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I visited some friends the other day. It was a warm evening so we sat in the garden chatting. Moments later they both went into the house to prepare some refreshments and left me in the garden alone. I sat admiring the view when suddenly out of the bushes came a fox. He moved around for a few seconds then hid again. When my friend came out I told him about the fox. “Can’t be a fox” he said, “we live too far into town for a fox to come here …” I said nothing and continued our conversation. Minutes later out came the fox again for a short while. My friend shouted to his wife still in the house “We’ve got a fox in the back garden!” Her exact reply was “Can’t be a fox, we live too far into town for a fox to come here!” He called her a doubting Thomas and laughed it off. Later that evening I thought about Thomas the disciple. What a service he did for Christianity without realizing it. By doubting Christ’s resurrection Jesus appeared again, and this time Thomas saw Him. T...