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The Last Time

20 July 2023 By David Trounce

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There will be a last time. A last time you will ever play a game with your children. A last time you will eat breakfast. A last time you will ever go to bed and sleep. For most people they have already experienced the last time for any number of life's ordinary … [Read more...] about The Last Time

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Death, Gratitude, Life

You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

30 April 2023 By David Trounce

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William Tyndale was born around 1494 and died as a martyr in 1536. He is mainly remembered for his contribution to the Reformation in England and, in particular, his translation of the Bible into the common language. In 1526, Tyndale found a printer, Peter Schoeffer, who … [Read more...] about You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Bible, Life, Tyndale

Meditate on These Things

16 February 2023 By David Trounce

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Meditation is an ancient practice and an inescapable one. We all meditate. We all ruminate on things. Whether they be fears, friends, family, joys, hopes, dreams, the colour of money, or what Julia Roberts wore at the Oscars. For Christians, the contemplation of God, His … [Read more...] about Meditate on These Things

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Death, Life, Meditation

Growing Old

7 August 2022 By David Trounce

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Is age an enemy? What do you do when you have reached the summit of physical and mental fitness? How do you maintain hope when you are staring down the barrel of old age? For many, age is something to be fought and feared. While we are young hope tends to flourish. Each … [Read more...] about Growing Old

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Life, Old Age, Youth

Our Physical World

24 April 2022 By David Trounce

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The physical world matters. Your body matters. And this is why things like digital currency, lockdowns and Facebook will ultimately fail, and also why Chicken Little still works its magic on the fearful. We don't want to die, we want to live. And to live is to live and move … [Read more...] about Our Physical World

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Body, Life, Love

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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.