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The bread and butter Christian – Psalm 136

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by Ben George

How much is thankfulness part of your life as a follower of Jesus? How much, in our current situation, are you tempted to grumble? How much do you focus on the negative and lose sight of the positive? These questions are significant because giving…

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Glory of Christ – Part 1

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 by Andrew Leslie

In the first of these reflections, we might begin by considering the way in which Christ is the only representation of God’s glory to his people. When Jesus speaks of “my glory” in John 17:24, that can be thought of either in terms of the essential…

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The importance of Priest and priest

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 by Ben George

Who needs priests? For many in our society, there is a real cynicism around the word ‘priest’ and the idea of a religious establishment. Yet there are some who have an earnest desire for priests. Perhaps we want people who are holy because we know…

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Meditating on the glory of Christ – an introduction

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 by Andrew Leslie

In an earlier post, I suggested that the confinement of the COVID-19 crisis might provide Christians with an opportunity to recover the art of meditating on Scripture to prepare ourselves for our greatest act of faith – coming to terms with our…

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Dying Well

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Andrew Leslie

A few years ago, in my work and wider church context, we seemed to be confronted with what seemed like an inordinate amount of death. Several people tragically lost infants in the womb. Colleagues and neighbours were suddenly struck down in the…

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Fear or Faith | COVID-19

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by Tawanda Masango

It doesn’t matter which news site you turn to, COVID-19 is making the headlines. It is changing people’s lives. It is shaking up the global financial markets. It is hardly possible to have a conversation with someone before it becomes the subject…

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My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

As Paul writes Ephesians, he can see there’s a crisis approaching. He’d often written letters when groups of believers faced crises. Sometimes, the crisis involved false teaching. Sometimes, it was persecution. There had also been moral…