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299 My Story Talk 12 Brasenose College Oxford Part 3
My Story Talk 12 Brasenose College Oxford 1959-62 (Part 3) Welcome to Talk 12 in our series where I am reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. This is now the third talk about the years I spent at Oxford. So far we have talked about life at Oxford, its academic programme, and…
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298 My Story Talk 11 Brasenose College Oxford Part 2
My Story Talk 11 Brasenose College, Oxford (1959-1962) Part 2 Welcome to Talk 11 in our series where I am reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Last time I finished by sharing with you how God powerfully spoke to me after a Philosophy tutorial through a verse in Psalm 119. Today I’ll…
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297 My Story Talk 10 Brasenose College, Oxford 1959-62 Part 1
My Story Talk 10 Brasenose College, Oxford, 1959-1962 Welcome to Talk 10 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Today we begin on the years that I spent at Oxford between 1959 and 1962. For me, life at Brasenose College began on Thursday, 8th October 1959,…
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296 My Story Talk 9 Between Brentwood and Brasenose 1956-59 Part 2
My Story Talk 9 Between Brentwood and Brasenose (1956-1959) Part 2 In our last talk I mentioned that three significant things happened between my leaving school in 1956 and going up to Brasenose in 1959. I gained experience in teaching. I met Eileen, my future wife. And I received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.…
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295 My Story Talk 8 Between Brentwood and Brasenose (1956-59) Part 1
Talk 8 Between Brentwood and Brasenose (1956-59) Part 1 Welcome to Talk 8 in our series where I’m reflecting on the goodness of God throughout my life. I left school in December 1956 and started my course at Oxford in October 1959, a period of almost three years. In many ways it seemed a long…
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294 My Story Talk 7 Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part 2
Talk 7 Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part 2 Welcome to Talk 7 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Today I’m going to tell you about my decision to follow Christ, my baptism and church membership, and my call to the ministry. My decision to follow Christ…
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293 My Story Talk 6 Elm Park Baptist Church 1951-58 Part 1
Talk 6. Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part One Welcome to Talk 6 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. In the last two episodes I have been talking about my experiences at Brentwood School. Today we’re turning to my time at Elm Park Baptist Church. …
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292 My Story Talk 5 Brentwood School 1950-56 Part 2
My Story Talk 5 Brentwood School (1950-1956) Part Two Welcome to Talk 5 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Today we’re talking about the academic programme at Brentwood, the chaplain, the chapel and Divinity lessons, and the school CCF. Academic Programme A typical day at Brentwood…
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291 My Story Talk 4 Brentwood School (1950-56) Part One
Talk 4 Brentwood School (1950-56) Part One As I mentioned in the last talk, life for children and young people from Christian families tends to be pretty much dominated by what goes on at school and at church. It was certainly true for me during my years at primary school and continued to be so…
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290 My Story Talk 3 Home, Family, Christmas & Holidays (1947-1953)
My Story Talk 3 Home, Family, Christmas & Holidays (1947-1953) Welcome to Talk 3 in our series where I’m reflecting on the goodness of God throughout my life. From what I’ve said so far it’s clear that after the war my life in the 1940s was largely comprised of school and church. I suppose that…