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Life in Christendom

What is the vision of life that we are called to delight in? What does life under the throne of grace look like for families, cats and bankers? Here is my attempt at making some inroads into the beauty of a Christ centred life.

Daughters

1 July 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Daughters - Sermo Humilis

Our daughters are not free agents. They have a man in their life, and until that man, their father, gives his daughter to another man, he bears a good deal of responsibility for her life. He is not responsible for her sin, but he is, for example, responsible for her purity. In … [Read more...] about Daughters

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Daughters, Fatherhood, Purity

Authority

24 June 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Authority - Sermo Humilis

If you want to know what is in a man, if you want to know what he is really made of, then you put him into the corridors of power. For this, we have no shortage of examples. We imagine that men like Pol Pot or Stalin were exceptions, and we imagine that if we ever got into the … [Read more...] about Authority

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Authority, Power, Service

To You and Your Children

10 June 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

To You and Your Children - Sermo Humilis

One of the problems the church has faced since it first appeared on the scene in Israel is the place and purpose of baptism. And, since the days of Corinth, one of the primary reasons for the confusion is that we always start our conversations about baptism with a conversation … [Read more...] about To You and Your Children

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Baptism, Children, Covenant

Jab Ethics and the Unborn

20 May 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Vaccine, Ethics and the Unborn - Sermo Humilis

When it comes to worldview thinking, especially when that thinking is being forced upon believers through coercion, threats, and the promise of free doughnuts, believers are right and wise to step back from the hysteria, submit their minds to Christ and think through the … [Read more...] about Jab Ethics and the Unborn

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Abortion, Ethics, Vaccine

To Die is Gain

13 May 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

God’s main purpose for our existence is to Glorify Jesus Christ. God gave us life so that with our bodies and minds and hearts we might draw attention to Jesus and show His greatness and His goodness towards mankind. That is why Paul said, ..according to my earnest … [Read more...] about To Die is Gain

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Death, Glory, Gratitude

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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.