Paul Coulter
New treasures (Matthew 13:52)
And He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out...
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Paul Coulter
- Jan 18, 2016
- 2 min
New Series: The renewal of all things
I think this series was inspired by thinking about the New Year, although I realise that by the time the first instalment is posted more...
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Paul Coulter
- Dec 18, 2015
- 2 min
God's greatest gift: 4. Simeon – the gift of a lifetime (Luke 2:25-35)
Few gifts really change your life. Advertisers aim to convince you that the thing they want to sell is something you want. The best...
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Paul Coulter
- Dec 11, 2015
- 2 min
God's greatest gift: 3. Herod – the unwanted gift (Matthew 2:1-8)
You’ve probably experienced the scenario of the unwanted Christmas present. The sinking feeling and feigned gratitude as the paper falls...
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Paul Coulter
- Dec 4, 2015
- 2 min
God's greatest gift: 2. Mary – the well wrapped gift (Luke 1:26-56; 2:6-7)
There is an art to wrapping Christmas presents and I don’t have it! My wife does. What she can do with a sheet of paper, a ribbon and a...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 27, 2015
- 2 min
God's greatest gift: 1. Joseph – the delivery man (Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-15,19-23)
In the nativity plays Joseph is often a bit of an ‘extra’ – it’s not quite clear what he’s for. Admittedly, he didn’t have a part...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 27, 2015
- 2 min
New Series: God’s greatest gift – Introduction
It’s not even December and I can’t escape the constant chitter chatter about what to get for Christmas. My children are running around...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 20, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 19 – The God who speaks in silence and words
Silence and speech; emptiness and meaning. These may seem like opposites, but Psalm 19 suggests otherwise. In this psalm, one of the...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 13, 2015
- 4 min
Psalm 16 – Threefold delight
Contentment is a rare quality. Personally speaking, I struggle a lot with restlessness – a feeling that I’ve not yet settled down and...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 6, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 13 – Frustration, fear and faith
The psalms are chronicles of the human heart. They express the movements of emotion that typify the human experience as the writers pour...
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Paul Coulter
- Oct 30, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 9 – Would the real God please stand up?
The concept of the ‘god complex’ was first described by British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones. He argued that some people had such an...
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Paul Coulter
- Oct 22, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 8 – Humankind: puny yet majestic
Human beings occupy an interesting place in the universal scale of size. We sit somewhere in the middle of the range of organisms we can...
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Paul Coulter
- Oct 8, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 2 – Refuge in the eye of the storm
The second psalm contrasts with the first in that it expands the horizon way beyond the contrast between individuals that Psalm 1...
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Paul Coulter
- Oct 1, 2015
- 3 min
Psalm 1 – The virtue of going nowhere
Permanence is undervalued in our culture. Move with the times, change with the seasons, go with the flow are the themes of this age. ...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 24, 2015
- 2 min
Songs of faith – introduction
This week’s blog post is later in the day than normal and will be fairly brief. It starts a new series in which I’m planning to look at...
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