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Like Father, Like Son

17 July 2022 By David Trounce

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In biblical culture it was typical of sons to follow in the professional of their fathers. Carpenters tended to produces sons for carpentry. Shepherds tended to produce sons for shepherding. And while it's important to admit that God makes exceptions to this pattern, there is a … [Read more...] about Like Father, Like Son

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Discipleship, Father, Son

A Good Lament

1 November 2020 By David Trounce

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The world and its religions have no rival to the Psalms. Buddha has no songbook and while the Allah of Islam calls us to remain prostrate and bow low the Psalms teach us to lift our heads, whether in sadness or joy and look to the Lord for help. For the people of God, the … [Read more...] about A Good Lament

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Father, Grief, Sorrow

The Son Who Listens ~ Proverbs 1:8

12 March 2020 By David Trounce

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Parents have an obligation to teach their children the wisdom of God and children have an obligation to listen and act on their wisdom. In Proverbs 1:9, the child who heeds his parents' instruction is being made beautiful through wisdom. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, … [Read more...] about The Son Who Listens ~ Proverbs 1:8

Filed Under: Let the Lady Speak Tagged With: Beauty, Father, Mother

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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.