Joel Hawthorne

What Kind of Freedom?

Freedom. We all know what the word means, but, until the beginning of 2020, many of us hadn’t realised how truly precious freedom is.

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Daniel : A Tale of Two Cities

Daniel lived in the same world we live in. Yes, it was 2,500 years ago. But Daniel’s challenges are our challenges.

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Daniel : Convictions and Choices

Like all of the captives the Babylonians brought back from their conquered lands, Daniel was re-educated with the aim of changing his way of thinking.

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Daniel : Dreams and Prayers

God doesn’t just want us to listen to Him, He wants to listen to us

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Daniel : Idols and Furnaces

Amid the scorn and ridicule of the world, we can stand with our heads held high. We serve the greatest power that ever was or ever will be.

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Daniel : Kings and Beasts

Everyone knows the old adage, “pride comes before a fall”. The saying originates in the Proverbs but nowhere is it more dramatically and thoroughly played out than in Daniel chapter 4.

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Short Articles

Choose For Yourselves This Day

It has been one of their most bitter and vicious political contests in recent memory.

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Daniel : Parties and Courtrooms

“There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”, declared the sign on the side of the bus. The audacity of the statement blew me away.

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Daniel : Laws and Lawbreakers

Laws, therefore, can be good or evil. Morality, on the other hand, is God’s law – it is decreed by Him and finds its basis in His character. It is always good. Laws may change, morality does not.

Joel Hawthorne