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Baptist Theology by Stephen Holmes: A book review


  This thought provoking book deserves a wide readership both within the Baptist community and by Christians of other traditions who want to be better informed as to what it means to be a Baptist. The review below is not … Continue reading

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BORN TO CREATE By Theresa Dedman: A Book Review


This book helps the Christian and the Church to see the important place of creativity. The author demonstrates that because we are made in the image of God, we are born to create. This book is full of practical examples … Continue reading

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Pentecost: Church Tradition or a Lived Reality?


On Pentecost Sunday millions of Christians will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the early church. we gather and we pray,hear the word read and preached from and we sing our hymns and songs,but what does it all … Continue reading

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God Healed Me,God Saved Me, God Called Me: A Personal Testimony


I want to share with you some of the wonderful things that God has done in my life, this is written not to draw attention to myself, but to give God all the glory for what he has done. God … Continue reading

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Otherness and Intimacy


It is very easy to drift to various extremes as we explore our relationship to God, The Biblical picture is of a great and loving God. How do we maintain both his awesome greatness and yet at the same time … Continue reading

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The Lord Is My Safe Place: Psalm 27


When we look at Psalm 27, we find it contains the antidote to fear, I want to share with you a few thoughts from this Psalm. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD … Continue reading

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O Sovereign Lord of Heaven and Earth: A Prayer


O Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, before your awesome throne I stand your holiness is so bright, all my sins are brought to light.     I stand and stare and see the Lamb for sinners slain, I see … Continue reading

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Pentecost is Coming.


As I write this it is not many days to our celebration of the day of Pentecost, I want to look at what happened before that momentous day. Waiting: Jesus tell his disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they have … Continue reading

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Build,Pray, Keep,Expect : some thoughts from the book of Jude


When we read the book of Jude, we can get so taken up with his concern for the church to deal with error that we forget the positive teaching of this letter. Jude has called the church to contend for … Continue reading

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The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Part 2: The Fruit and Gifts of the Holy Spirit


In this post I want to look briefly at how the fruit of the Spirit is related to the gifts of the Spirit. In today’s church and in our individual lives we need to both bear the fruit of the … Continue reading

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