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2021-11-02T17:44:43+00:00

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Here’s to the Atheists!

Last updated on: November 2, 2021 at 5:44 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

It’s easy to sneer at those who’ve reached opposite conclusions to the ones we hold dear. From both sides of the atheist/theist fence, missiles are regularly thrown, but progress can only be made on the basis of mutual respect, and seeking to learn from one another. Atheists are courageous people. It takes guts to resist the draw of theism, with all its promises of comfort, and the glowing beacon of a promised afterlife. It takes conviction to hold to... Read more

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2021-10-29T15:50:10+01:00

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Let Your Kids Enjoy Halloween

Last updated on: October 29, 2021 at 3:50 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

Opinion piece: Among Christian circles, there’s a lot of noise made about Halloween. Supposedly it’s demonic, or dangerous in some way, or against our faith, but as someone who is familiar with actual demonic activity, I disagree. Back in missionary days, in South-East Asia, I came across plenty of demonic activity. I met men and women completely possessed by spirits, and cast those foul beings out. I know that spiritual stench all too well, but I’ve never detected it... Read more

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

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The Chronicles of Narnia

the value of the imagination

2021-10-27T19:56:43+01:00

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Hold Me Closer Cosmic Dancer

Last updated on: October 27, 2021 at 7:56 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

In my last piece, I touched on this wonderful passage from Zephaniah, which speaks of God’s emotion towards us: Zephaniah 3:17, ‘He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.’ As stated in the previous article, the Hebrew word ‘rejoice’ literally means to ‘spin around under violent emotion.’ The imagery is of impassioned dancing, while singing and shouting for joy. It is incredible to know that... Read more

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

the importance of emotions

the sorrow of God

2021-10-24T16:07:10+01:00

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The Rewarder

Last updated on: October 24, 2021 at 4:07 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

Knowing the nature of God is at the heart of a meaningful walk of faith. Understanding God’s intentions towards us informs our interpretation of passages that could be taken in a number of different ways, and shapes our spiritual experience. As a young man, I thought God was stern and remote, leading to heaviness, drudgery and misery. After learning that God is good, in simple ways we mortals can understand, such as in parental love and care, my spiritual life... Read more

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

why does God reward us

2021-10-22T18:37:59+01:00

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Still Waters

Last updated on: October 22, 2021 at 6:37 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

I love Psalm 23, and often draw strength from it. After recent discursive posts, I thought I’d offer something more devotional – a moment of repose and refreshment. I’ll be going through the psalm, explaining what I take from it, and hope readers might respond with their own reflections and insights. Meditating on the scripture has two active elements to it – repeating/muttering, and imagining. When I return to this psalm for refreshment, I repeat each line numerous times,... Read more

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The Lord is My Shepherd

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Valey of the Shadow of Death

2021-10-25T16:13:42+01:00

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Is Prosperity Biblical?

Last updated on: October 25, 2021 at 4:13 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

Many of us have watched on, horrified, as sections of the church have given themselves to an extreme of faith known as ‘The Prosperity Gospel’, have we not? Leaders have become gleaming, suited and booted celebrities, syphoning money from the wages of their millions of TV followers, and carving out extraordinary lifestyles of obscene wealth, enormous mansions and private jets. Some such leaders are straight-up fraudsters, and others have been sucked into a maelstrom of greed, endangering their faith and... Read more

Living in Abundance

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

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2021-10-15T02:41:34+01:00

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The Prayer of Faith

Last updated on: October 15, 2021 at 2:41 am By Duncan Edward Pile

My brothers and I never had a pet you could stroke, because of allergies in the house, but we did have a tank of tropical fish. I used to enjoy watching their colourful little ecosystem at work, except when Oscar the catfish developed a bowel condition. Every now and again, the tank needed a clean (thanks Oscar!), so the fish were carefully removed and temporarily housed elsewhere, while the tank was emptied. This was my dad’s job, and I was... Read more

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2021-10-11T00:07:10+01:00

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Rethinking Humility

Last updated on: October 11, 2021 at 12:07 am By Duncan Edward Pile

What do you think of when you hear the word humility? What does it look like? How does humility speak? What does humility do? What does it not do? Common notions of humility are of unassuming speech and a deferential manner. That person has to be humble, right? In my mid-teens, I remember overhearing someone at church saying the following: “I don’t mean to make a big deal of it, but you know when you’re doing the humble job.”... Read more

Loving Each Other

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

Spiritual growth

Understanding God

Understanding Self-Worth

'being in very nature God

the humility of Jesus

2021-10-06T19:32:35+01:00

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Our Most Important Relationship Is Not With God

Last updated on: October 6, 2021 at 7:32 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

“Our Most Important Relationship Is Not With God” was stated to me by a wonderful, spiritual lady called Deb from the church I was attending in Alabama, in 2003. I was taken aback, but Deb walked closely with the Lord and I trusted her, so I wanted to hear more. Her theory was that our most important relationship is with ourselves, because how we view ourselves defines the extent to which we can know God. In other words, our view of... Read more

Loving Each Other

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Re-thinking Christian Concepts

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how to avoid burnout

love your neighbour as yourself

2023-10-27T15:30:48+01:00

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Is Grace Available After Death?

Last updated on: October 27, 2023 at 3:30 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

How good is your Good News? It is wonderful, is it not, to join together and sing the praise of our God? We feel his nearness, we thank him for his love, we rest in the sure knowledge that we have been given his righteousness, and do not need to impress him to earn our way into Heaven. Celebrating the goodness of God is a festival of joy, and one of the highest privileges given to human beings! But what... Read more

Re-thinking Christian Concepts

Jesus sets the captives free

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