... t was written first? Which was written last?
Which material is most used in the Christian Church?
Some scholars date 2Timothy to around 170 A.D. How do you deal with or feel about the late dating ...
... he Christians experience of their God. It is the place where they are revitalised and sent out to again engage the world in mission. Without worship the Christian is without purpose and without vision.
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Beyond the Voices of the Bazaar.
Asking the question: "what are we meant to do and be in our Christian lives?" is increasingly a pointless activity. While the answer is still very useful, the possibilit ...
I walked the labyrinth at Tamworth.
Labyrinth walking, is one of these really fringe Christian mystical spiritual experiences. I am not sure of the beginnings of of labyrinth walking, however it is clear ...
... f things we would like to or must achieve. The first step is to decide whether worship is a must have, want to have or even don't want to have.
When we consider christian values we immediately turn ...
... commission today? The National Church Life Survey in 2001 identified that most new people in Australian churches were transfer growth, i.e. Christians moving between churches (25% of the church populatio ...
Warming God's Heart
Before I begin, I have a few notices that got missed:
(Insert quote from Adrian Plass "Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Christian Speaker Aged 45 3/4" p77-79)
I want to talk abo ...
... we ever confronted by God?
My mate Stuart and the classics of the Christian Faith.
Limited interaction with God
Christians who avoid God or control interaction with God
God the gentleman? Huh? Jo ...
The Rich Young Ruler
Text: Mt 19:16 - 24
Intro
Standard story - rich young ruler as the bad guy Out of touch with reality Doesn't see the greatness of the Christ Misses the offer Loves his mone ...
... for me Paul and Barnabas." The Bible records in Acts chapter 13, that Paul and Barnabas packed their bags and went. This Church here is a direct result of that missionary effort. Without that change, then t ...
Thoughts on the Three Wise Men
Text: Mt 2:1 - 12 Written for a western tradition congregation for just after Christmas
Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, ...
... s ago:
A leader is someone who is actively altering their environment to achieve God's purpose
That sums up what every christian is called to do and be.
Every christian is called, anointed, gifte ...
... . How many times and situations do we look and not see the reality?
- As Christians we are called to walk like Christ did. To have his eyes and discernment. We are called to walk through a room f ...
... ds Jesus talking about the relationship between Christ and the church or Christ and the Christian:
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser"
"Abide in Me and I in you, As the branch c ...
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When compared to other theological institutions of the time, the quality of the work done by the institute during the period up to 1919 is staggering. The Australian Christian Commonwealth records tha ...
... untry the theatre of mighty and extensive revivals? Perhaps I address some who love to recall these awakenings as the scenes in which they were made to know Christ. Such will join in testifying that the pr ...
... there were those Christ died for and those alone and all of those will be saved
Pelagianism states that a person can choose to become a new creature at any time ie the responsibility and ability to becom ...
... ealise the theology of conversion in the churches of the American first great awakening. They were true calvinists in that a person could only become a christian through the working of the Spirit. The ...
... by these men, they knew little of what we consider to be the essentials of the Christian faith. Armstrong comments that they knew next to nothing of the new birth. (Armstrong P 23). They had yet to hear ...
... at the time of Christ
- Copies of Isaiah which are 1000 years older than the previous oldest text to name one
- As well as the biblical texts there were a significant body of writings from the communit ...