“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11) Greetings, Fighter, It’s Shepherding Sunday again this weekend – that day when we sing everybody’s favourite Psalm. Even those of us who know nothing about sheep or shepherding can manage to bleat out a verse of ”The Lord’s my shepherd”, so let’s […]
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“And the Spirit immediately drove [Jesus] out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” (Mark 1:12-13) Hi Fighter, We are now officially in the season of Lent. You’ll be forgiven if you don’t know what that means.
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“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Hi Fighter, The quote above is from Saint Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonica, but it could have been lifted from Norman Vincent Peale’s, “Power of Positive Thinking”. I find
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“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.” (Matthew 25:1-2) Hi Fighter, The Kingdom of God is a party. It’s a familiar theme in Jesus’ parables. In this case it’s a small-scale wedding reception
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“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.” (Matthew 22:2) And so begins another of Jesus’ great party parables. ‘The Kingdom of God is a party’. It’s a familiar theme. Jesus talked a lot about parties. Jesus attended a lot of parties. Jesus evidently loved
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“After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and
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“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) Hi Fighter, We begin today with some profound and surprising words from Jesus. It’s not surprising that they are profound, of course. It’s Jesus. What is surprising is that Jesus made this profound statement in dialogue with a woman
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Hi Fighter, It will be a quick one today as I’m weary after another round with the Combat Sports Authority (CSA). The CSA is the government body that oversees all combat sports, including boxing. Unfortunately, my stoush with them is a legal one. It’s over the prohibition they placed on my fight last March. In
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. Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, after another prolonged period of silence. So many things have happened since I last communicated with you. Most obviously, I spent a week in Iran, and that was an intense and wonderful experience. I must confess that I wasn’t really looking forward to that trip at all. I’d been
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G’day Fighter, If you’ve been wondering why I’ve published so few blog posts lately, I’ve been flat out putting together two big events, both of which I want to invite you too now. The Fighting for the Men of Manus fundraiser is overdue. The men of Manus Island have been treated so shamefully by this
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