:9-11 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward … Continue reading
Some Links on Which to Think
This is what is known as an “I’m busy so will let other people do the work today” post. Links I noticed over the last week. Continue reading
Posted in Web Links
Tagged Gordon Brown, Jersey Post, Metropolitan Tabernacle, modesty, Pat Robertson, UK churches
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The Problem of Proverbs
Some years ago, while in seminary, I seemed to be going through a “dry patch”, where devotional Bible reading was tough. The Scriptures were real, and true, and I was learning truth, but somehow I was struggling. I ended up … Continue reading
Posted in A Proverb for Today
Tagged application, Bruce Waltke, exposition, love, preaching, Proverbs, Translation, wisdom
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One of the Costs of Ignoring Sin Nature
The vast majority of individuals, no matter what their socio-economic background, do not have a rap sheet 50 items long. Even if most of a person’s crimes weren’t that “serious”, that kind of criminal record reveals a person’s total disregard for law and their fellow-man. The worst offenders are people who have chosen a life of evil, of theft, of violence, and no one is stopping them. There is nothing complicated about evil. It’s what people do if there is neither internal self-discipline nor external restraint to stop them. Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts on the News
Tagged crime, Dominic Casciani, evil, government, justice, Kenneth Clarke, punishment, riots
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Mind Renewers 