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I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.

Telling God stories—Psalm 26

On 01/05/202303/05/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are primarily personal songs, so I will look at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of Psalms. I loved the book "The Singer" by Calvin Miller, but I …

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Hope, riches, power and glory—Ephesians 1:16-23

On 28/04/202319/04/2023 By balaamIn God2 Comments

The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. The letter to the Ephesians is …

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Is God the strength of those who reject him?—Psalm 28

On 24/04/202315/05/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are primarily personal songs, so I will look at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of Psalms. I like David. Not because of his adultery and murder, but …

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The gift of empathy—Philemon 4-7

On 21/04/202314/04/2023 By balaamIn Autism, GodLeave a comment

The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. 4 I thank my God always when …

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In the land of the living—Psalm 27

On 17/04/202303/05/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are primarily personal songs, so I will look at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of Psalms. I'm back at looking at the psalms after a break for …

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Prayer starts here—Colossians 4:2-4

On 14/04/202316/04/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. Morning prayer by Library of Congress …

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Wet naked people

On 09/04/202306/04/2023 By balaamIn God4 Comments

Easter Sunday 2023 If you have seen the title and are looking for porn, I apologise for disappointing you. The title is about the practice in early Christianity to baptise people on Easter Sunday when those baptisms would have been done naked. After the baptism, they would be given white baptismal robes to wear, not …

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The day God was dead

On 08/04/202305/04/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Black Saturday You can always tell if a Christian feast is important, not by how we all agree with what to call it, but by how we disagree. Some feasts are so full of meaning that one name is not enough to describe what happened. or in the case of this day, one name is …

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God hates

On 05/04/202304/04/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

The practical awe of God When deciding what to write during Lent I forgot about the panic of seeing an empty page. On 1st January this year, I said I wanted to regain my awe of God. Then thinking about Lent I wanted to build on the idea that God's gifts are practical, The Holy …

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Exile—Habakkuk 3

On 03/04/202331/03/2023 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Psalms not in the psalter Habakkuk Chapter 3 Looking back just over a year ago to February 2022. The news was full of Russian troops gathering in Belarus near the border with Ukraine. Many people are afraid that the Russians will take the opportunity of the Winter Olympics, which are being held in Beijing, China …

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