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Month: February 2010

The end is not nigh

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 28, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity
Sign saying the end of the world will be on May 21, 2011

Tsunamis, snowstorms, earthquakes — is God withdrawing His restraining hand and allowing the earth to be engulfed in chaos? There are a couple of considerations here: God has removed restraint upon people, and the end […]

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Hellyer Picnic

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 28, 2010
  • family
  • Gallery

Photos taken by Andrea Irvine. Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin.  

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I don’t geddit

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 26, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

I am finding my ‘verse of the week’ (2 Peter 3:9) to be difficult to memorize because its implications distract me from trying to rote-learn it. If God doesn’t wish for anyone to perish but […]

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Weeding vs Roundup

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 22, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

I have some weedkiller in my garden shed. I don’t like using the stuff but we have ivy and blackberry growing wild which are almost impossible to control aside from a targeted spray with Roundup. […]

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Glimpsing God

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 21, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

My memory verse for this week is Exodus 34:6 in which God reveals Himself to Moses. The other day I was reading Mark 6:48-50 (Jesus walking on water) and the ESV Study Bible note for […]

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A righteous sinner

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 19, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

I read something encouraging and thought-provoking this morning written by Sinclair Ferguson in his book ‘In Christ Alone‘: Christ died our death, and now in His resurrection He continues to wear our nature forever, and […]

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Hope in the Lord from this time forth

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 16, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

Recently I have been considering Psalm 131 and the ideal of having a quiet and calm soul in God’s presence. This has been on my mind as I observe within myself how fragmented and distracted […]

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Prayerlessness and social media

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 13, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Everyday Life

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. John Piper 2:02 PM Oct 20th, 2009 My response to […]

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A weaned child

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on February 12, 2010August 29, 2018
  • Christianity

Do you ever miss the irresponsibility of childhood? When your needs were met by parents and you just got on with living rather than worrying. In my previous post I cited  Psalm 131 as an […]

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