Category: God speaks
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I never knew there was so much in it
There is a publication that tells us the times of TV programmes that had the title of this bloggage as its advertising strap-line. I regularly find myself saying something similar about the Bible. Yes, statistics tell us that there are 66 books, containing over 770,000 words (depending on translation) divided into just over 31,000 verses (to help…
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let them eat cake
I noticed that yesterday’s bloggage was number 750. Wow, doesn’t bloggerel fly when you’re having fun? I suspect that this landmark deserves celebrating so please feel free to go and buy yourself a cake in honour of the 750th bloggage. Assuming an average bloggage contains 500 words, that means that I have released 375,000 words…
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you cannot be serious!
Yesterday morning I was preaching at our church from what, at first glance, looked like a pretty mundane part of the Bible: Luke 6:12-19. Not a lot happens. It might even be considered boring. Yet (and at this point I can almost hear members of our congregation saying this over their lunches) there was still…
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in the beginning
For some reason this morning my thoughts turned to the opening words of Genesis (and John’s gospel too): “In the beginning…” They are quite momentous words, it’s a phrase of epic proportions. Regardless of what you think about what comes afterwards, “In the beginning…” sets us up with considerable expectations. I imagine the words have…
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beware the thoughts that sneak up on you…
Tonight at our church we are holding our monthly prayer meeting. If you are a regular bloggite here you will know that we have been exploring different aspects of prayer in our morning services at the moment. I have been trying to encourage people to pray together (see last Sunday morning’s sermon – or rather…
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unwelcome epiphanies
Last night I had an unwelcome epiphany. I woke up at about 4am with my brain processing all of the sermon preparation I had been doing yesterday. I am exploring 1 Corinthians 2 in our evening service and have been struggling to find an overarching narrative that makes sense of the passage. I had delved…
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I love it when a plan comes together*
Daah Dah Daaaah, Duh Duh Duuuuh. Dah Dah Dah, Dah Da-dada Daaah… [Theme for the A Team] I have a feeling that God was humming that to himself this week. Last Sunday I thought we had finished a series of sermons in our morning services about ‘I ams’ of Jesus. No, not dried cat food!…
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coincidence???
Today I have to do something that is a step into the unknown. It’s not scary in itself but I don’t like the ‘unknown’ bit. I prefer to be in control. So I am sitting, waiting, and decide to read my daily reading. It’s about Jesus calming the storm. Some may say that it was…
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shivering
When was the last time a shiver went down your spine? What caused it? Was it the cold, something spooky or a reaction to something you ate? I find that often an awareness of God literally sends a shiver down my spine. It is almost as if I can feel God’s Spirit at work in…
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will, will, will
A few years ago I had a different existence. I worked in the Mission Department at the Baptist Union of Great Britain. I worked with some brilliant colleagues and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. If I had not been convinced that God had called me to Colchester Baptist Church I would have been delighted to…
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