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Death And God

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, [Jesus] himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For to me, living is […]

Ecstasies

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

# She is in her sixties, ‘brought up’ in the church, and religion has been an important part of her weekly diet. But her ‘faith’ has not brought her a richer, fuller life. She ‘went forward’ as a young person during an evangelistic crusade, but she has never grown up spiritually… # They’re an older […]

Hope

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

We always thank God… because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope […]

Vocation

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I am not asking you to […]

Trouble

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39. As servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities. 2 Corinthians 6:4. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering […]

Spiritual Formation

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

God giving power through his Spirit so that you might become strong in your inner selves (Ephesians 3:16). by Rowland Croucher (GRID, Winter 1991) The law of the Lord is perfect… The commands of the Lord are trustworthy… The worship of the Lord is good… The judgments of the Lord are just… Your servant is […]

Worship

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brlliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your […]

Love & Forgiveness

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Christian Quotation of the Day Prodigal sons, forgiven and reconciled with their heavenly Father, could they do other than forgive one another? A fellowship of prodigal sons came into being — the church of Christ. Love begets love. A new power… was let loose upon our suffering world, the power to love those who have […]

Merton’s Prayer

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s one of the most-quoted of modern prayers, from this century’s best-known Western mystic: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think […]

Creative Spirituality

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

PRAYER FOR BUSY PEOPLE AND TOUGH TIMESby Rowland Croucher The following comprises one – of four – chapters in my book ‘Recent Trends Among Evangelicals’. The other chapters: ‘Recent Trends Among Evangelicals’, ‘Towards an Evangelical Theology of Social Justice’, and ‘Evangelicalism Towards the 21st Century’ .Available for $5 plus a few dollars for postage from […]

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