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Reflection on Mark 7 (Week 15, 2026)
Reflection on 1 Thessalonians 2 (Week 13, 2026)
Choose love, choose hope, choose wisely
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I think so. Perhaps they intend to draw out unsavoury responses from us and even lead us to evil thoughts and conclusions but we live in a world of evil and we cannot think that only these materials are evil and not the mind and view of this world. We still have to eat food, …
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I preached this short reflection on John 19:25-27 on Good Friday this year, a part of a team who reflected on the 7 sayings of Jesus from the cross. You can see this as a more fleshed out version of what I imagined in “Mary, at the foot of the cross“. Standing by the cross …
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GOD’S MORAL STANDARDS AND TRADITIONSMark 7 “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.” Let’s be clear: Not every traditional practice or rule is bad in itself. There is nothing wrong about getting people to wash their hands …
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STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE1 Thessalonians 3 “So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would …
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This is what God is about. God is not about numbers and treating people as just a tick on a form. It clearly was important to Paul but I don’t think it is a principle. His concern, I believe, is his detractors. Jesus, however, told the disciples he sent out on their mission to “Stay …
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OUR GLORY AND JOY1 Thessalonians 2 “For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.” …
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THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL1 Thessalonians 1 “For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.” In my view, Paul speaking of the Thessalonians’ experience of the Gospel in …
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Sermon on Hosea 13 and 14 delivered on 15 March, 2026. After 40 years wandering in the wilderness, Israel was once again at the river Jordan, preparing to cross over into the Promised Land. Moses used the occasion to remind the Israelites about God and his relationship with them. God was going to make a …
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WE PUT OUR HOPE IN YOUPsalm 33 “But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” In the …
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YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACEPsalm 32 “Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” The hiding place is a secret hideout …
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