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Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit
What does “obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5) mean?
Reflection on Psalm 106 (Week 31, 2026)
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I have not really seen it in this light, the joy that Jesus had when Satan was brought down. Is it the joy of defeating an enemy or the joy of freeing mankind from his grasp? The latter, I would think. If the evil one is so easily defeated by human power and intellect God …
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Victory. Dark valleys are trials so I can overcome the demons in my soul—the habits I need to break, the ugly aspects of my personality and values and culture, the tests to strengthen my faith, the fears that I need to overcome with faith and hope—that he occasionally allows free rein so I can defeat …
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I preached on Sunday on the topic “A loving mentoring relationship: Paul and Timothy” but brought the focus more on making disciples. Good morning. The topic before me this morning is “A Loving Mentor Relationship, Paul & Timothy” and I will be making use of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. But before I go into …
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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 …
Continue reading “My reflections for Week 22: Deuteronomy 5 (Part 3)”
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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