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Reflection on Nehemiah 8 (Week 17, 2026)
Maintaining our spiritual health
Reflection on Mark 7 (Week 15, 2026)
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A friend sent me this short article by Edmund Chen and I thought it reflects my concerns but very nicely prescribes good habits to strengthen our spiritual health. Unfortunately I find that churches almost never dwell on how we should maintain our spiritual health, not even regularly encouraging members to faithfully practice daily devotions and …
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NEW BEGINNINGSNehemiah 8 “So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the …
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I HAVE COMPASSION FOR THESE PEOPLEMark 7 and 8 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” It sounds like Jesus was quoting what Jews would assert, boasting of their special relationship with God and calling …
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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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