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A Fellowship Rejoicing in Grace
God’s people, the church, are not simple a group of individuals that come together on occasions and then depart, instead they are a fellowship, a body, a family. But what marks this fellowship, what defines it? Yes, we eat together and spend time with each other, we support one another in our griefs and sorrows.…
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Lord of my burdens
The Psalms are the place to regularly go to so that we can find expressions for the deep cries of our hearts. We find a deep and robust relationship between many authors of the Psalms and God, plus we discover ways that they found God a source of strength in the burdens of life. In…
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Advent 2016
Christmas is here, well almost, at least it feels like it in the shops and with the December diary already packed… Advent certainly is here! Advent is supposed to be the time of preparation for Christmas—Christ’s coming. However this season seems more like a mad rush and dash attending lots of functions, maxing out the…
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A portrait of faith
What is faith? Some people would assert that they don’t have a faith—at all, none—faith is only for religious people they say. Others say they do have faith specifically in Jesus, but to what extent does their ‘faith’ play out in the things of everyday life? How do they connect this faith to how they…