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God Kills Us Off … He Executes Us!

I recently read an article on guilt, written by a popular leader of a church here in Melbourne.  The sub-heading read: For many of us, a church and the symbols of religion merely remind us of where not to venture.  A … Continue reading

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Taking Pot Shots At The Church

During his sermon a few years ago, the pastor said, “There are those who seem to delight in taking pot shots at the church.”  Not only was he making reference to criticisms from the unbelieving world, but also to practicing Christians.  He was … Continue reading

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What’s Missing From Christianity?

Just before he was about to preach his message, a Christian man shared how he had been rushing to get to the service.  In relation to the near 200 kilometer drive, he said, “I set the cruise control on my car at 120 kph, … Continue reading

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Looking Good

Many years ago I was chatting with a neighbor across the street who had recently had the front of his home sand-blasted so as to remove years-old paint from the bricks.  The age of the home was around one hundred years and with … Continue reading

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Their Voids Are The Reality.

A friend told me one night that he had doubts about the reality of the spiritual realm.  Like most people I know, his preference was to think of himself as a realist.  He said something like, “That which I can see, feel, touch and taste is reality … Continue reading

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The progressive order.

Mrs Sullivan was in her early thirties and she told me she was on her second marriage, “which is heading the same way as the first.”  She said she had a bad temper and suffered lots of guilt and fears.  She was also grossly … Continue reading

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Just about everybody was an expert.

In the three and a half years I ministered as a public messenger of the Christian gospel, it seemed that just about everybody was an expert when it came to the Bible.  To the clever and the sophisticated, it was a … Continue reading

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It’s just not fair!

The moment I mentioned that I was from a local church, Mrs Stark expressed immediate anger.  Standing in her doorway she told me in no uncertain terms that she was not interested in God or, “any of you people who say you … Continue reading

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God at work again.

A young man in his mid-twenties came to the door and when he was informed of the purpose of my visit he told me he was a communist from Yugoslavia.  Then he said, “I could be Jesus.”  I told him that … Continue reading

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Can you come next week?

I met Mrs Stone at the local shopping center street festival.  It was during a time of economic downturn – unemployment was high, school leavers couldn’t find jobs, businesses in the street and elsewhere were closing down and in general there was an … Continue reading

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