Never give up HOPE
tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Not Of This World
If the world had taken the Feast of Christ is King more seriously in 1925, we might have avoided the Second World War. If we could grasp the message now, we may yet avoid a third.
About Father Dave Smith
Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
Bargaining with God
“She made this vow: “O LORD of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink
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Pushing the Envelope
In the history of the church there has, of course, been no shortage of saints who have been extremists of one form or another. The greater mystery is how these communities of radical extremists ever devolved into the sort of spiritualised golf clubs that we are more familiar with today.
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Jesus’ Greatest Miracle?
People think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Everything Will Be OK in the End
All will be well in the end. As it was for Job, so will it be for the people of Gaza and Lebanon, and so will it be for us all. This is our faith. This is the Gospel of the Lord.
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Teeth Still Gnashing!
“Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.” (Job 38:1-4) Hi
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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The Almighty has terrified me!
We struggle. We search for answers. We do not find them easily, and yet, along with our brother, Job, ‘we are not silenced by the darkness
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Is the universe a friendly place?
In 1945 Albert Einstein wrote, “I think the most important question facing humanity is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’” This is really the same question Job was asking 2,500 years earlier.
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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Should we have Mercy on the Merciless?
there is nothing that God considers more terrible than the abuse of vulnerable people
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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four
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