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advent – preparing the way

On 6 December, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The season of Advent has been used by the people of the Church for hundreds of years as we collectively prepare for the coming of Christ.

In some ways we look back in awe and wonder – what it must have been like for Joseph, Mary, the wiremen and the shepherds who knew a [...]

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perfume

On 6 May, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The praise of men is like perfume; you can smell it, but don’t drink it.

A good friend told me he heard Howard Hendricks say that a few years ago.

The smell of perfume can be amazing. And a quick whiff of praise keeps our spirits up, encourages us and helps us stay on track.

But [...]

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400 years

On 29 March, 2011 · 2 Comments

If you turn the page in your Bible from Malachi to Matthew too quickly it’s easy to forget you’re passing roughly 400 years of history.

There is a long pause between the final words of the Hebrew Scripture and the beginning of the Christian New Testament. Most scholars mark this pause as a time when [...]

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