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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Six

March 23, 2010

1 Corinthians 13 style love is hard to give The love described in 1 Corinthians 13 aims high and asks much of us. Paul calls us to pursue a love that is willing to suffer for the sake of people who aren’t lovely and who aren’t doing anything to win our affections. I was reflecting [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Five

March 19, 2010

We’ve been looking at 1 Corinthians 13 and talking about love. 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4-7 paint a picture of just how difficult and counter-cultural this love really is. The kind of love Paul is talking about gives and gives though it gets nothing in return. Love is willing to suffer long for the sake [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Four

March 17, 2010

Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose Worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. – William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 The value [...]

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Living on the Front Porch

January 23, 2010

Watching this video would be 10 minutes well spent:

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All of My Days

November 20, 2009

I often enjoy the posts on this blog. This one is very sad, but worth reading: … Every time I walked by, the little girl was happily playing with her doll, like she had been entertaining herself for years. She didn’t cry at all, and no one heard a peep from her that night. It [...]

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Christian Janitor Dies to Save Muslims

November 14, 2009

From skyejethani.com: One man reminds us there’s more to Christian/Muslim relations than a “clash of civilizations.” “A clash of civilizations.” That’s how many in the media and in politics describe the relationship between Muslims and Christians. This popular narrative, however, does not capture the full story. Yes, there is a faction of Islam that is [...]

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Dr Catherine Hamlin – A Story of Hope

April 1, 2008

Dr Catherine Hamlin has been described as a living treasure.  She is a truly amazing woman and I had the privilege of attending a meeting on Friday night where Dr Hamlin spoke to us about her work and we were shown a short clip from the film A Walk to Beautiful. Last year I heard [...]

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