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2021-07-27T19:26:52+01:00

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Job – Our Most Consequential Lie, Part 2. Searching The Text.

Last updated on: July 27, 2021 at 7:26 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

This post follows directly on from part 1. I’m going to dive straight into the text to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Job was a self-righteous man, who considered God his enemy. We have got this wrong for far too long, and it has damaged us! Chapters 1-6 work as a subsection of the text, and can be summed up in a simple phrase – Job Holds his Tongue. Chapter 1, 4-5: ‘His sons used to hold... Read more

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2021-07-27T19:25:45+01:00

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The Book of Job – Our Most Consequential Lie

Last updated on: July 27, 2021 at 7:25 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

The way Job is treated and taught in the Church is, in my view, damaging to anyone who hears it, because it confuses believers about the nature of God. Does he want to give us life and life to the full, to prosper and not harm us, to bind up our wounds, to delight over us with singing, or does he hand us over to Satan on a whim, allowing the destruction of everything and everyone we love?... Read more

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God is good all the time

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2023-11-06T16:12:56+00:00

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The Beauty of Meditation

Last updated on: November 6, 2023 at 4:12 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

In 2003-2004, I attended an unusual theological school in Alabama, USA, where I learned how to meditate – a practice that isn’t typically associated with Bible school, or church in general. It was a fascinating time, helping me address personal matters that had plagued me for years, and to understand my motivations and fears, without flinching from the truth. We studied more traditional topics, such as Greek and Hebrew, but learning to meditate was by far the most valuable lesson... Read more

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2021-07-10T16:34:35+01:00

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Let Mercy Fill the Spaces Between Us

Last updated on: July 10, 2021 at 4:34 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

They say you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. The same is true of church. In essence, church is a big family, within which are people who naturally get on and others who don’t. There are people with varying expectations of life, backgrounds, political and social outlooks, behavioural styles, denominational emphases, communication styles and financial situations, along with a hundred other points of difference. Every gap between us has within it the potential for conflict, suspicion... Read more

2024-03-28T18:58:49+00:00

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A Glimpse of Grace

Last updated on: March 28, 2024 at 6:58 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

Like many young Christians, spiritual growth accelerated for me after I left home. I met Christians from other denominations at university, and was exposed to a new marketplace of ideas. Through the influence of friends, I began to see God as kinder and gentler than I’d previously thought. One of my classmates was a Christian woman called Jayne, or Jay for short. Over time she became a dear friend, but the relationship hit a difficult patch in my third year,... Read more

2021-07-10T16:36:16+01:00

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Shame Is Not Guilt

Last updated on: July 10, 2021 at 4:36 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

In the library of popular worship songs, guilt and shame are often referred to in the same breath – ‘you took my guilt and shame’ – but herein lies a trap, as the Bible does not treat them as interchangeable concepts. The Bible is an Eastern book, and its concept of shame is an Eastern concept. In Biblical terms, shame is closer to embarrassment, to losing face, than it is to guilt. Shame is fundamentally harmful, and in this, secular... Read more

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