Tag: christian
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Why we need to remember
“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.” (Isiah 46:9) ‘Remember’ is a word that can be overused and lacking meaning in society, especially amongst Christians. Yet, it is an edict that appears 130 times in the OT and…
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Kenya – the Last few Days
Time flies, no matter what you are doing. I cannot believe that I am have come to the end of my time in Kenya. As a trip, it has been inspiring, frustrating, challenging, hard, wonderful, depressing and joyful. For all that I have experienced I am thankful to God; From the people I have interacted…
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Kenya Update
It’s Friday and I do not know where the week has went. Since landing on Sunday on the Tarmac in Nairobi it has been none stop, I am now settled into the beautiful Anglican Hotel in Kaijado which is nicer that some hotels I have stayed in in Belfast. Something that has been both a…
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Christ Above All
7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be…
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Hopes Mission: Grace Lived out
A reflection on one of my favourite passages in the bible; Ephesians 2:4-3:13 Introduction Here we are in 2016; a new year and season: With new challenges and opportunities and thankfully the same God. When I think back over the last year on my terms so much has happened that I would not even…
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Advent – The season of Hope
Reflections on Advent I must admit having been brought up in the Anglican church in Ireland, I have never paid much attention to the church year, I have never seen the relevance for St Days, or Holy Days beyond the realms of Christmas and Easter; which allowed us to celebrate things central to human salvation.…
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Atr Irwin 