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Everything Without God Equals Nothing
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God… And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory… full of grace and truth. John 1:1, 14. What is God like? Our hunger for God was articulated by Philip, ‘Lord, show us the Father, that is all […]
Testings And Trials
We have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15. Temptation is a ‘testing’, a trial. In the Scriptures this idea is used in five ways: First, humans may test other persons, as in a cross-examination. Jesus’ enemies constantly tried to trap him into making self-incriminating statements […]
Thank You Lord For Making Me Me!
Love your neighbour as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbour. (Romans 13:9,10) How can we get along with those we live with? Oscar Wilde believed that ‘other people are quite dreadful; the only possible society is oneself.’ Wrong, Oscar, and sad. (There is more wisdom in something else he said: ‘In this world […]
How To Fight The Devil
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Galatians 6:1. How can we arm ourselves against such a clever and powerful foe? Paul (Ephesians 6:10-20) teaches us that we cannot, in our own strength, do battle with such […]
How Big Is Your God?
You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3. People become like their gods. It is not that we, since the creation of the world, have created gods in our image. Rather we have imagined the sort of gods who might be useful for us. If we want to conquer our enemies, our […]
How To Measure Giants
I brought Moses an honest report. But my companions who went up with me made the heart of the people melt. Joshua 14:7,8. According to Deuteronomy 1:22, Moses was urging the people to go into the Promised Land and conquer it, claim it. God had told them over and over that he’d be with them, […]
Help Is On The Way!
The LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds. Psalm 69:33. Satan is very clever. When sin is packaged so beautifully and it is constantly presented as something desirable, it is hard to resist. Sometimes the most ghastly possibilities become a reality in the life of a person of […]
How To Get Along With Other People
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you. (Matthew 7:12) Forgive, if you have anything against anyone. (Mark 11:25) In the brilliant film ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ the divorced father has to explain to his five-yearold son that he’s just lost the custody battle between himself and the boy’s mother. Soon […]
Understanding The Book Of Revelation
The Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come. Revelation 4:11. We are about to take a little journey into some magnificent territory – via the last book in the Bible, the Book of Revelation. It is not surprising that the Book of Revelation is hard to understand, with its visionary […]
Developing Christian Character (1)
The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable. James 3:17. Maturity is the (learned) art of managing the ‘three As’ anger, aggression, and authority. We grow into maturity: it is not arrived at instantly. Albert Einstein observed, ‘The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at […]
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