Dominic Smart went home this morning (28th April 2020) just before dawn. New morning for him, valley of the shadow for us. He has gone where he longed to go and to a place which the Lord Jesus by his grace prepared him for and prepared for him.
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Is it just me, or did you think you’d have more time on your hands in lockdown than you actually do? Between baking bread, trimming our own hair and countless Zooms and online quizzes, the time just seems to vanish.
If you thought you’d be able to use all your spare time to finally read those Christian books that you’ve been meaning to get to, but they continue to look at you guilt–inducingly from your shelf, you might want to consider an audiobook. It’s like reading, but you can do it while doing
Whatsoever comes to pass really does cover everything, all the bases as they say. Everything you experience during every day of your existence comes under its span. Whatsoever comes to pass means – the good, the bad and the ugly, and God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
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When I decided to have “the talk” with my oldest child, I fixed a picnic lunch and, by God’s grace, it turned out to be a truly beautiful moment between father and daughter. I read some portions of Genesis, explained God’s glorious gift of sex and his creating male and female as sexual beings. I allowed her to ask questions which helped me steer the conversation in an age–appropriate way. While I’m sure some of my explanations were less than perfect, it seemed like a perfect time spent together and
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Too many of us hit a low–ceiling of spiritual growth. We desire to grow, but feel stuck and frustrated as if our maturity is stunted. To make matters worse, many of us are confused about the source of the problem. Preachers, like me, can be too slick in our diagnoses. We fire off indictments of laziness and apathy without carefully looking into underlying symptoms. Such slipshod treatment is dangerous. Any physician worth his wages knows that an effective remedy begins with an accurate diagnosis. T
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Christian Focus is delighted to announce that Rosanna Burton has been promoted to the role of Editorial Manager. Since joining CFP after her graduating from Edinburgh University 2 years ago, Rosanna has grown into her role very well, rapidly learning what is involved in the publishing industry and managing the editorial process in conjunction with Director of Publishing Willie MacKenzie.
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It was not ours to understand, but our choice to whom to run to. Again, as we had prayed before, even when fear is real and we are helpless and powerless, we still have a
choice where we place our faith, in our own devices or intervention from others. It seems that the Holy Spirit was, at the deepest level, telling us to affirm God as our absolute, that in Him we can trust, that He knows the beginning from the end and that all things work together for good to them who love God.
Richard could tell a story – he really could. He had that gifting which not many people have of being able to capture an audience without drawing attention to himself, because in the end, what he had to say was not about him it was about Jesus.
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