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RUNNING FOR OTHERS Bible: Philippians 2:1-11 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility valueothers above yourselves. Philippians 2:3 Reading Tom never won a race during school, even though he was part of the track team. Tom was a ‘pusher’. It was his job to set the pace for his teamContinueContinue reading “RUNNING FOR OTHERS”

GOOD SOIL Bible: Mark 4:1-20 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, somemultiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times. Mark 4:8 Reading John Chrysostom was one of the best preachers of the early Christian church. Yet he realised that even great speakers can’t make people listen.ContinueContinue reading “GOOD SOIL”

Playing God Bible: Acts 17:22-29 He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else . . . God did this sothat they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though heis not far from any one of us. Acts 17:25,27 Reading Apparently some scientists are hoping to ‘resurrect’ peopleContinueContinue reading “Playing God”

HE SMELLS OF THE STABLE Bible: Matthew 1:22-25 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 Reading A stable? What a place to give birth to God’s promised King! Farmyard smells and sounds were Jesus’ first human experience. Like otherContinueContinue reading “HE SMELLS OF THE STABLE”