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Lent — what I am doing and what I am giving up

On 26/02/2020 By balaamIn church, God, God blogs4 Comments

Giving up sarcasm for Lent 40 blogs of Lent: Day 1 Coffee It is Lent, that traditional time for giving things up. I will probably be taking up sleeping for Lent, but this is a consequence, not part of the plan. What I am doing is giving up caffeine, and as someone who drinks americano …

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Matthew’s Gospel: Temptation

On 12/03/201922/06/2019 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Matthew’s Gospel: Temptation 40 Blogs of Lent: 6 Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus is tempted by the Devil in the wilderness and overcomes his tempter during a period of fasting. The temptations are something happening during the time of fasting, everything is concurrent, it is not meant to be sequential, All of this happens, possibly more than …

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Matthew’s Gospel: John the Baptist

On 07/03/201922/06/2019 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Matthew's Gospel: John the Baptist 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 2 Matthew 3:1-12 We know more about John the Baptist from Luke's Gospel, but also from the Jewish historian Josephus, who said: [John] who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards …

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Lent, and what I’m doing with it

On 06/03/201907/02/2019 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Blogging through Lent 40 blogs of Lent: day 1 Lent comes around again, a season where people traditionally give things up, but I will be instead taking things on. Extra blogging. As I have done in the last few years I will be blogging for the 40 fast days, this year will be on parts …

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Care…

On 29/08/201824/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

…and trust My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 27 March 2013 Forty blogs of Lent Day 37 Scriptural Way of the Cross Station 12 Jesus Speaks …

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In Paradise

On 22/08/201823/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogs2 Comments

You will be with me My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. Except this one, this is the only image to have survived. This blog is from 26 March 2013 Forty …

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Lord, make me pure, but not yet

On 30/03/201817/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

40 Blogs of Lent - Day 39 Church is Holy What is church - Day 7 I appeal to you therefore,brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your …

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Hide your struggles and slap on a plastic smile

On 29/03/201820/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

40 Blogs of Lent - Day 38 Church is Community What is church - Day 6 This is Maundy Thursday, when we commemorate Jesus sharing a last Passover meal, a last community meal, with his disciples, so it may seem odd that I am talking about Ananias and Sapphira (and Barnabas) on this day. Now the …

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Good news about church

On 28/03/201819/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogs, UncategorizedLeave a comment

40 Blogs of Lent - Day 37 Church is Good News What is church - Day 5 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God …

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Searching for Jesus

On 27/03/201816/03/2018 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

40 Blogs of Lent - Day 36 Church is worship What is Church - Day 4 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose,and …

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