Ready for Battle!
The spiritual war is not a crusade. We just have to hold the line. We just have to survive!
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
Flesh and Blood!
If Christ is truly incarnated in this world through our flesh and blood, justice and peace will ultimately triumph.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
A people after God’s own heart
“O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”” (2 Samuel 18:33b) The words of David, the king, grieving over the death of his son, Absalom. No parent wants to lose their child. For David, the pain ran especially deep as he knew
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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You are the man!
Even good people make terrible mistakes and do terrible things. Great people recognise their mistakes and try to deal with the consequences.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
Skin in the Game
“In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. ” (2 Samuel 11:1) Thus begins the fall of King David – the ‘man after God’s own heart’. If you’re
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
The Fire of TRUTH
I think we’ve all felt the burn of the fire. It’s the fire of truth, welling up within us. The fight must go on, and the fire of truth must continue to burn.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
When I grow up …
Biblical superheroes are distinctive. I grew up wanting to be Batman. Do any of us grow up wanting to be John the Baptist?
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
Jesus Fails?!
[Jesus] could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
Prayers answered. Julian is home!
“Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Live without Fear!
“O ye of little faith”, Jesus says to His disciples when they shake with fear. We normally think of doubt as the opposite of faith, but Jesus’ words suggest that for Him the opposite of faith was fear, and that if you genuinely have faith, you won’t be afraid of anything. Is it really possible to live without fear and, if it is possible, do we really want to live that way? Doesn’t fear play a positive role in keeping us safe? Think this through with me.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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