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Black Plagues and Beautiful Feet

9 March 2020 By David Trounce

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No hugs, no kisses, no handshakes. That's the media mantra currently trying to control public and private behaviour in 2020 as fears of a viral pandemic escalate. Just what mankind doesn't need: More isolation from his fellow man. How should Christians view the fears of their … [Read more...] about Black Plagues and Beautiful Feet

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Charity, Death, Plague

Crossing the Jordan

24 October 2019 By David Trounce

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Death is a miserable business. It takes us away from all that we cherish in this beautiful world that God has made. And though for the believer it may only represent a momentary transition into something more satisfying than we can imagine, it still has to be faced and … [Read more...] about Crossing the Jordan

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Apple Juice, Death, Gratitude

The King Has One More Move

19 September 2019 By David Trounce

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Two men are walking through an art gallery admiring a famous painting by Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch called, "Checkmate". In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning ear-to-ear because he has the man cornered. The title of the painting, … [Read more...] about The King Has One More Move

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Chess, Death, Victory

Poured out Like Wine

2 May 2019 By David Trounce

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You and I are dying. From the moment we are born, we are dying. Every second we create more of our past. More decisions, more breathing, more love and more loathing. All of it slides by into the never-never as we race to grab more moments, more memories more of what is already … [Read more...] about Poured out Like Wine

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Death, Money, Power

8 Weeks before Marriage – He Gave Himself to God

5 March 2019 By David Trounce

8 Weeks Before Marriage - He Gave Himself to God

Marriage is not a two-way street in which both parties are commanded to give themselves up to each other. That is not sacrificial love. That is the idolatry of two little gods sitting on their respective thrones demanding to be fed and satisfied. In Ephesians Chapter 5, Paul … [Read more...] about 8 Weeks before Marriage – He Gave Himself to God

Filed Under: 8 Weeks Before Marriage Tagged With: Death, Love, Marriage

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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.