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To Die is Gain

13 May 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

God’s main purpose for our existence is to Glorify Jesus Christ. God gave us life so that with our bodies and minds and hearts we might draw attention to Jesus and show His greatness and His goodness towards mankind. That is why Paul said, ..according to my earnest … [Read more...] about To Die is Gain

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Death, Glory, Gratitude

Too Big for Our Boots

25 March 2021 By David Trounce 1 Comment

Too Big for Our Boots

In his book, Tremendous Trifles, G. K Chesterton tells of two boys playing in the front garden of their tiny home in England. The garden was about the same size as a dining table. It consisted of four narrow strips of gravel and a square of turf with an old tree stump in the … [Read more...] about Too Big for Our Boots

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Glory, Humility, Pride

Jesus, Numbering Our Days

5 April 2020 By David Trounce 3 Comments

#43 Jesus, Numbering Our Days - The Life and Times of Jesus

The tower of Siloam had fallen and killed many. Pilate had slaughtered Israelites and mixed their blood with Jewish sacrifices. The hot-take on the streets of Jerusalem was that the men who had died must be extraordinary sinners and that their deaths were God’s judgement on … [Read more...] about Jesus, Numbering Our Days

Filed Under: The Life and Times of Jesus Tagged With: Eternity, Glory, Horror

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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.