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The High Cost of Mercy

25 May 2023 By David Trounce

Gods Justice and Mercy - sermo humilis

Judgement is easy. Mercy is a nightmare. Hating those who offend us comes naturally, but acquitting the guilty feels like torture. The reason for this is that mercy always comes at the cost of the one granting it. Forgiving those who are guilty of offending you, while … [Read more...] about The High Cost of Mercy

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Mercy, Money, Slavery

Ezra #9 – Trouble in Covenant City

26 February 2023 By David Trounce

#9 - Trouble in Covenant City - Studies in the Book of Ezra

For perhaps the first four months of his return to Jerusalem, rather than hang in the city, Ezra visits all of the neighbouring towns, issuing the king's decree. So it's not until he returns to Jerusalem that he discovers that there are some serious problems that are compromising … [Read more...] about Ezra #9 – Trouble in Covenant City

Filed Under: Studies in the Book of Ezra Tagged With: Ezra, Guilt, Mercy

Breakfast and Worship

1 December 2022 By David Trounce

Breakfast, Mercy and Worship - Sermo Humilis

In John 21:1-17 we have the account of Jesus preparing and sharing breakfast with the disciples on the beach. Jesus is now alive from the dead and has come to restore fellowship between Himself and the disciples. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals … [Read more...] about Breakfast and Worship

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Breakfast, Mercy, Worship

A City of Refuge

13 October 2022 By David Trounce

A City of Refuge Wesley - sermo humilis

Sunahan and Kahalek, two of the 35,000 Yali people of Central New Guinea, stopped their search for sweet potatoes, dropped their digging sticks and ran. An arrow whizzed past them. The target? A meal of human flesh for Heluk River cannibals. Rather than head for the safety of … [Read more...] about A City of Refuge

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Mercy, Refugee, Sanctuary

The 10th Commandment

20 March 2022 By David Trounce

The 10th Commandment - The Ten Commandments - Series

To covet is to fix all of one's attention, action and desire onto something that doesn't lawfully belong to you. You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or … [Read more...] about The 10th Commandment

Filed Under: The Ten Commandments - Series Tagged With: Covet, Fraud, Mercy

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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.