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Posted 1 day 18 hours ago
“Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.”
― Amy Carmichael
Posted 2 days 19 hours ago
The Cross Gaits Inn at Blacko has a sign above it’s door that reads:
Posted 4 days 18 hours ago
A recent Bible Study was on Daniel 10. This bible-book is a rich vein of spiritual truth, yet its mining is not easy. It talks about the prince of Persia and the coming prince of Greece resisting the angels of God. These two individuals, some assume, refer to wicked spiritual entities rather than actual earthly tyrants. I cannot imagine an actual king or prince of Persia withstanding the mighty Gabriel. If this interpretation is correct, a whole can of interesting worms come a-wriggling out:
Posted 5 days 17 hours ago
The new equality morality that is saturating political parties and public institutions has begun to rob words of their meaning. When language loses precision and we communicate via an incomprehensible Newspeak, our sense of right and wrong suffers paralysis.
Well might the prophet Isaiah write in chapter 5 verse 20:
Posted 6 days 12 hours ago
No, it isn't a spelling mistake. A young tree, planted relatively recently, then uprooted by the wild winds of winter, might be said to be a sad sight. But when I paused on my walk from Crown Point to Clowbridge and looked round the plantation where it lay, I concluded that there was something sad about the site itself, up there on the edge of the moors.
Posted 1 week 1 day ago
I like the names of old pubs and seeing how they often link to Biblical and spiritual themes. There is one in Barnoldswick called the Fountain Inn, which was built the same year as our chapel, 1816. It is an unusual name. There are no fountains nearby to my knowledge, so it doubtless refers to the liquid refreshment on offer.
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