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Jesus, Always Present

16 June 2019 By David Trounce

Jesus is the eternal ever-present Son of God who not only created and sustains the universe but entered into it as a Mediator because He loves it and because He has chosen to save it. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with … [Read more...] about Jesus, Always Present

Filed Under: The Life and Times of Jesus Tagged With: Creation, Eternal, Jesus

A Bit About Slavery

13 June 2019 By David Trounce

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If you read the bible right through from beginning to end, one of the themes that quickly emerge is the theme of slavery and freedom. Adam is placed in a garden planted by God and told to tend it. This means growth, expansion. Adam would go out into the wider world and … [Read more...] about A Bit About Slavery

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Freedom, Greed, Slavery

This is My Father’s World

9 June 2019 By David Trounce

The righteous shall inherit the land - sermo humilis

As a Man, Jesus said some things that startled His listeners. He taught them to trust that He could forgive sins, something only God could do. As the incarnate, infinite and eternal God, Jesus was equally startling in that He was genuinely interested in the amount of wine at … [Read more...] about This is My Father’s World

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Comfort, Kingdom, Parables

Authentic

6 June 2019 By David Trounce

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A fading beauty steps into a hip city cafe. Her brow filled with botox, eyes and lips coated in Monsanto's finest. Her hair and nails look and feel like nothing found on earth. She checks with the waiter (twice), “Is the tofu organic? Is the chicken steroid free?” Why? Because … [Read more...] about Authentic

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Beauty, Lies, Reality

Our Sneaking Suspicion

2 June 2019 By David Trounce

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It is a common question that stumps many. “What about that innocent man or woman living in the deepest darkest jungle who has never heard about Jesus or God or the Bible: Will this man go to heaven? It's a great question and my answer would be yes. No doubt about it. That man … [Read more...] about Our Sneaking Suspicion

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Guilt, Innocence, Judgement

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.