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Alan Burns

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Emmanual - God is with us
« on: December 27, 2020, 01:38:38 PM »
Amid all the turmoil, stress, pain and unfathomable mysteries in this world we live in, I wake up each morning with the joy of knowing that God is with us -  in the profound words of John's gospel,

"In the beginning was the Word ....  The Word became flesh and lived among us."

This is the essential message of Christmas, a truly great reason to rejoice!
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The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton

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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2020, 08:16:30 PM »
Amen. "The Light shines in the darkness; but the darkness can never put it out"!
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"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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Re: Emmanual - God is with us
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2021, 10:02:11 PM »
Again, amen.

All the forces of darkness cannot destroy what Yahuah has ordained ~ Isaiah 14:27
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Re: Emmanual - God is with us
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2021, 08:12:39 PM »
Amen from me too. I am so grateful for His continued presence.
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Alan Burns

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Re: Emmanual - God is with us
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2021, 10:15:04 AM »
Just attended a truly awesome candlelit advent service held in our local church just before sunrise.  A wonderful reminder of Christ being the light of the world, and anticipation of the second coming.
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The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton

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Re: Emmanual - God is with us
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2021, 10:31:01 AM »
 Yes and Amen!
I'm gradually going through the various paraphrases available, and 'The Message' still nails the Message.


Light conquers all.
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Re: Emmanual - God is with us
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2022, 10:48:08 PM »
A wonderful rendition of my favourite advent hymn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYSB4CpoWdg
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The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton
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