Category Archives: God

‘Remember in the darkness what you knew in the light.’

Posted on April 29, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Many of us have had the experience of waking up in the early hours of the morning and finding ourselves overwhelmed with fear and negative thoughts. Those early hours are when our natural rhythms are at their lowest point in … Continue reading →

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Even though we can’t see God

Posted on April 29, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

I think many people dismiss the idea of God because of the Sunday school type language that believers often use, which, though appropriate for six year olds, is totally unconvincing to people who’ve grown up in a scientific age, presenting … Continue reading →

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God’s blank cheque

Posted on April 26, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

The Gospels records how Jesus’ ministry was characterised by crowds of people, who came to him to be healed. Amongst them were two blind men. He asked them if they believed he could do this, and they said yes. Then … Continue reading →

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Forgiven, Forgotten Forever

Posted on April 18, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

There was once a celebrated court case in which the wife of a Scottish doctor examined his financial records after his death and found that a number of accounts were crossed through with a notation: “debt forgiven–too poor to pay.” … Continue reading →

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Strong but gentle

Posted on March 23, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

An editorial in the prestigious Wall Street Journal said: ‘People want to be lightly governed by strong governments.’ I suppose that’s what most of us have wanted since childhood. We wanted our dad to be big and strong and able … Continue reading →

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Life, hope and God come to us in the form of people.

Posted on March 23, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

A teacher, whose job was to visit children in a city hospital, was assigned to a boy who had been badly burned. The child was in so much pain that he barely responded, and the teacher felt ashamed at putting … Continue reading →

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Faith is not about everything turning out OK.

Posted on March 23, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

One of the best loved chapters of the Bible comes from the book of Hebrews, and is all about the triumphs of people who lived a life of faith. It gives an extensive list of names of the great heroes … Continue reading →

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Beware of the barrenness of a busy life

Posted on March 16, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Karl Jung, one of the fathers of modern psychology, once said: ‘Busyness is not of the devil, it is the devil.’ The older I get and the more I reflect on life the more I tend to agree with him. … Continue reading →

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Don’t argue, just try it

Posted on March 16, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Josh McDowell says that people often refuse to believe that which they don’t want to believe in spite of evidence to the contrary. When the first Europeans settled in Australia they found a mammal which laid eggs, spent some time … Continue reading →

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If you really exist, let me know

Posted on March 16, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

I got an email recently from a person I hadn’t seen for thirty years. I first met her when she was quietly going mad because of loneliness, separated from everyone she knew. We became good friends; but the one thing … Continue reading →

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