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Let us not forget the persecuted church
Since November 2022, Christian Post reports about rising persecution in 18 countries around the world, especially in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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Why you feel guilty for not going to church
You used to go to church regularly. But you don’t any more. You’ve stopped but you can’t shake this nagging guilt.
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Alone…but not lonely.
I sit down to write my first article of 2023.
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An open letter to the residents of earth for 2023
For the past few years the first article I’ve written for the year has been one of encouragement. A friendly reminder that we can we focus on how broken our world is or focus on the one who loved us so much he adopted us into his family.
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God’s Steadfast Love and Faithfulness
Lately, whenever I have opened my bible, I will read about God’s steadfast love and faithfulness. When this happens, I have learnt to sit up and take notice as God is wanting to reveal something about His nature to me. What does steadfast love mean from a biblical point of view?
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Well, at least…
Some time last year I listened to a sermon by the former lead pastor of Saddleback Church in California, Rick Warren. He stated this “When comforting someone in pain, eliminate the phrase AT LEAST from your vocabulary.”
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Should Christians Practice Meditation?
The practice of meditation has recently made the leap from alternative tradition to mainstream trend. Not only has it been scientifically proven to reduce anxiety, depression, fatigue and insomnia; but also improve mindfulness, cognitive function, emotional wellbeing, and physical function. There’s plenty of evidence to show it positive effects, and a plethora of resources easily accessible through apps, community groups and even Netflix.
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Hotline to heaven
We’ve probably all had moments in our lives where we would love it if we could just call the hotline to heaven, and get God to tell us how to handle our situations and for everything to be crystal clear. But since we can’t do that, how else can we communicate with God? What are effective ways of hearing His voice?
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God’s plan for financial success in the New Year
Happy New Year everyone! Since this is a perfect time to discuss New Year’s Resolutions, I thought I would share a great resolution that was the basis of our last sermon for the year two weeks back!
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The Cost of the Light
I recently had the privilege of travelling to South Asia on a missions trip where I got to meet various people who were training to become pastors and their congregants. These were all people from the poorer parts of India, so the idyllic seminary picture was not what we saw.
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Sin: should we feel threatened?
It’s a wet night and I’m walking with my friend, carefully trying not to slip on the concrete. I don’t remember how the conversation got here or how it started, only that it’s raining and when it rains we get heavy. So now we’re discussing the prison system. He says,
