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Lew Slade
Contributing sermons since Feb 15, 2007
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Always Open!
Contributed on Dec 22, 2008
What does it mean for us that the "Stone was rolled away"?
Always Open Have you ever set out on a journey not knowing what was in store? I remember when I was very young our family would catch a bus each year for our summer holiday. I had no idea where we were going or what it would be like when we got there. I suspect that some of the younger ones here ...read more
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How Do I Measure Up?
Contributed on Dec 22, 2008
Is it really the good works of the "sheep" that will secure their salvation?
How do I measure up? I don’t think I can be accused of exaggerating if I say that this is one of the most difficult passages of scripture in the entire Bible (Matthew 25: 31-46). It’s what teenagers today might call “in your face”. It confronts and challenges us at the very core of our being; ...read more
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Life Isn't Fair!
Contributed on Dec 22, 2008
If God is just why is life so unfair?
Life isn’t fair? “Life isn’t fair!” How often have you heard those words spoken? We read ‘unfair’ news stories everyday. Widows and pensioners defrauded of their life savings; young women attacked and raped; young men killed or maimed in car accidents; refugees from yet another war in Africa ...read more
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Action And Reaction
Contributed on Dec 22, 2008
Why is it that we so often look for the negative in situations and fall back on fault-finding and grumbling?
Action and Reaction I am not a scientist by any stretch of the imagination but I have, for some unknown reason, always remembered since my school-going days Sir Isaacs Newton’s third law of motion. I know that all of you are thoroughly familiar with it – but just in case you’ve momentarily ...read more
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A "Why's" Man
Contributed on Dec 22, 2008
What can we learn from Joseph’s response to the angel’s message?
A “Why’s” man I wonder how many of you would hazard a guess as to which word I find the most troublesome in the English language? Despite its diminutive size it’s a word that has plagued me most of my life. It’s the word ‘why?’ Any of you who have ever been parents have, I’m sure, wished on ...read more