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Someone who has good self-control, who prefers peace and cooperation and seeks to build rather than destroy. Yes, though the ability to bring arrogant people down a notch is very tempting. Yet you teach “vengeance is mine” and so it would seem that that is not a role you want us to play. I think …
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I think that it is a lifestyle that will be for the good of man and we ignore it to our own detriment or at the very least, forgo the blessing it contains. I think it is a lifestyle that you form and once formed it will create a lot of time and space for …
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Allegiance and loyalty to God and all that he stands for. Rejection of the world and all that it stands for. This is about the act of worship and not about bowing or making images. Can we make an image of God (or Jesus) and worship said image? I think not. God must not be …
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The question is how should we respond to our freedom? The temptation is rebellion and to do whatever we wish whether slave or wife (or whatever) and Peter is careful to say that this should not be so. While we are free in relation to the world we are now slaves to God and we …
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I came across this sermon I preached about 10 years ago that expressed very much my thinking about Sanctification, an area that most of us struggle with. Thought I’d share it here. A few months ago I was in a bible study class led by Viji, studying Colossians. While looking through chapters 2 and 3, …
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I think so. It is easy to use a shorthand “calvinism” or “charismatic” or “brethren” but when we allow these frameworks to define our Christian beliefs and practice we get into trouble. As I have said before, none of us can claim to be 100% right or wrong, which means that our beliefs and practices …
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(This is from my own devotion on Week 09, 2025) That his prayer is good and unselfish. Also he desires validation from God; he wants to experience the hand of God in affirmation. Yes. I think so. We argue strongly that God’s love is unconditional and often it sounds like our God doesn’t care whether …
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By their character and life that honours love. We can only be generous when we believe that what we have is enough. To know that we are loved is to know that we not only have enough, but that we are full and so we have all we need to love others. Key word is …
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I preached this sermon today and, as is now my habit, am sharing it in the hope that it may edify someone. Good morning. For the past two weeks we have been looking at the early church in Acts with the overarching theme of unity. The topic given to me is “The Blessing of Unity”, …
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I was given the opportunity to preach the last sermon of the year to the church and the topic gave me room to share about what it means to be a Christian both in terms of what God has done and what we must do, matters that have been on my heart and mind. Good …
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