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Philip and God: deep wisdom for today's Christian

http://philip1.blog.co.uk

Philip, now in his 80s, looks back over a life of faith and shares what he has learnt about God as a teacher, minister and missionary.

• Added on: Sep 13th, 2008
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Philip Bell
• Listed in: Christianity
• Tags: religion life science

Recent Posts

• KEEPING CHRISTMAS

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 08:26

  When Jesus and his friends were caught in a storm on the sea of Galilee, Jesus ordered the winds and the rough sea to calm down, and they were calmed. His disciples, his friends, who were in the boat and saw it, asked themselves, "what sort of man i...

• GETTING READY FOR A VISITOR! (ADVENT 3 AND 4)

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 09:18

  Decorations to be put up, space for cards ,presents to be bought,and I must 'clear away' items in my study to make room for beds to be made so that I may accommodate family. Just as we clear the decks for our celebrations so we should also make per...

• HAIRY ANGEL? - ADVENT 2: JOHN THE BAPTIST

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 10:28

  I'm Gill, Philip's moderator and co-author, and he's asked me to post something for Advent 2, when we celebrate John the Baptist - one of my favourite stories. He was a fearless man with a burning message and he suffered for it - but his legacy is e...

• THE MEANING OF ADVENT

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 11:46

  The meaning of advent All the major Christian denominations celebrate the season of Advent, which always covers the four Sundays before Christmas Day. No doubt we all know that advent means COMING. So the season of Advent is all about the comi...

• MY FATHER AND HIS GIFT OF HEALING

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 12:47

  HOW MY FATHER DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A GIFT OF HEALING. When my father, the Rev Edgar Bell, was a young Vicar the clergy of his area held a monthly meeting called "The way of renewal". This was a monthly study course to help local clergy bring fre...

• THE POOR DO: final part

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 13:22

  Jesus invites us to live simply Surely poverty isn’t good. In fact the church has committed itself to trying to end poverty. So I always used to puzzle as to why Jesus said “Blessed are the poor.” Now I begin to understand. St Matthew’...

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Gill Stanning

As someone who is going forward for ordination in 2010, I really enjoyed reading your comments. Thank you.

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