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Welcome to mikes4tea: This is Holy Week
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Wednesday, 1 April 2015. This is Holy Week. In Jerusalem Christ's crucifixion is commemorated as the cross is carried along the Via Dolorosa. The way of suffering) of Jesus. Repent and believe in the gospel,' or, 'Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.'. It is a sober reminder of our mortality and of our dependence on God’s grace in a world that spends fortunes tryi...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: Strangers in the World
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Saturday, 14 March 2015. Strangers in the World. The apostle Peter’s first letter is addressed,. 8216;To God’s elect, strangers in the world.’. Does it feel like that to you? If you are a Christian do you find yourself out of step with the world? 8216;we regard no-one from a worldly point of view,’. And goes on to describe Christians as,. 8216;Christ’s ambassadors.’. 8216;God’s elect&...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: The Ghost of my Wife (Do You Believe..?)
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Friday, 13 March 2015. The Ghost of my Wife (Do You Believe? Last night I saw the ghost of my wife. In the lawless hours. When decent folk sleep. Something roused me and made me aware. A foot on the stair. In that paralysed, half-sleeping, half-waking time. When you just have to move. But you can't, though you try. Then a constable's whistle, the sound of swift flight. Made its way to my ear.
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Welcome to mikes4tea: March 2015
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Saturday, 14 March 2015. Strangers in the World. The apostle Peter’s first letter is addressed,. 8216;To God’s elect, strangers in the world.’. Does it feel like that to you? If you are a Christian do you find yourself out of step with the world? 8216;we regard no-one from a worldly point of view,’. And goes on to describe Christians as,. 8216;Christ’s ambassadors.’. 8216;God’s elect&...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: July 2014
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Thursday, 31 July 2014. Standing Firm and Staying Strong. I have been challenged a lot recently by the question of discipleship. Its a major theme as we seek a way forward to maturity for my church and, as a leadership, we take seriously the oversight of the people in our care. Paul goes on in the next few verses to describe the Christian life in which we are to:. Rejoice in the Lord ̵...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: Living as a Christian in a Pagan Society
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Living as a Christian in a Pagan Society. Wisdom from 1 Thessalonians 4. A Christian, then, is a disciple of Jesus. The chapter we are looking at is best summed up in verse one, 'How to live in order to please God.'. A disciple is one who strives to do just that. As Christians, what are we to make of the world's frantic flight from all that is Godly? So Abraham's f...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: April 2015
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Wednesday, 1 April 2015. This is Holy Week. In Jerusalem Christ's crucifixion is commemorated as the cross is carried along the Via Dolorosa. The way of suffering) of Jesus. Repent and believe in the gospel,' or, 'Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.'. It is a sober reminder of our mortality and of our dependence on God’s grace in a world that spends fortunes tryi...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. I am encouraged to read that the apostle Paul needed to encourage his young charge, Timothy, in applying himself to reading and teaching the Bible. In one of his letters to Timothy Paul writes this familiar text,. As for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it. There is blessing in reading and obeyi...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: June 2015
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Friday, 26 June 2015. Legalism: What Does Grace Say to Legalism? Legalism is defined by Chambers Dictionary as “ strict adherence to law…the tendency to observe letter or form rather than spirit, or to regard things from the point of view of law.”. But what is wrong with keeping the law? Surely as Christians we believe in being law-abiding? The Challenge of Legalism. Of course, if we were a...
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Welcome to mikes4tea: Do You Know Who You Are?
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Lets talk about things over a cup of tea and see if we can make sense of it all. 10 Reasons for Reading your Bible. Saturday, 17 January 2015. Do You Know Who You Are? Have you noticed that some people go through this life with a clear idea of who they are and what they are about? Others go through life not knowing who they are, just going from one day to the next, one situation to the next, frequently surprised by the demands life places on them. I was the senior trainee on the floor. If the subject...
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