Category Archives: Ponderings

Ponderings, thoughts, ideas but not declarations of belief.

Does God ever withhold healing?

Posted on Friday 29th October 2004 by Matt Parkins

I was thinking about partial healings and I think God showed me that He doesn’t give partial healings: He only sends the complete healing – its just that we often only receive partial healing. The logic uses the same line … Continue reading →

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Is the Christian life a better life?

Posted on Saturday 31st July 2004 by Matt Parkins

Si Wilkins, when thinking about a conversation with a non-Christian, recently said “I haven’t got anything tangible to offer you. For me to say to you that Christianity has made my life better and more satisfying than yours is would … Continue reading →

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Where have all the weak preachers gone?

Posted on Thursday 29th July 2004 by Matt Parkins

I’m thinking over my whole life and over of all the preachers that I’ve listened to. The whole concept of preaching in the way that we have experienced it in the last few decades is I think, well, outmoded, or … Continue reading →

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A doer, not just a sayer

Posted on Sunday 18th July 2004 by Matt Parkins

Jo and I are still reading Pilgrim’s Progress. It gets much better as it goes along – the second half seems to have really moved up a notch into brain exercise. Christian, the pilgrim meets a man called Talkative (all … Continue reading →

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What do you do when no-one is looking

Posted on Wednesday 5th May 2004 by Matt Parkins

The classic ‘character’ questions, ones like the one above and “Is there anything you would do if it was guaranteed that no-one would find out?” are of course excellent questions that reveal the core of one’s character. They are used … Continue reading →

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