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Reflection on Nehemiah 8 (Week 17, 2026)
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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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EXILEDaniel 1:1-21 In a very real sense, we Christians are living in exile. We have escaped from the wrath of God and have become citizens of God’s Kingdom but we are not living in that Kingdom. We are in Babylon, a biblical metaphor for the World. God’s Kingdom is our future hope, when Jesus our …
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WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO?Psalms 11, 12, 13 When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” It is possible to read Psalm 11 as an inner dialogue. The wicked are mowing down the righteous and the temptation is to not only flee but also to abandon. The righteous have no weapon except …
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Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:7 NIV) I have been wise in my eyes for a while now but I’m not sure how to manage my thinking that I’m greater. How does one bring themselves to realise their need for God? It is a fine …
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SEX AND MARRIAGE1 Corinthians 7:1-40 “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.” In this discussion on sex and marriage, Paul acknowledges the sex drive but says that its fulfilment must be within the confines of marriage. Marriage is the …
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