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Bible Seminar 2009 St Mary of the Angels

The Bible ministy in St Mary of the Angels organised a bible seminar on 24-26 July 2009 with Thomas Smith as the key speaker.

Thomas Smith uses the Bible Timeline as the reference to give us a general view of scriptures from Genesis to Revelation.

Very interesting and refreshing time during 2 days. Below is a summary of some events during these 2 days.

A personal note from me over this period ..

Let share a story with you .. for a long time, my image of God is that of a policeman. An appropriate symbol would be an all seeing, pervasive 24/7 eye. Terrifying and over the many years of my life, this has been the image and I have learned to live and put up with it.

Your talk on the merciful Father/Prodigal struck a chord within me that week and I carried the message for a while and on that following Sunday, the disciples in gospel message was asking Jesus to teach them how to pray. He told them how much more would Father give us the Holy Spirit … I cried that Sunday mass, of course in a corner where I hope nobody was looking. I cried for 2 reasons … that my all seeing policeman Father was actually the merciful Father who runs to meet his son before welcoming him home .. and for the times I was shown mercy and yet I didn’t show any mercy to my fellow human beings including myself. I was hard on myself as well. This shift is certainly a grace. 

I thank God for the insight He has shown through you. Thank you Thomas for your presence and your talks.

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