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Being truly rich
The Sunday Times Rich List profiles the richest individuals and families in Britain. There are 171 billionaires in Britain, which has more billionaires per head of population than almost any other country in the world. The wealth of the richest person is £35 billion. The top 50 individuals and families together hold a combined wealth…
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Remembering Eric Liddell
This year is the centenary of Eric Liddell’s success at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric’s story was told in the Oscar-winning film “Chariots of Fire.” He was born in Tientsin in northern China where his parents were missionaries with the London Missionary Society. In 1923 Eric gave up rugby to concentrate on athletics in…
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Our life is precious
Death is in the news as a few well-known people are promoting a campaign for the UK Parliament to legislate to make physician assisted dying legal for people suffering from a terminal illness. The petition states that “terminally ill people who are mentally sound and near the end of their lives should not suffer unbearably…
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He’s real and he’s there
The Bible teaches that being rich can be a hindrance to knowing God and becoming a disciple of Jesus. But it is possible to be very rich and to put God first. Scottie Scheffler is a very successful golfer who has just won The Masters golf tournament, which is one of the 4 annual major…
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Be still
No other generation has been bombarded by words, both spoken and written, as we are today. Newspapers and magazines provide news and comment on current events. Television 24-hour news channels communicate information from around the world. Chat shows and phone-in programmes offer the opportunity for people to express their views. Social networking enables millions of…
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An amazing rescue
Tony Bullimore was a millionaire British businessman and international yachtsman. In November 1996 he set off from France in his yacht Exide Challenger in the non-stop Vendée Globe round-the-world yacht race. The route took competitors southwards to South Africa and eastwards into the Southern Ocean towards Australia. In January 1997 his yacht, and the yachts…
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The Lord is risen!
The wonderful message of Easter is “The Lord is risen!” After the crucifixion of Jesus, his disciples were devastated and despondent. The Lord whom they loved, and in whom all their hopes were centred, had died in the most terrible way. Early in the morning on the third day after Jesus died, Mary Magdalene went…
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The Prince of Peace
Easter reminds us of the climactic events of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. When the Gospel writers wrote their biographies of Jesus all of them focused most on the last week of his life. That week began with his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem when the crowds proclaimed him as their Messiah King.…
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God is light and gives life
Spring is a time of light and life. The days are lengthening, and the clocks will soon change. It is good to have the lighter mornings and soon the longer summer evenings will be with us. Many of us have found the wet and dark days of winter difficult even if we don’t suffer from…
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A mother’s love
Many people around the world have celebrated Mother’s Day. Children and families took time to remember their mother and to thank them for their love and care. The Bible tells us the first woman was called Eve, which means ‘life’, “because she would become the mother of all the living.” Every person born into this…