Pause for Thought – 22 July 2020
This week’s Pause for Thought is available here:
https://youtu.be/pUjx7m6OMBc
This week’s Pause for Thought is available here:
https://youtu.be/pUjx7m6OMBc
Acts 2:1-21 Louis Armstrong is best remembered for how and what he played, rather than for anything that he said. By and large, he let his trumpet do the talking, as it were. But he did come out with a few memorable remarks. My favourite is: ‘If you haven’t got it in you, you can’t…
Luke 18:9-14 People often assume that the purpose of religion is to make people good. You may remember the Good Friday hymn There is a green hill far away with its line He died to make us good. And sometimes it is said of the dead, Even though he did not attend church, he was…
Matthew 7:1-5 Romans 14:4, 9-10 Psalm 145 Dr. Ian Paisley, the fiery Ulster cleric and politician was reported to have been preaching one Sunday on the End Times – and in particular on the Day of Judgement. As he reached the climax of his address he said that on the Day of Judgement “there would…
Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-end John 10:11-18 Well it’s hotting up. The General Election is round the corner, and most of us are feeling a mixture of battered and bewildered by the barrage of promises, the endless stream of claim and counter claim. Those of us who aren’t economists really have little idea what pledges…
Luke 2:22-40 Is there anyone who hasn’t opened a birthday or Christmas present and hasn’t had a moment of disappointment when it wasn’t quite what you thought it would be? The story is told of the nine year old boy who one day saw what seemed like the perfect birthday present for his mother. He…
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