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Women Who Welcomed the Birth of Jesus

Liz Curtis Higgs reminds us that God can do the impossible, as reflected in the unexpected pregnancies of two women in the original Christmas story. She explains how Jesus’ coming to Earth impacted those around Him and can impact your family this Christmas, too. Receive Liz Curtis Higgs’ book “The Women of Christmas:: Experience the…

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#97 Christmas special – your Qs about Tom‘s life and work

Tom answers listener questions about his role as Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall Oxford, his work habits and love of classical music… plus a Christmas question or two.
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The Word Made Flesh

One of the problems with Christmas is we think meaningfulness comes easily. You go to a Christmas service or even a Christmas party, and a couple of people say a couple of words. You come and you sing Christmas carols with sort of dreamy and happy faces….

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Surrender to Jesus’ Birth In and Through You (A Daily Office)

In today’s episode, we’ll discover that it’s only in silence that we learn to pay attention to what God is birthing in and through us.

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CNLP 464 | Simon MacRae and Darcy MacDonell on Launching Two Successful In-Person Businesses in a Pandemic, and Bringing Top Level Dining to a Small Market That Usually Doesn't Support It

COVID was brutal on restaurateurs, and many didn’t make it. Enter Simon MacRae and Darcy MacDonnell, who launched not one but two successful restaurants during lock down. Not only did the Common Stove and Picnic thrive, but they launched them in a small town famous for not being able to sustain fine food ventures. They…

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Family

The book of Proverbs teaches us about wisdom, and wisdom is critically important to have in our relationships. Family relationships can be especially challenging — mistakes, wrong choices, bad patterns of behavior can be absolutely devastating. We need w…

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Repairing Relationships

Let’s just say you have something to say to a friend that’s going to be hard for that person to hear but good for them. Should you tell them now or later? Should you only tell them if certain circumstances present themselves? Or should you not tell them …

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#96 Qs on Marriage – Help…I‘ve become a Christian but my partner isn‘t interested in getting married

Does the church idolise marriage? I’ve become a Christian but my partner isn’t interested in marriage – what should I do? What if I no longer respect my husband’s views? Tom takes listener questions on marriage.
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Friendship

In the Bible, wisdom is certainly not less than being moral and good — it’s much more. To be wise means that you are so in touch with reality that you know what the right thing is to do in the vast majority of the situations the moral rules don’t apply t…

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Words

Of all the things the book of Proverbs says something about, speech is at the top of the list. It has so much to teach us about how to use our tongues and about language. In short, how you speak will make or break your life. Learning to speak wisely is a…

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