Tag: current-events
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Pontificating
So, that one caught us all by surprise didn’t it? I did not hear of anyone who was claiming credit for predicting that the Pope would be resigning yesterday, nor that he would announce his resignation in Latin! I don’t want to get too side-tracked by this, but I wondered what the Latin word for…
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persecution?
I am working on a sermon on the Beatitudes (the first part of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5). As I am preparing I have noticed the breaking news that the European Court of human rights has ruled on the cases of 4 Christians who claimed that their human right to “freedom of thought,…
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looking optimistic
This morning I have been musing on a phrase in my Bible (thanks to Wordlive). What are the implications of Jesus saying: “Whoever is not against us is for us…” (Mark 9:40)? It’s a phrase that often sneaks under my radar when I look at that passage, but it bears thinking about. It’s an astonishingly…
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