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Our great responsibility

I want you to imagine that you are trapped in Syria, near the border with Iran. You are constantly under threat and your family lives in fear of their lives. Every day they wake up knowing that today could be their last. BUT You know that in a friends house there is a basement and […]

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Why we reach out

DRAFT – still being edited   I sometimes hear “I don’t believe in God” in conversation >>> So I ask a question <ppt>“OK, What kind of God don’t you believe in?” Describe him for me It’s not a trick question because if I can understand what someone doesn’t believe in we have a good chance […]

Mao’s Great Famine – a harrowing read

It’s not every day that you come across a book which is truly harrowing but here you have one. It is the unvarnished story of a leader and his nation. In my work as a Baptist Minister I am expected to be an inspirational leader, to cast a compelling vision and set strategies that will […]