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Reflection on Mark 7 (Week 15, 2026)
Reflection on 1 Thessalonians 2 (Week 13, 2026)
Hosea 13-14: Choose love, choose hope, choose wisely
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Yesterday I was discussing Isaiah 44 with someone, going over the questions I had written for Week 18 (2023). He had latched onto this part, “This is what the Lord says—he who made you, who formed you in the womb” (Isaiah 44:2) and drew out the implication that as the One who created Jacob/Israel, God …
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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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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 …
(I woke up this morning and for some reason Elijah was on my mind. This was the result.) It is very interesting that the name of Elijah was raised in the prophecies leading up to the birth of Jesus. Zechariah was told by an angel that his wife will bear him a son and he …
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A few days ago someone shared that she is unable to conduct her business without resorting to bribery, something she knows is wrong. The teaching in church makes her uncomfortable as this makes feel her unworthy. She at times stay away from church but returns because she finds comfort there, although she feels “thick-skinned”, hypocritical, …
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Yesterday in church we discussed the letter to Philadelphia in Revelation and there the same phrase was used as in the letter to Sardis: “I know your deeds”. I had pointed out in a previous discussion that there was no elaboration, no further details. The sense of the assertion is that nothing more needs to …
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Luke 9:21-27 I had a session yesterday discussing this passage (2022 Week 34). It was revealing, as I needed to clarify my view that as Jesus told his disciples about the realities of his mission and the path he must walk (v22), he then went on to say that whoever wants to be his disciple …
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“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life. Jesus asks, ‘Do you love …
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(John 8:1-11. This is how I imagined it) It was dawn and there was a chill in the air as Jesus sat down in the temple courtyard to teach those who had gathered. They were drawn to the God he taught them to know, One who is kind and compassionate. There is no need to …
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“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.” (1 Corinthians 15:56) I’m struggling with fulfilling what I believe to be human standards so I thought to search for wisdom in this phrase for comfort. Am I right in thinking I’m suffering from being unable to fulfill the “law” as …
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