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Jun 2018
Through the internet and other electronic means of communication, we live in the most interconnected world ever in the history of mankind, yet loneliness is the scourge of our age. On Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms we have the so-called ‘friends’ but are they really friends? A study put out by Relate in 2014 claimed that 5 million people have no real friends. However, this may be an oversimplistic view of loneliness, as one can be lonely in a crowd. Many of us have experienced isolation, misunderstanding and disconnection. Loneliness......
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‘Word of Faith’ is no faith!
The ‘Word of Fath’ movement, also referred to by its critics as ‘name it and claim it’, is not a denomination and does not have a formal organisation or a recognisable hierarchy. It is...
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True prosperity is spiritual!
On Christian broadcasting networks and unfortunately even in some churches, we hear much about the ‘Prosperity Gospel’. Only very recently, the famous TV Evangelist and larger-than-life personality, Jesse Duplantis, is asking his followers for...
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Starlings: An inspiration about community.
I was looking out of my bedroom window recently and observing Starlings going about their daily business. I watched intently as the adult birds fed their fledgelings while God placed an inspiration in my...
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Christians and Ramadan.
We are now in the fasting month of Ramadan where Muslims around the world including British advocates of the faith enter a 30 day period. This period consists of fasting, praying, trying to live...
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Spiritual fitness: A must!
In the previous blog, I wrote at length about how having a good physical health-life balance was Godly, in terms of what we eat, drink and how much exercise we do. The emphasis was...
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A Christian approach to diet and excercise.
Obesity and being overweight is a major problem in the western world today, particularly in the UK and USA. A survey was undertaken in 2014 which highlighted that 62% of adults were classified as...
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The state of Christianity in North and South Korea
North Korea contains, despite the efforts of the Communist government to stamp it out, a significant Christian population. Christians currently endure the harshest persecution and suffering under the regime of Kim Jong-un, with detainees...
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