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Desmond Ford

February 2, 1929 – March 11, 2019

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    “Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.” (Job 5:2).

    May 31, 2016

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    Proverbs are the considered reflections of individuals who have been around for a while and know a thing or two about how things go in the world. This wise observer sees that resentment and envy have a negative effect on persons in whom they are nurtured.  Harsh and un...

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    "Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife"(Proverbs 17:1).

    May 30, 2016

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    The truth of this proverb is well known but little heeded. In developed society we are bombarded with a thousand messages a day, that our life would be so much better if we had a better house, a more modern car, if we owned a motor home, if we had designer clothes, if...

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    “And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.” (Nehemiah 2:8).

    May 29, 2016

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    This is Nehemiah’s interpretation of events that unfolded in the court of the Persian king. Events which led to his return to rebuild the ruined city of Jerusalem. It is a statement of faith. That is to say the events were open to another interpretation. They might hav...

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    “ . . .And the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord”(Ezra 1:5).

    May 28, 2016

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    Do men and women have access to any spiritual resources outside of themselves?  When a man must make a choice between a value, the sole beneficiary of which is himself, and an alternative good with the potential to bless hundreds, does the universe give a damn?   If th...

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    “Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols.” (2 Kings 17:40).

    May 27, 2016

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    A sad commentary on the spiritual health of Israel during a long period of religious compromise!  It is easy to read the story of Israel with a holier-than-thou mindset; tut-tutting about their obtuse and stiff-necked ways. But this Scripture should disturb us too. It...

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    “They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless.” (2 Kings 17:15)

    May 26, 2016

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    We humans have a remarkable propensity to put ourselves at the disposal of a perceived ultimate value. This explains persons who tie themselves to trees in the forest to prevent logging, those who spend all their means and energy on their motor car, others who give the...

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    "The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied" (Proverbs 13:4).

    May 25, 2016

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    It sounds similar to the folk wisdom, 'The harder I worked, the luckier I got.'  Yes, but this says more. It observes that deep satisfactions come to those who apply use mind and body to create, to achieve something; those who take responsibility seriously. On the othe...

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    "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal . . ." (Proverbs 12:10).

    May 24, 2016

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    We usually associate righteousness with the conduct of relationships between persons within society.  By making our treatment of animals part of the content of good human behaviour, the Bible takes the idea of righteousness and of morality to unexpected heights. Our an...

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    "One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty" (Proverbs 11:24).

    May 23, 2016

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    My mother used to say: 'What goes around comes around." She said this in order to discourage me from rash acts of reprisal against ill-manners or unfairness. She believed that meanness had a way of coming back on the heads of the mean.  I think there's some truth in wh...

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    "Now we see but a poor reflection; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12)

    May 22, 2016

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    People of faith ought not hold their opinions too strongly. At best, their knowledge is partial. Their apprehension of reality and of God himself is sketchy.  There is an element of 'not knowing' in faith, and it need not be despised. It enables Christians to take thei...

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    "Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10).

    August 1, 2018

    "Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'" (John 12:23).

    July 31, 2018

    "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials" (1 Peter 1:6).

    July 30, 2018

    " . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can nev...

    July 29, 2018

    "Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow late...

    July 28, 2018

    "Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and g...

    July 27, 2018

    "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" (John 14:3).

    July 26, 2018

    "It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have pr...

    July 25, 2018

    "If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

    July 24, 2018

    "Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good" (1...

    July 23, 2018

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    This testimonial comments on God’s faithfulness to his people, Israel during a period of its history marked by serial apostasy and idolatry.  God’s de...

    “But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day h...

    June 16, 2016

    Yes, WE TOO. That is to say, even the lawful, moral and devout ought not believe in their own decency and piety. They ought not do so because it is fa...

    " . . .So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law" (Galatians 2:1...

    March 27, 2016

    This is not a maxim which should be used say, by an investor in the stock market, as an insurance to guarantee profits. It is not a promise of short t...

    "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously" (2 Corinthians 9:6).

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