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Various Trials

29 November 2020 By David Trounce 4 Comments

Various Trials - Sermo Humilis

James says that the reason we can smile in the face of trials is that our trials are measured out in order to produce a mature, steadfast faith. God wants us to grow up, and trials are the real-time, real-life circumstances that God employs to bring it about. Count it all joy, … [Read more...] about Various Trials

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Faith, Hope, Trials

The Resurrection of the World

14 February 2019 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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Many Christians think that the resurrection is something that needs to be proven. It is challenged by unbelievers, and so we assemble our arguments to show that Jesus did too rise from the dead. But the resurrection is not something requiring proof. It is proof. The New … [Read more...] about The Resurrection of the World

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Despair, Hope, Resurrection

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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.