According to John
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THE PARACLETE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH!
Having looked very briefly at the Holy Spirit in the Bible, let us now turn specifically to Jesus’ teaching on the Paraclete in John ch. 14-16. The passages in question are 14,16-17; 14,26;…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY Ask any Christian about Jesus Christ, and you will get a full answer. Likewise, if you ask about God the Father! However, ask about the Holy Spirit,…
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THE FATHER IS THE SOURCE!
NOW FOLLOWING ON! In my last blog I sought to show how Jesus’ life of humility, obedience and dependency on the Father could be seen as a paradigm, an example for how we…
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A PARADIGM FOR FAITH AND LIVING!
WHAT IS A PARADIGM? Anyone who has studied a language, has been taught to conjugate verbs, set out for us in columns to be learnt by heart – paradigms, these tables are called.…
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WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH!
THE FATHER DESIRES OUR WORSHIP “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people…
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BEING AND DOING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
THE BEGINNING I became a Christian on December 2nd, 1974. I was a first year student at Durham University in the UK. The experience of coming to faith – the realisation that God…
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I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD SHEPHERD!
One of the reasons I love John´s Gospel is for its imagery. Spiritual truth is conveyed through familiar everyday images that are close to us all. Images that denote life, growth, family etc.…
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REFLECTIONS ON JOHN´S GOSPEL
Note 2, 2021 Last year I wrote a number of blogs concentrating on central themes in the letters of Paul. I want now to write blogs on John’s gospel, touching also on the…
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THE WORD BECAME FLESH, JOHN 1,1-18
Originally posted December 2019 This is the last in a series of posts reflecting on biblical texts relating to the Christmas message! The gospels of Matthew and Luke have both in their narratives…
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JOHN 7,38-39
I am currently writing a blogpost about the body of Christ. Before I publish that, I want to share something from John’s Gospel. It’s about the Holy Spirit. In John chapter 4,13-14, Jesus…
