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Lost and Found

9 April 2023 By David Trounce

Lost and Found - Alone - sermo humilis

It's the human condition. We are terrified by God, we are terrified by each other, and we are terrified by loneliness. It's the reason Jesus came into this world, and it's the reason we killed Him. It's also the reason we need Him. I read somewhere recently that “If you love … [Read more...] about Lost and Found

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Death, Love, Neighbour

Neighbours

21 May 2022 By David Trounce

Neighbours - Sermo Humilis

So there's this lawyer in Luke 10:25, an expert of the law in Israel, who asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus points the man to the law and asks him what he thinks the law teaches. The lawyer gets it right and replies that we are to love the Lord and love … [Read more...] about Neighbours

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Charity, Love, Neighbour

#08 God is My Neighbour – OT Survey

29 August 2021 By David Trounce

#08 God is My Neighbour - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament

In Galatians chapter five we read, For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14) This is a remarkable statement, don't you think? Everything that the law teaches and demands can be summed up with the command to love … [Read more...] about #08 God is My Neighbour – OT Survey

Filed Under: Rock of Ages - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament Tagged With: Holiness, Neighbour, Tabernacle

Loving Ourselves to Death

26 September 2019 By David Trounce

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Some people will tell you that the most important thing you can do in life is to learn to love yourself, or that you cannot love others until you love yourself. But self-love is ultimately unsatisfying. It is fruitless. It is lame. It is barren. Self-love gives nothing but … [Read more...] about Loving Ourselves to Death

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Joy, Love, Neighbour

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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.