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WHO THEN IS LIKE ME?ISAIAH 44:1-46:2 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, “Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to …
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Last week I wrote a devotion on 2 and 3 John and in the reflection at the end, I entitled it “The battle for truth”. Little did I know that that was also when the fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) met, from 17-21 April 2023, bringing together 1,302 delegates from 52 countries, including 315 …
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THE BATTLE FOR TRUTH2 and 3 John “It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one …
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I’m confused by Titus 2:9 “Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them”. I was always struggling in my previous job experience when the boss only like to hear what they like to hear but refuse to hear the truth. As a …
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WELCOME HIM AS YOU WOULD WELCOME MEPhilemon 1:1-25 In my view, what was most interesting about Paul’s letter to Philemon is what was not said. Granted, I am only guessing (because nothing was said) but I think that there were deep issues between Onesimus and Philemon, leading him to risk death and run away. It …
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He could hardly breathe as the emotions, long suppressed, took over his mind and body. After what seemed like an eternity, while his mind remained blank, he found himself staring out the window, the letter in his hand, crushed. The servants had merely told him that someone had come bearing a letter from Paul. Of …
DO YOU STILL NOT UNDERSTAND?Mark 8:1-38 In the story about the blind man who at first saw “people; they look like trees walking around” we are confronted with the possibility that even with the direct intervention of Jesus, restoration may not be complete. To me, the situation where “some people brought a blind man and …
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THE GOD OF HEAVENDaniel 2:1-49 It is interesting that Daniel calls God, “the God of Heaven”, now that Israel is no more. Built into this vision of the pre-eminent God over all of Creation is a God who has authority over time, nature and earthly power structures (“He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings …
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