Laura Allen

“Nobody Told Me”

You cannot plead, “nobody told me”, when the very universe tells you each and every day of your life. So, listen to what creation, God’s Word and your own heart all tell you.

Laura Allen

Spiritual Growth

Shut In

It’s funny how a familiar character in the Bible can suddenly take on new significance through a change in circumstances.

Laura Allen

Gospel

Forgiveness Without Repentance?

Even if you loathe reality TV as heartily as I do, you will have struggled not to notice the many headlines surrounding this year’s “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here”.

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Purpose

Going For Gold

The Christian life is often compared to the Olympics in the Bible.

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Service

Saved to Serve

Last year I lost my grandfather. He often declared himself ‘saved to serve.’

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Culture & Modern Life

The Age of Influence

In this age of influence will it be the stars of social media who dictate the direction of your life, or will you turn your attention to Jesus Christ?

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The Pull of Perfection

The pull of perfection and of ticking off outward achievements is something I suspect I’ll struggle with my whole life. However, I was encouraged when I looked up an old verse from Psalm 138.

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Spiritual Growth

Please Mind The Gap

At the same time as living in the good of my new self in Christ, I need to remember I still have a fleshly heart that regularly needs its corrupt thoughts and deceitful desires put off.

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Too Many At The Top

We have allowed so many people or things to get to the top spot in life where Christ alone should be.

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The Paradox of Parenting

Three months of total lockdown with my children in the spring of 2020 provoked much reflection on parenting.

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Choices

In a year when so many other choices have been taken from us, we still have the opportunity every single day to choose to serve God and place all our choices in His hands.

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Sitcom Syndrome

TV programmes are written by lost men and women, so it should be no surprise they believe we, as humans, can fill a void that, in reality, only God can fill.

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Do Any Lives Matter?

If we're all here because of a cosmic accident then your life doesn’t matter – no lives matter, because we are all only matter.

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This is the Day

‘This is not the day I needed today’, my inner monologue raged ... and then a still small voice said, ‘but this is the day God’s given you, this is the day.’

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No Safe Place

When explosions began raining down on the capital Kyiv, one of the BBC’s correspondents wrote, “there is no safe place in Ukraine any more”.

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Where Is Our Empathy?

History has shown that it blows whichever way the wind does – always fleeting, insubstantial and inconsistent.

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All The Way: A Lesson In God’s Faithfulness

Thankfully, alongside the dark thread of my failures I see the golden one of God’s faithfulness.

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What Is That To You: The Comparison Curse

“If God won’t change my situation or my “self” how then do I rectify this problem of comparison?

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A Victim Of The Herd?

Along with many in the UK, I waited with intrigue for Boris Johnson’s official resignation speech.

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The Lost Art of Self-Control

“The Queen’s refusal to reveal too much and, instead, to consistently keep her temper and her counsel . . . makes her stand out rather than blend in.”

Laura Allen

Topics

Series

Authors

“Nobody Told Me”

Shut In

Forgiveness Without Repentance?

Going For Gold

Saved to Serve

The Age of Influence

The Pull of Perfection

Please Mind The Gap

Too Many At The Top

The Paradox of Parenting

Choices

Sitcom Syndrome

Do Any Lives Matter?

This is the Day

No Safe Place

Where Is Our Empathy?

All The Way: A Lesson In God’s Faithfulness

What Is That To You: The Comparison Curse

A Victim Of The Herd?

The Lost Art of Self-Control