Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 51 Q & A 106 Q What do we pray for in the sixth petition? A In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin,*1 or support and …

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I wrote this article for publication in Mount Gambier’s local paper, The Border Watch last Friday. Recently our town council has purchased the derelict site of our former hospital, now vacant for some fifteen years. Tours around the grounds were recently conducted to enable locals to refamiliarise themselves with the precinct. Having only lived in …

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Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 49 Q & A 104 Q What do we pray for in the fourth petition? A In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, …

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The Christian life is not learning how to cope better. It’s learning to realise you can’t cope through your own resources more and more quickly. Which takes a life-time. From Michael Kelly: Ah, the theological platitudes of Hallmark Christianity. Statements like these are quoted so often that they’re generally regarded as biblical truth: God helps …

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