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Faith XXXVI May 14, 2009
Ephesians 6:16 “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”

Paul uses the equipment of a Roman soldier to describe the spiritual weapons available to believers. It is important that we understand the intent behind this analogy. Paul didn’t describe a businessperson or an accountant or a priest. He described a warrior. We need to recognise we are at war. We have an enemy. This enemy attacks us. (more)

Eyes of Wonder is another new page which tries to learn about our world through the perceptions of children.
I Said, Sing!
It seems our third child, Jared, was born talking. He could speak in sentences by the time he was 18 months old. As we drove to the store he would be seated in his car seat between his older twin brother and sister. He would pipe up from the back, ‘Let’s sing!’ Then he would start a song and expect us all to join in. More than once he started and his mother and I joined in but his sister and brother didn’t. (more)

Sound Bites are teachings for inspiration that will be updated on a weekly basis.
Pondering the Church Part 5
Paul warned the church in Philippi not to put selfish ambition first in your life. He said to think as highly of others as we think of ourselves. He did not discourage ambition; he simply focused it to proper use. Paul talks of he who desires the position of an overseer desires a good thing. (more)


Photo Gallery: Pictures of Birmingham Victoria Square.

The Father’s House Journey : Reactionary Vision
As I said in the previous article on vision, discontentment is a key to starting something new. Discontentment stirs us up to move out of our comfort zone and to risk the possibility of failure. If this state of being is left too long it can credit some negative and unhealthy attitudes. We spent a year longer than we wanted to at the home church as (more)