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Tag Archives: holy scripture
Discipleship:Following the Lord Wherever he leads
When we talk of discipleship we often think of discipleship courses and gaining knowledge and although that is important that is not the heart of discipleship, a disciple is a follower of the Lord. When we start to look at … Continue reading
Posted in body of Christ, Church, Discipleship, faith, God, grace, holiness, Holy communion, Jesus Christ, love, the body of Christ., Theology
Tagged christianity, Church, discipleship, discipleship courses, emotions, faith, fruit of the Holy Spirit, God, God the Father, grace, holy scripture, Jesus Christ, personal relationship, relationship, word and spirit
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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
Posted in Baptism of the Holy Spirit, body of Christ, faith, filled with the Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit., holiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Pentecostal, Uncategorized
Tagged Charles Wesley, Church, church tradition, fruit of the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit, God, grace, holy scripture, Jesus Christ, Pentecost, prayer, work of the holy spirit
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Conforming to the World or Maintaining God’s Purpose For Us
There is a temptation that is common to all Christians and that is the temptation to conform to the world and its mindset. This has been a problem since mankind fell into sin. The world calls on us to be … Continue reading
Posted in culture, faith, Faithfulness, God, Greatness of god, holiness, love, moral decline, Power, relationships, sin, sovereignty of God
Tagged 1 Samuel 8, Church, discipleship, faith, holy scripture, injustice, Israel, king, Lordship of Christ, own way, Samuel, sovereignty of God, theology, truth.
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Thinking Christianly
When we are confronted with issues we are often tempted to use proof texts from the bible to present a Biblical view. Proof texting can be dangerous especially as it often means that we rip a verse out of context … Continue reading
Posted in almighty God, creation, culture, faith, God, God's love
Tagged biblical revelation, Creation, holy scripture, Lordship of Christ, Moral issues, Redemption, sovereignty of God, The cross, the fall, theology
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Jesus Christ: Creator, Redeemer and Revealer
In many parts of the New Testament we see the glory of who Jesus is, but in this post I just want to look briefly at Hebrew chapter 1. In this chapter we find a description of Jesus in his … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged Angels, atonement, calling, christianity, Church, Creation, discipleship, faith, gifts of the Holy Spirit, God the Father, grace, Hebrews 1, holy scripture, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lord jesus, Lordship of Christ, Redemption, theology, work of the holy spirit
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Is Reformed Theology A Grand Vision Or Just A Tulip?
We very often hear discussions of the Five Points of Calvinism as though they amounted to the totality of Reformed thinking, John Calvin himself would have been horrified that his theology had been reduced to just five points. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in almighty God, Church, culture, faith, Faithfulness, God, Greatness of god, Holy Trinity, Reformed, Reformed Theology, sovereignty of God, Theology, Word of God, worldview
Tagged Abraham Kuyper, christianity, Church, Creation, faith, Francis Schaeffer, G c Berckouwer, God, Herman Bavinck, holy scripture, John Calvin, Lordship of Christ, Predestination, Redemption, Reformed faith, Reformed Theology, sovereignty of God, Synod of Dordt, The five points of Calvinism, theology, Westminster Divines
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Creation,Fall and the Promise of Redemption
When we read the first 3 chapters of Genesis it is easy to be so taken up with the subject of creation and the fall that we altogether miss the promise of redemption. Chapters 1 and 2 show us the … Continue reading
Posted in creation, culture, faith, God, God's love, grace, Jesus Christ, redemption, sin, Theology
Tagged Creation, faith, grace, holy scripture, Jesus Christ, LORD God, promise of redemption, Redemption, Satan, sovereignty of God, The cross, the fall, theology
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The Sermon As a Charismatic event.
Introduction: I have been thinking quite a lot about the importance of the sermon in our worship services. Very often we divorce the words, worship and sermon, the sermon follows the worship, it is almost as if the sermon has … Continue reading
Fix Your Eyes On Jesus
I believe that we need, above all things to “fix our eyes on Jesus”. that statement sounds fine until we start to think about it. We don’t know how to do this at time,so I want to make a few … Continue reading
Posted in faith, God, God's love, grace, Holy communion, Jesus, Jesus Christ, redemption, the body of Christ., THE CHURCH, the Lord's Supper, Theology, Word of God, worship
Tagged christianity, Church, communion service, discipleship, faith, grace, holy scripture, Jesus Christ, prayer, sermon on the mount, talking to god, The Gospels, worship
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Word and Spirit Part 3
In part 2 I looked briefly at some of the factors affecting the relationship between Word and Spirit in relationship to the inspiration of Holy Scripture. During the debates of the 1970’s I noticed a tendency by some to turn … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged christ jesus, core text, doctrine of inspiration, dynamic view, God the Father, grace of god, holy scripture, holy scriptures, Holy Spirit, intellectual system, intellectualism, Jesus Christ, practical application, servant of god, theology, word and spirit, work of the holy spirit
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