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November 2011

All things to all men

When we hear the phrase we think of two-faced gossips, slick marketing men or political spin doctors.  Actually Paul is speaking about a ministry philosophy of deep integrity.  He’s talking about a flexibility that seeks to honour something far deeper than cultural expressions. In 1 Corinthians 9 the Apostle is laying bare his modus operandi.  He is [...]

The time is short

“I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.”  So said French mathematician and Christian thinker Blaise Pascal.  Therefore, said Pascal, we fill our lives with diversions so that we might distract ourselves from “our feeble and mortal condition.” In other [...]