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Category: Suffering
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Coronavirus – any positive angles?
Read more: Coronavirus – any positive angles?Coronavirus – any positive angles? From a spiritual point of view, there is a lot we don’t understand about the coronavirus pandemic. Bible-believing Christians maintain the sovereignty of God and trust they can depend on Him through any situation. However, the ‘Why is this happening?‘ question is never far from our minds and there can…
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Sermon: Do we follow Paul’s example?
Read more: Sermon: Do we follow Paul’s example?Steve was asked to preach at St Andrew’s Baptist Church on 14th July. His sermon titled Do we follow Paul’s example? looks at a passage in 2 Corinthians 11 where Paul reluctantly boasts on his sufferings. Steve looks at the context of this passage and asks how this can apply to us today. The recording…
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Touching the Untouchables – New Sermon
Read more: Touching the Untouchables – New SermonTim Wood, CEO of Through The Roof was the speaker at St Andrew’s Baptist Church last weekend where he spoke on Luke 14:12-24. This is a passage that is often avoided by preachers – however, Tim speaks powerfully from this passage about this principle of identifying the poor and needy in our culture. Feel free…
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What happened on the cross?
Read more: What happened on the cross?It doesn’t matter how many times the crucifixion accounts are read, you can’t help but be struck by the physical horror of the crucifixion, the sheer brutality of this form of execution. However, many people were crucified before Jesus and many suffered the same fate afterwards – in fact, you could argue there are worse…
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Does God use evil for a greater good?
Read more: Does God use evil for a greater good?We can all relate to suffering, mostly through our own personal difficult circumstances. Because the existence of suffering is so evident our world, every worldview seeks to provide a sufficient reason for its existence. If a worldview cannot explain suffering, the validity and truth of that worldview should be questioned. The easy conclusion to jump…
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Events in Syria continue to pave way for ‘end time’ showdown
Read more: Events in Syria continue to pave way for ‘end time’ showdownIt’s been a while since we made a comment on topical end time prophetic events – one of the reasons for this is that events are now so fast-moving, it’s almost impossible to keep up! One area of Bible prophecy that continues to shape up directly in line with many end time scenarios is the…
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Are you ready for the Coming King?
Read more: Are you ready for the Coming King?How do you make sense of this crazy world?! Things are spiralling towards a terrifying climax, but we believe someone is coming to resolve the world’s problems – are you ready for the Coming King? What is life all about? Why is the world so full of suffering? What happens when you die? There is…