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The Real You

18 December 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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Someone once asked me, "Are you willing to be fully known?" Being out and about with company in public and feeling like I had to give a swift answer, I said yes. What I meant to say was, "Absolutely not!" If he had asked, "Do you want people to know the real you?" my answer might … [Read more...] about The Real You

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Christ, Man, Salt

#1 Peals of Thunder – OT Survey

11 July 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

#1 Peals of Thunder - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament

Let's face it, we are, by and large, illiterate when it comes to the Old Testament. We get lost reading it, we neglect it, or else we dismiss it as unimportant. Others see it as just another strand in history—one that has little bearing on our world today. But the Old … [Read more...] about #1 Peals of Thunder – OT Survey

Filed Under: Rock of Ages - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament Tagged With: Christ, Creation, Thunder

A Lamp Unto My Feet ~ Proverbs 3:1

4 June 2020 By David Trounce 2 Comments

On Getting Lost _ Proverbs 3_1 - Sermo Humilis

The reason I don't get lost on my way home from town is that I know where I live. I know the way so well that even on dark and stormy days, even when others stop me and point me down another road, I carry on my merry way, whistling a hymn as I go. You can also tell without too … [Read more...] about A Lamp Unto My Feet ~ Proverbs 3:1

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The Rhythm of Life

24 February 2019 By David Trounce 2 Comments

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The Psalms have always been central to a thriving church. And I would argue that the congregation that sets the Psalms aside is a church that will soon find herself in loveless mediocrity. The five books that make up the Book of Psalms were central to temple and synagogue … [Read more...] about The Rhythm of Life

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Christ, Psalms, Rhythm

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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.