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The End of Darkness

25 December 2022 By David Trounce

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In Isaiah’s day there were dangers all around. The Middle East, like today, was a place of ever-threatening war. The year is 734 BC. Syria and Israel had joined forces to attack and divide up Judah. The Reason? For some time Syria and the breakaway ten northern tribes of … [Read more...] about The End of Darkness

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Christmas, Gideon, Victory

Lowly Shepherds

22 December 2022 By David Trounce

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Jesus' birth was announced by angelic choirs. It was also greeted by shepherds, to whom the angels first announced the birth of the Christ. Why would the news go to shepherds first? Commentators commonly note that shepherds were not well-regarded in first-century … [Read more...] about Lowly Shepherds

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Angels, Christmas, Shepherds

Open the Heavens

26 December 2021 By David Trounce

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Like the Wizard of Oz, the gods of this world want you to be dazzled from a distance while they remain hidden behind a curtain. But the God who made Heaven and Earth wants you to share in His glory and the abundance and so He entered into this world. He entered into this world in … [Read more...] about Open the Heavens

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Abundance, Christmas, Joy

Little Romans

23 December 2021 By David Trounce

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King Solomon once said, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." ( Proverbs 22:6). In other words, if we send our kids off to Caesar for an education we should not be surprised if they come home as little Romans. Jesus echoed … [Read more...] about Little Romans

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Christmas, Discipleship, Rome

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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.