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I’m sure it’s illegal
You may not have heard of Shagufta Kiran, who has been a Christian nurse in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. I wouldn’t have heard of her either except that her case is being featured by Church in Chains this month. Shagufta has been kept in custody since July 2021 when she was arrested for blasphemy.… Read more
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I’m trying to mind my language
A couple of weeks ago I emailed some supporters reminding them that our goal is ‘the fulfilment of the Great Commission’. But after I had pushed the send button, I had second thoughts. Would they know what I’m talking about using such time-worn phraseology? Maybe it would have a soporific familiarity. And anyway, what did… Read more
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Hello – I’m with the church
I think enough time has been spent explaining away the church. It is a shallow approach that only says, ‘I just emphasise Jesus’. That’s nice. And what do you say Jesus taught? ‘We should love one another.’ That’s nice too. And would you like to live this way with Jesus’ people? ‘Of course’. Well then,… Read more
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The girl, the pomegranate and the artist
It was in mountain country where 20-year-old Annie attended her first Bible study. Soon she discovered that they had a local habit of everybody reading one verse each as they went around the circle. She decided to cooperate and was understandably keen to say her verse right and was hoping for a good one. As… Read more
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Have you checked your emotional tank level recently?
Hang around in Agapé for long enough and you’ll be given a seminar on time management. Who wouldn’t like to be managed enough so they get the right stuff done? You will likely get the training like this: 1. Prioritise the important over the urgent. You’ll have an A-list, a B-list and a C-list 2.… Read more
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Drop-leaf
On this day, fifty years ago, I was in a car-pool, commuting daily from our home in Galway city to teach at a school 30 miles away in County Galway. Arrangements had already been made, by pleasant mutual agreement, that I would leave the school and move full-time into evangelism and discipling at Galway University.… Read more
