Pause for Thought – 30 October 2020
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Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 78 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 Driving in Florence turned out to be a little traumatic. We’d taken the Eurostar to Paris, dined well, and caught the overnight sleeper to Florence. Sleeper was a little bit too optimistic a description for that experience. We were frightened of oversleeping and ending up in Rome,…
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-72 Timothy 2:8-15 I have a question to ask you: How are you feeling about the world and our country right now? Unhappy? Uncomfortable? Unclear what is happening? We’re less than three weeks from potentially leaving the EU. But will it happen on 31 October? Will it ever happen? And if it does,…
Luke 10:30-37 John 8:31-38 Galatians 5:1, 13-21 “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” And the same applies to the word ‘freedom’. Whenever we start talking about ‘freedom’ we very soon realise that we may…
John 20:1-18 Interviewer: The recent rumours which have come out of Jerusalem have shocked the world and we on this programme have had our correspondents as close as possible to the action. We have been able to track down the one person who above all others is probably closest to Jesus the Nazarene, who was…
Isaiah 35:1-10 Do you have a minute, Lord? I’m sorry to trouble you, but I’m a bit confused and bothered by what Isaiah had to say. I’m not quite sure what he was getting at. You see, deserts don’t blossom, and the crocuses aren’t out yet, even with the mess we’re making of your climate….