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Little Life Lessons [Part Two] – The Hyrax
The hyrax and having reliable protection In Proverbs 30:24-28 the writer Agur speaks of four small animals that demonstrate wisdom, and in doing so makes the important point that little...
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Little Life Lessons [Part One] – The Ant
The ant and having the right perspective One of the disturbing features of our time is how, aided by the awesome power of ‘the media’ and the Internet, our view...
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Doing a beautiful thing for Jesus
I’ve been pondering a fascinating Bible passage. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very...
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What Christmas Means to Me
Growing up in a Greek-Cypriot family in London, my experience of Christmas was extended, complicated and exciting. There was the ‘British’ Christmas on 25th December, our own Greek Orthodox Christmas...
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What does God want at Christmas?
One of the greatest developments in science occurred – so the story goes – when Isaac Newton asked himself, ‘Why do apples fall?’ In fact, although there are an infinite...
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The Great Escape
The movie The Great Escape is always featured on television during Christmas. That classic film about the Second World War is enjoyed by even those who dislike war films. 2023 will mark...
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Why I don’t agree with Halloween
Let me explain why I don’t agree with Halloween: First, Halloween deceives us about evil. It creates a cartoon vision of evil as trivial, harmless fun that no one could possibly...
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Empty Tomb, Full Life
I sense that many people are finding these discouraging and tiring times. In part it’s ‘post-Covid’ but there’s more. If you had to describe our culture in the eloquent language...
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A Sure Foundation in Turbulent Times
Dear Friend He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this...
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On Lent and Being Lent
This year Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides a forty-day period for reflection, prayer and abstinence (Sundays are excluded), in imitation...
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Heroes of the Faith: On Heroes and Heroism
Greetings, What a journey Heroes of the Faith has been for me, and I hope for you too. The articles began in 2020, during the first Covid lockdown, with the great reformer...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is set during World War II. Four children pass through a wardrobe into the world of Narnia, a land frozen in winter...