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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”

ON ALERT Bible: Ephesians 6:10-18 Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 Reading One of the most elite military special operations forces in the world uses a colour-code system to explain the different levels of combat readiness. I think we could useContinueContinue reading “ON ALERT”