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A Nation of stumps

God appoints Isaiah as a preacher but he proves to be particularly unsuccessful preacher wise. Despite having access to the King, his Godly counsel is ignored and that Israel will be destroyed. Isaiah is utterly desolate Assyria did destroy Israel and there is nothing left but stumps, after a lifetime in God’s service. Just a […]

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Noun or Verb

When we use the word faith are using it as a noun or a verb? A noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. A verb is a doing word, it describes an action. I love the title of Activities of the Apostles. Whilst they were first named as […]

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The air-brushed church

I cannot believe at times that ordinary congregational members are God’s choice for the form that church takes in locale. This is really inconvenient as we are all sinners. This sometimes odd collection of people, are the two or three gathered in my name, which will mean then of course have the presence of God. […]

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Unresolved Feelings

Therapist Karol Truman in her book Feelings buried alive never die says in reality what triggers or causes our stress/stressors are our unresolved feelings, our inability to identify those feelings, and our reaction to those feelings. When we perceive that something is becoming stressful to us, we need to stop immediately and locate the feelings […]

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A invitation of significance

The servant girl of Naaman was in many ways insignificant, but she invited Naaman to go and see, the prophet who could heal him. We are called to do the same. She is never mentioned again, despite Naaman being healed. But what a role she played.Invite someone to take a closer look at Christ who […]

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Inside Out

God works on a person from the inside out, but western society works on a person from the outside in. Our society would take people out of slum conditions. But God take the slums out of people and then the people take themselves out of the slums. The society would mold a person by changing […]

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Burnt Out

As I talk to church leader’s about invitation as a missional tool I find sometimes leaders who are burnt out. Are we defining our lives by the success that other people define for us? Have we a willingness to work in obscurity of apparent failure? If so what is there to burn out about? We can […]

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