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Weakness is the Way

30 January 2019 By David Trounce

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Nobody wants to be called weak, at least, not by the world's definition. The world despises the weak and has a habit of crushing them. There is a weakness that can get you crushed. But it is a weakness that's worth having. When God visited His people on the mountain at Horeb, … [Read more...] about Weakness is the Way

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Death, Jesus, Weakness

The Sparrow

25 January 2019 By David Trounce

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Here is a poem by my late, great and very good friend, Norm Phillips from Camden in NSW, Australia. May he rest in peace. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. (Matthew 10:29) … [Read more...] about The Sparrow

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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.