The Christian Life
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PAUL´S CHARGE TO TIMOTHY!
“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”1 Tim. 1:5 ESV Paul’s two letters to Timothy are gold, especially for…
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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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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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NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER…!
6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And…
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THE GOD WHO HEALS YOU!
A RECAP This is the last blog in a series of 3, focussing on healing and the work of the Messiah. I have been looking at Isaiah 61,1-3, Luke 4,18, and finish off…
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THE BODY OF CHRIST: UNITY IN DIVERSITY
In this blog, I want to pick up the story again from my blogpost called ‘The People of the Messiah’. I explained there why Paul chose that word εκκλησία/ekklesia, and what it means.…
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS
DURHAM UNIVERSITY UK, AUTUMN 1974 Before I went to Durham to study in the autumn of 1974, I can with hindsight see that God had started to speak to me. I was in…
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A COROLLARY TO MY LAST BLOG!
I cited Romans 11, 32 in my last blogpost: “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.” Rom. 11,32 That he may have mercy on all,…
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THE PEOPLE OF THE MESSIAH!
My blog up until this point, has predominantly been about the Christian´s relationship with God. As I recently stated, I want now in a few blogposts to look at the Christian fellowship; the…
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A REFLECTION ON GALATIANS 5
In my recent blog posts, I have been approaching the subject of sanctification by an indirect route. This was certainly true with 1 Corinthians, and to a lesser extent with Romans chapter 8.…
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RENEWAL OF THE MIND, ROM. 12,2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable…
