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What Makes Us Any Different From An Atheist?

A well known British former atheist, now born-again Christian, gave an interview on television recently and in answer to a question, he described today’s atheists as, “self-satisfied, arrogant, intolerant, completely resistant to any kind of outside argument and contemptuous of it.”  … Continue reading

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Manipulative Practices in The Church.

Back in March 1987 when I first began to do systematic Bibles studies I was simply amazed to be learning of the nature and character of God Almighty, Who was revealing Himself to me in the Person of the Lord Jesus … Continue reading

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I failed to study that word “free”

“In the church, there is no hierarchy.  Leaders are not to force their will on others.”  My wife and I visited a church one time and were very blessed to hear those exact words coming from the minister, as he preached his sermon.  … Continue reading

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Chewed up and spat out.

Whether they were church-goers or not, every so often on the streets I was asked, “What does ‘born again’ mean?”  Thanks to the Internet today there are some wonderful, in-depth, theological answers to the question, but for the purposes of this … Continue reading

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That’s rubbish!

There was a time when I used to say that it didn’t matter what one believed in life.  If someone believed this, that, or something to be true or the truth, well then that’s the way it is for them – truth.  When … Continue reading

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So did their actions.

A constant, but remarkable observation for me always, was the apathy and indifference demonstrated by the middle-class in the community, towards the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Here I was, a messenger, equipped with the greatest news possible for each and every one of … Continue reading

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But they still have a god.

As a “hands on” public messenger of the Christian gospel in my local community I learned some powerful truths about human nature.  I learned that everybody holds firmly to a belief system (god) regardless of whether they say they believe in God or not.  It was a fascinating … Continue reading

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I asked him to name the one desire of his life.

My church received a phone call one afternoon from a lady, wanting to know if there was someone who would sit and talk with her brother, who was a drug addict.  She said he was living with herself and her … Continue reading

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How can you speak for God?!

My first meeting with Bill, standing at his door lasted half an hour.  He told me he saw the world as being in such a mess that there was no hope for it.  At the time, the first Gulf war was on … 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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