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The Year of Paul, 29 June 2008-2009

Ministries Charisms Fruits

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Godzdogz celebrated the Year of Saint Paul in a number of ways. There was a post to introduce the year

People can often be put off Christianity by a perception that it makes moral demands on its followers which it

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength - St. Francis de Sales Gentleness is not often

The seventh fruit of the Holy Spirit that St Paul identifies is faithfulness. Faithfulness is at the very heart

St. Paul puts goodness, or, as some translations have it, generosity, fifth in his lists of the fruits of the

Sometimes you’ll hear things said like “I don’t need to be a Christian to be a kind and decent person.”

Listed among the fruits of the Holy Spirit by St Paul in the letter to the Galatians is patience. Reflecting

"Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit" (John 15:5), and one of those fruits, which

Joy comes second in St Paul’s list of the ninefold fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22). And, indeed, joy should

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;

Our last post spoke of the gift of tongues as a charismatic gift, which manifested itself in the early Church

The gift of tongues is a supernatural gift that was given for the aid of the further preaching of the

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