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Resilient Disciples by Rick Hill

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  RESILIENT DISCIPLES by Rick Hill 10 July 2025 I succumbed to the temptation and bought Rick Hill's book Resilient Disciples at  @keswickportstewart  this week. The introduction has already sucked me in and I am so looking forward to reading the book now. In his Introduction to Resilient Disciples, Rick Hill describes a forest where the trees had been cut down purposely and those beside these same trees had fallen down of their own accord. Do these represent followers of Jesus whose faith once flourished but has now fallen? Or perhaps it represents those whose faith weakens in testing or trial. Rick quotes some amazing statistics - two thirds of 18 to 29 years olds who grew up and were active in the church as a child or a teen have withdrawn from church involvement as an adult. These statistics apply to USA but they could easily be ours. There has been a shift in our culture and that has left some exposed, isolated and unable to stand strong. There are those who choose c...
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He is Altogether Lovely by Roger Ellsworth

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HE IS ALTOGETHER LOVELY Discovering Christ in The Song of Solomon by Roger Ellsworth "Song of Solomon is a book in the Old Testament of the bible. Roger Ellsworth follows a long line of teachers who have expounded this most beautiful of songs in such a way as to show the love that exists between the Lord and his people. Luther lectured on the Song showing how Solomon speaks for all his people who are the bride of the Lord. The Puritans found great spiritual benefit from it. In the foreword to George Burrowes' commentary on the Song of Songs, Dr Lloyd -Jones commends among other things the way in which the author helps Christians to appreciate the Song's spiritual treasures. Spurgeon loved to preach Christ from this book and Hudson Taylor's little study Union and Communion has become something of a classic." These are the opening words in the Foreword to He is Altogether Lovely by Roger Ellsworth with the subtitle - Discovering Christ in The Song of Solomon. When I...
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