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    Rediscovering God
    LES HENSON
    • May 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Rediscovering God

    Les Henson Sometimes we go through periods in life when God seems to be far away or absent from our lives. Maybe we need to rediscover...
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    Friendship
    LES HENSON
    • May 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Friendship

    Les Henson Friendship plays a significant role in each of our lives, and the interesting thing about friends is that even if we have not...
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    Time to Reassess
    LES HENSON
    • May 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Time to Reassess

    Les Henson Over the past two hundred and fifty years or so, the church has been badly affected by the Enlightenment. It has bought into...
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    Pushing Jesus to the Margins
    LES HENSON
    • May 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Pushing Jesus to the Margins

    Les Henson It has become apparent to me over the past 26 years since coming to Australia and living permanently again in a Western...
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    God’s Eviction
    LES HENSON
    • May 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    God’s Eviction

    Les Henson Christianity in the West is in severe decline. While it is not extinct, it has become a bit player on the stage of social...
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    Life is but a Shadow (Poem)
    LES HENSON
    • May 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Life is but a Shadow (Poem)

    Les Henson Life is but a shadow Deep and dark Light and grey Falling in peculiar ways Across the landscape Of my mind Seeking the...
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    Walking the Journey of Faith but Not Alone
    LES HENSON
    • May 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    Walking the Journey of Faith but Not Alone

    Les Henson The journey of faith is often very lonely and challenging. It is difficult enough without us ever walking that journey alone....
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    The Choices We Make
    LES HENSON
    • May 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Choices We Make

    Les Henson The direction of our lives is established, in part, by the choices we make or don’t make. Do we make this choice or that...
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    Gathering and Response
    LES HENSON
    • May 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Gathering and Response

    Les Henson Nehemiah 8 – 9 outlines a significant series of events in the life of the post-exilic Jewish community soon after their return...
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    Is Our God Too Small?
    LES HENSON
    • May 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Is Our God Too Small?

    Les Henson As a young Christian in the late 1960s, I still remember reading J. B. Phillips' book, 'Your God is too Small.' The reality is...
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    An Aching Void
    LES HENSON
    • May 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    An Aching Void

    Les Henson For many people in our world, today life is an aching void. It is empty and without meaning. Despite the busyness and the...
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    Christ the Centre
    LES HENSON
    • May 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Christ the Centre

    Les Henson We cannot insist too much that the centre of the Christian faith is Christ. By Christ, we both enter into the Christian faith...
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    The Way Forward for New Believers
    LES HENSON
    • May 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Way Forward for New Believers

    LesHenson For those not raised within the confines of the church, coming to Christ can be pretty traumatic. Indeed, there is a measure of...
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    Known and Loved
    LES HENSON
    • May 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Known and Loved

    Les Henson Too often, we focus on our need to know God; however, the reality is that any knowledge of God that we have acquired or...
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    Like Jesus
    LES HENSON
    • May 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Like Jesus

    Les Henson The idea of holiness seems to be out of date in much of contemporary Western Christianity. Perhaps it's a reaction to the...
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    The Danger of Monologue
    LES HENSON
    • May 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Danger of Monologue

    Les Henson One of the dangers of communicating the Gospel of the kingdom is not merely talking too much. But also, that of engaging in a...
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    The Worship Dilemma
    LES HENSON
    • May 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Worship Dilemma

    Les Henson Many Christians people come to worship God in the wrong spirit and fail to give God the honour and respect that he demands. To...
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    Churchaholics
    LES HENSON
    • May 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Churchaholics

    Les Henson Many Christians are churchaholics, rather than disciples. Disciples are called to take up the cross daily and follow Christ....
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    The Dark Side
    LES HENSON
    • May 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Dark Side

    Les Henson We each possess a dark side, which we hide not only from ourselves. But also from those around us and those close to us. The...
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    You and I (Poem)
    LES HENSON
    • May 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    You and I (Poem)

    Les Henson I am me, and you are you. You are not me nor I you. You and I are similar yet so very different. The differences between you...
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