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Christianityworks
In Depth Weekly Bible Teaching: Join Berni Dymet as he opens God's Word to discover what God has to say into your life, today. Watch, listen or read. Whichever works best!
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FRESH Daily Devotional
Daily Devotional taking you deeper into God's Word + closer to Jesus. Watch, listen or read. It's your choice. Even subscribe to have it delivered directly to you!
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A Different Perspective
Daily 10 Minute Message exploring issues we all face in life ... from a different perspective; the sorts of things that really matter day-to-day. Listen or read. It's up to you.
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God Will Keep You Strong
Perseverance is a word that we don’t much like, you and I, because it speaks of suffering through trials in order to make it through to the end. Who needs that? Not you, not me, ...
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You’ve Been Given So Much
Some people absolutely love receiving gifts – they’re wired that way. It’s their love language, if you will – the way they receive love and affection. Others, not so much. ...
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You Have Been Blessed
Let’s be honest. There are days when things just don’t seem to be going our way … at all. Other people are doing just fine. Other people seem to be blessed in their lives, ...
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Grace and Peace to You
When you run into someone whom you haven’t seen in a while, how do you greet them? Or when you send them a letter (perhaps these days, more likely an email or message) how do ...
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You’ve Been Chosen
I wonder what it must be like for a sports man or woman to be chosen to represent their country in an international competition. The honour, the privilege. Amazing! Perhaps ...
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A Greeting from Sosthenes
We live in a world that focuses on the superstars … on the attractive people, the successful people, those who happen to be the flavour of the month … while the rest of us ...
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Wisdom to Transform Your Life (2)
There’s probably not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want to be wise. But there are a couple of problems with this whole wisdom thing. Firstly, it’s not always ...
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True Freedom
Would you be free of the burden of sin? I think we’d all desperately like to be. And the good news is that that’s the very reason that Jesus came to this earth. To set you ...
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Out with the Old, In with the New
I’m pretty sure we’d all agree that laws are, by and large, good. Not all of them of course, but most of them. Yet how useless is a law on the statute books that simply cannot ...
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Becoming a Willing Servant
Perhaps you’ve heard of enzymes, but do you recall what they do? Well, they’re proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. In fact, in some ...
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Then Jesus Told Another Story
If you’re someone who’s struggling to make the spiritual dimension, the faith dimension that we all want, to become more relevant, more up front in your life … then let me ...
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God’s Kingdom is Like …
Here’s something that many struggle with: you want to have some sort of faith, some spiritual dimension in your life … and yet, in the context of everything you have going on, ...
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Your Hope of Glory
In a world where truth, more and more, is becoming a nefarious concept being twisted, fashioned as it is into weapons that destroy lives, many of us are shying away from even ...
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How to Recognise a Lie
When you think about it, our ability to recognise a particular path as being crooked only exists because we’re able to compare it to a straight path. And to do that, you have to ...
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Wisdom To Transform Your Life (1)
There’s probably not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want to be wise. But there are a couple of problems with this whole wisdom thing. Firstly, it’s not always ...
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Wisdom to Transform Your Life
There’s probably not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want to be wise. But there are a couple of problems with this whole wisdom thing. Firstly, it’s not always ...
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God is Near
It can be difficult to take God’s promises on face value – God’s good, God’s faithful, He’ll never leave you or forsake you … all well and good. But when the chips are ...
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An Extraordinary Destiny
Have you ever considered the possibility that through all your hardships, God is preparing you for something extraordinary? Perhaps that’s difficult to wrap your mind around ...
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When All is Lost
Life, it seems to me, is a tug-of-war between good and evil; between doing what you know is right, and doing what pleases you; between the pleasures of this world and the ...
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Travelling Into Fear
So, when fear strikes, how do you respond? On the one hand, the instinct to retreat to safety is so strong. On the other, something in your gut tells you that you have to deal ...
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When You’re Shaking
Fear is far more common, far more widespread, far more prevalent that we might think. So no, it’s not just you. Fear can strike any time, especially in the face of unexpected ...
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Bring Your Deeds Into the Light
If I were able to interview you on a radio program and ask you to share with the audience the one thing in your life right at the moment that you’re most ashamed of, what would ...
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Waiting Differently
How much do you enjoy waiting for things to happen? Something good, something important, something that you’ve been longing for, something that needs to happen, or else. How ...
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The Amazing Names of God (Pt 2)
What’s God like? Well – what is He actually like? One of the interesting things that God does to answer that question for us – is that in His Word, the Bible, He uses ...
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Praise Him with Passion
Can I ask you, when was the last time you praised God? And when you did, how did you praise Him? Those aren’t such bad questions to be asking ourselves on a Sunday when, ...
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Take Your Sabbath Rest
Welcome to Saturday, the day upon which God commanded His people to rest. From sundown Friday until sundown Saturday it was called the Sabbath, or Shabbat in the Hebrew language. ...
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Keep Praying
Do you ever feel as though the answers you need just aren’t coming, that the breakthrough you so desperately need is being withheld, that God either isn’t listening or ...
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Keep Going
When we’re fed up, we want to give up. Our strength fails, our eyes grow dim, our hands grow weak, our enthusiasm to do whatever it is God’s called us to … well, that’s ...
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Press Into God
Okay, so you’re out there slogging away, working your little heart out trying to live a good life – trying to meet everyone’s expectations, trying, if you’re so inclined, ...
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Do What You Can Do
When things aren’t going quite the way you’d planned, when you’re facing opposition, when it’s hurting, when you’re frightened and dismayed, every fibre of your being ...
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So Much Misery
Do you know what strikes me about this present age in which we live? There is so much misery in the lives of so many that it fairly boggles the mind. How can so many people be ...
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The Amazing Names of God (Pt 1)
What’s God like? Well – what is He actually like? One of the interesting things that God does to answer that question for us – is that in His Word, the Bible, He uses ...
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Teach Me
One of the greatest signs of humility that any of us can ever have is a teachable heart. In fact, without it you can never really lead a humble life. Humility is an incredibly ...
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How You Travel Through Life
How far do you travel each day? Perhaps you commute to and from work. Maybe you go out for a run or a walk. Every now and then you go on a longer journey, perhaps. Come on, how ...
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Good News, Bad News
Well, today there’s good news and there’s bad news. Let’s start with the Good News: God loves you beyond words and Jesus came to die for your sin so that you could be ...
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Hypocrisy and Self-Delusion
Hypocrisy and self-delusion go hand in hand. To the rest of us, someone whose actions don’t match their words is exactly what he or she seems – a hypocrite. But on the inside, ...
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Cancel Culture
The very best sort of humour, in my book, is the sort that both makes you laugh and think; the sort that’s funny, but at the same time cuts so close to the bone that it rocks ...
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The Most Radical Remedy
Long-standing, deep-seated hatred is as old as time itself. It began when Adam and Eve’s son Cain murdered his brother Abel, and right down to the present day it’s still ...
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Your Glimpse Into Eternity
Do you ever wish that you could have a glimpse into eternity? What will it be like? Is it worth the struggle today, to spend eternity with God on the other side … or not? I ...
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You Have Been Set Free (2)
Freedom, it’s a great idea, but a reality that very few people ever experience. Jesus came to set the captives free, but what does that really mean? What does that really look ...
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Courage Brings Peace
Do you know what I love about Jesus? Despite being the Son of God – the creator of the universe – despite being entitled to so much better from you and me, He doesn’t ...
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How Important is Faith?
The real-life battles that we face in life require real-life faith. Faith that’s active. Faith that comes to the fore when the going gets tough. Faith that helps us overcome the ...
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Your World Conquering Faith
Let me throw something at you to see what you think: Any Christian who doesn’t realise that they’re living on a spiritual battlefield is completely missing the point. ...
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Where are Your Strongholds?
When you face obstacles on your road through life, what’s your natural reaction? How do you deal with them? And as you look back, how well have you handled them in the past? ...
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Overcoming Obstacles
I’m pretty sure that we’re all across the theory that, handled well, responded to well, suffering becomes a powerful force in shaping our character for good. But when it comes ...
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Conquering Faith
Why does God allow us to go through pain and suffering? Why are you dealing with whatever it is you’re dealing with right now? Shouldn’t things be just that bit easier for ...
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Saving Faith
Faith is an awesome thing to have, especially when our faith is in something or someone that will never fail. But how well does your faith hold up during the rough patches in ...
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You Have Been Set Free
Freedom. It means different things to different people. What does it mean to you? Is it about being free to do anything you want to do? Or is it about being set free from the ...
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You Have Been Set Free (1)
Freedom, it’s a great idea, but a reality that very few people ever experience. Jesus came to set the captives free, but what does that really mean? What does that really look ...
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A Different Perspective
It’s becoming more and more difficult for anyone whose faith is in Jesus to keep believing in the Bible. Now, depending on where you sit, you may be thinking, who cares? So much ...
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The Ultimate Price
The central message of Christianity – the ‘Good News’ as it’s called – is that Jesus, the Son of God, became a man and died for our sins, so that the price that God’s ...
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A New Way of Thinking
Might I ask you, what’s dominating your thoughts? What do you tend to think about again and again? It’s a revealing exercise to think about what you’re thinking about. For ...
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Controlling Thoughts
Fear isn’t an emotion that we enjoy. Not at all! In fact, if it were up to us, we’d absolutely avoid it for the rest of our days. But sometimes our thoughts and emotions lead ...
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When It’s Time to Act
When the going gets tough, emotions like fear and dismay have a nasty habit of immobilising us. Like a rabbit caught in headlights, we freeze up and stop doing the things we need ...
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How to Overcome Dismay
When circumstances conspire against us to produce one of those perfect storms that threatens to destroy us, it’s almost as though our emotions team up with them to make things ...
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More Than You Can Imagine
With all that’s going on in your heart and mind, with all that’s going on in your life, with everything that’s going on in the world around you, do you ever feel … ...
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Living Generously (2)
All too many people want to live a life of victory, but when it comes to the way they manage their money, well, they’re so far in debt, that they don’t have the resources ...
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Know the Unknowable
Do you ever look up at the vastness of the night sky and marvel at the countless stars up there? And they’re only the tiniest fraction of the trillion, trillion stars in the ...
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This One Thing for You
Yep, it’s the weekend – hooray! Hopefully the chance for a bit of a break. But on this day of rest, there’s something I’d like to share with you. The sense of privilege ...
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If Only …
Each of us has to decide many times each day whether to do good or to compromise on what we know to be right – to honour God, or turn our back on Him. It’s kind of ...
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Bow Down to the Lord
Every now and then, God chooses to speak to us through some apparently random event. It can be the tiniest thing, yet His voice booms out in the most powerful and profound way. ...
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Don’t Forget To …
Our own sense of wellbeing tends to go through stages. Sometimes with everything chugging along nicely, we feel just fine. Other times when we’re facing anything from moderate ...
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You Can Depend on Him
Emotions are a huge part of who we are, absolutely. But when they go unchecked … man, they can get us into some serious trouble. We chatted about this yesterday, as God called ...
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Steady as She Goes
Every now and then things happen – both good things and bad, things that we long for and things that we loathe – that cause us to react. And the more we react, the more of a ...
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Living Generously (1)
All too many people want to live a life of victory, but when it comes to the way they manage their money, well, they’re so far in debt, that they don’t have the resources ...
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Examine God’s Word
Have you ever wondered why you’re struggling with the things you’re struggling with? Mr and Mrs Super Christian over there seem to have it all together. Me? Well, you know … ...
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Good Theology Ain’t Enough
Different people understand the Good News of Jesus in different ways. Me, I’m a simple guy. I open the Bible, read it and believe what God says, even when it conflicts – which ...
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Incredibly Good News
How good are you at obeying the rules? If you’re licensed to drive, when was the last time you drove without exceeding the speed limit by a single mile or kilometre per hour? ...
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Love is Never Wasted
Have you ever done someone a good turn and then been miffed when they didn’t even acknowledge it, let alone thank you for it? It kind of leaves you wondering, why did I even ...
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When Safety is Overrated
Aside from skydivers, mountain climbers and other assorted adrenalin junkies, most of us have a natural aversion to danger. What we long for is safety and it’s 21st century ...
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Don’t be Offended
When others behave badly, it’s so easy for us to take offence. In fact, in a world dominated more and more by a sense of entitlement, taking offence is becoming the “go-to” ...
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The Very Definition of Hypocrisy
Let’s face it, loving other people can be hard. They don’t always treat us the way we want to be treated. They don’t always behave how we want them to behave. And little by ...
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Overboard with Jesus (2)
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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Be Careful How You Live
We all have but one life to live on this earth, and time’s slipping away day by day. So what are you going to do with your today? What are you going to do with your tomorrow? We ...
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The World Has Enough Critics
Criticism and conflict seem to be de rigueur these days in the public square. Politically, ideologically, socially, and from a faith perspective as well. It feels like ...
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What God Really Wants From You
Like anything, Christianity can be turned into a lucrative business. The wealth of some churches is astonishing. And it’s easy for simple God-fearing folk like you and me to get ...
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Even When You Grow Old …
One of the great tragedies playing itself out as a global pandemic these days is to see older men and women – those with the experience and wisdom of years – give up on life. ...
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Something to Remember
It’s almost a given that when we’re facing adversity, fighting some battle, in the midst of some mess, we feel completely alone. We may not be, but that’s how it feels. In ...
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Often Overlooked
The more I see of people’s lives the more I’m impacted by the stark reality that each one of us is facing some sort of struggle in our lives. How about you? Sure, there are ...
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The Perfect Landing
I wonder, when you pray – and the research tells us that most people do, in fact, pray – do you ever think about where your prayers end up? How God perceives them? What impact ...
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Overboard with Jesus (1)
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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Overboard with Jesus
Too many Christians try to live out a safe, convenient and comfortable Christianity … and then they wonder, why isn’t it working? Others, they can hear Jesus calling them, but ...
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Sorrow That Leads to Change
Sorrow isn’t something that we’d ever wish upon ourselves. Why would we? And yet, what if I told you that there’s one type of sorrow that God wants for us; that’s actually ...
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God Encourages Those Who are Troubled
The word ‘affliction’ isn’t a particularly nice one. It’s definitely not one that we’d ever want to take ownership of. And yet, there are times when it’s precisely the ...
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Make Yourself Pure
God makes some powerful promises to those of us who put their trust in Jesus. He promises that He’ll be our God and we, His people; that He’ll dwell in our midst. It all comes ...
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When Friends Flee
There’s nothing more unsettling, unnerving, disappointing, downright hurtful, than a friend who sticks with you in the good times and deserts you in the bad. Ever had that ...
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Whose Fault Is It?
I’ve done some foolish things throughout my life. You too, right? We wish we could undo them … but we can’t. And, quite possibly, you’re still living out the consequences ...
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How to Honour God
People do some strange things with their bodies these days. They pierce them in some very odd places, tattoo them, adorn them, flaunt them and yes, abandon them to immorality. So ...
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The Wealth Snare
Is it reasonable or unreasonable for a professing Christian to save up a tidy nest-egg for their retirement while there are still people around the world starving and others ...
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Building Lasting Relationships
Relationships can be one of the most enriching or one of the most destructive parts of our lives. Depends on the sorts of relationships we enter into and build. Join Berni Dymet ...
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To Whom Can You Compare Him?
So it’s Sunday, for some the end of one week, for others the beginning of the next. Whatever camp you’re in, let’s do Sunday together on a high note. Let’s glory in the ...
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The God Who Carries You
In a world that revolves around success, it can be difficult to shake the feeling that you’re not good enough. We’re meant to be capable and self-reliant, right? We’re meant ...
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Tread the Right Path
Life’s journey comes with many twists and turns and a good many forks in the road. Doubtless you can look back and see how a small decision to go this way instead of that ...
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A Gospel of Contradictions?
There are times, to be honest, when this good news of Jesus doesn’t feel like good news at all. After all, He Himself promised that becoming His disciple would be hard work. How ...
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By the Grace of God
So many things in this life seem to demand so much hard work. Good marriages don’t just happen – they require effort. Bringing up children requires a lot of effort. Career ...
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Run the Race
There are times in each of our lives when we feel like tossing in the towel – be it in your marriage, in your job, in your faith walk. You’re not alone in this. At some point, ...
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The Evil that Lies Within
There’s so much evil in this world. Pride, selfishness, arrogance, abuse … families divided, nations at war, the poor and marginalised tossed on the scrap heap. Yep, there’s ...
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Escaping from the Siege
With everything we have going on in our lives, we can sometimes get to a point where we feel as though we’re under siege – everything is conspiring together to rob us of life. ...
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Don’t Ignore the Red Flags
I think we’d agree that looking for the good in others, seeing their potential, cutting them some slack when they fall short – that’s a good attitude to have, right? The ...
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The Death of Gossip
Gossip has the power to ruin reputations. A rumour here, a whisper there and before you know it, the gossip mill’s running at full steam. What is it that compels us to be part ...