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Be Encouraged, Praise God & Bear Fruit – Sermon

22/11/2009 By Richard Leave a Comment

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No matter what it is that we struggle with if we keep our eyes on Jesus we can still Praise God and bear fruit. Psalm 92, NKJV 12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, 15 To … [Read more...]

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Smart Alec, Dismissive Answer

05/03/2009 By Richard Leave a Comment

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One of the things that really ticks me off, is the smart-alec dismissive answer. I mean the sort of answer you get when you've asked a serious question and get a flippant reply. I'm not trying to be a killjoy here. I don't mean the sort of answers that you get when you've made a sarcastic comment or cracked a funny. For example, when I ask my wife if she has seen one of my tools, that I was … [Read more...]

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Racial Prejudice

03/03/2009 By Richard Leave a Comment

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I was watching a TV program from the USA the other day and they were talking about racial prejudice. It made me recall an instance when I was in Bible college. I was listening to one of the students who was having a bit of a bad time with life and he made a comment that really surprised me. He said that he was tired of the racial prejudice that he was experiencing. I don't know whether this … [Read more...]

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Finding The Meaning of Life

24/02/2009 By Richard Leave a Comment

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Can you survive anything if you can find meaning in what is happening to you? In years gone by I used to run Before and After school programs. These were commercial programs. For children whose parent or parents needed child care before and after school, usually, so they could work. They were run by the council. So it was not a Christian program as such but I hope the work I did there … [Read more...]

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