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Our Sentimental Rags

13 February 2020 By David Trounce

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We live in a culture that idolises sentimentality. We enthrone emotion as the standard by which we measure what is true, beautiful and good. In such a state, man filters his world according to how it makes him feel. A statement is judged offensive or acceptable according to his … [Read more...] about Our Sentimental Rags

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Beauty, emotion, Truth

That the World May See

5 December 2019 By David Trounce

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Hope is energising and is the result of a hopeful vision. Without hope, we are resigned to either indifference or despair.  And without a hopeful vision, we are destined to walk around aimlessly as we slowly waste away. (Proverbs 29:18). And, so, as Christians, we need to have … [Read more...] about That the World May See

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Beauty, Bride, Jesus

No Trace Camping

10 October 2019 By David Trounce

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No trace camping is antithetical to the gospel and so my kids are under strict instructions to ignore the injunction. For the Christian man or woman, the goal is not to avoid interaction with the world, but to beautify it by adorning it with the gospel. This was the Apostle … [Read more...] about No Trace Camping

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Beauty, Gospel, Kingdom

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

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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.