Paul the apostle
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Praying ‘without ceasing’
In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, the apostle Paul instructs Christians to ‘pray without ceasing’. How should we interpret this? It’s obviously not a literal instruction, as it would be impossible for anyone to pray all day every day. In Matthew 6, Jesus says the following: “This, then is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, Continue reading
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Predestination
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as Continue reading
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How to Begin a Letter
There’s a Christian bookstore a couple of miles away from where I live in South London. The lady who runs the store is a little… eccentric (so I feel right at home when I visit 🙃). When I was a new Christian, I went into the bookstore to enquire about Bible versions and see what Continue reading
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