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Stupid Things Christians Say
Another peeve…. Now, I’ve warned you previously that I can be intolerant, and one of the things that irritates me are some of the stupid things I hear Christians say. Over the past few years, for example, I’ve noticed a… Continue reading
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Oh dear, I feel a peeve coming on…..
One of those things I find irritating is the verbiage commonly adopted by many Christians, because when speaking to others that are not part of, or involved with any institutional church, these expressions basically make little sense. I understand that… Continue reading
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No One Gets Out Alive
This is the second post in my Life, Death & Healing series. You can find the first one here if you missed it. We live in a world where for most people, getting sick or feeling unwell means a trip… Continue reading
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Life, Death and Healing – an introduction
Healing always seems to be such a popular, yet controversial topic amongst Christians. Well, that and tithing. But ever since I was baptised with the Spirit of God and read through the New Testament, the phrase “and they were all… Continue reading
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Tradition. Again.
Reaching a point of absolute exasperation with the Jews he was speaking to in Corinth, Paul gave up trying to persuade them to see and accept what was plainly written about the Messiah in the scriptures, and how all of… Continue reading
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Tradition….tradition!
So I don’t know about you, but most of the time when I hear ‘tradition’ like that, I tend to hear the whole cast of Fiddler on the Roof in my head belting out the song from the movie. And… Continue reading
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Fear & Conditioning
Once upon a time…. When I relocated to attend Bible College in Queensland, I spent most of my first year there boarding with an adult family. The house we lived in was on a large, open piece of land on… Continue reading
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Is Church Like Santa – the sequel
Before I became born-again, I would have told you that I was a Christian simply because I believed in Jesus and God. Even though their existence was an accepted fact to me, the idea of having a relationship with either… Continue reading
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Faith Testing
Writing a blog is turning out to be a bit more challenging than I first thought it would be, but I was willing and ready to give it a crack because it was God’s idea. As I initially contemplated the… Continue reading
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Is Church Like Santa?
Remember when you were a child and your parents told you about Santa Claus? A wonderful picture would have been built in your mind about this kind, jolly, generous man and what his coming at Christmas meant. Little hearts were… Continue reading
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