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Romantic Comparisons and the Gospel of Christ

July 3, 2023 by Martin Slack

Mount Comparison

April 24, 2023 by Martin Slack

A Giant of Comparisons

March 20, 2023 by Martin Slack

Beastly Comparison

January 31, 2023 by Martin Slack

'To Whom Will You Compare Me?'

January 24, 2023 by Martin Slack

Comparing Your Way to Humility

January 16, 2023 by Martin Slack

The Incomparable God

January 16, 2023 by Martin Slack

Tears in the Desert

December 6, 2022 by Martin Slack

Advent - Second Time Around

December 2, 2022 by Martin Slack

Idols and Limping Between the Two

November 25, 2022 by Martin Slack

Peter's Sword

November 8, 2022 by Martin Slack

Sloth and the Middle Period

November 1, 2022 by Martin Slack

Sloth and the Workaholic

October 24, 2022 by Martin Slack

Sunday 15th March - When you find yourself in an epidemic

March 15, 2020 by Martin Slack

The Cost of Doing the Right Thing

November 8, 2019 by Martin Slack

The Gospel and Physical Beauty

October 11, 2019 by Martin Slack

Mount Comparison

April 24, 2023 by Martin Slack | Category: Blog

The contest on Carmel, in 1 Kings 18, between the prophet Elijah and the prophets of Baal is an epic, even by Biblical standards. At its heart is a call to the people of Israel to compare. To compare between YHWH and Baal, and stop 'limping' between the two: "If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, then follow him" (v21). As I've previously written, it was not...

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