These days many people regard all religions as being the same. If we speak of Jesus’ teaching from the Sermon on the Mount then other religions may well say that they have something similar in their faith. However as Christians we believe that the Christian faith is unique and it is not just another religion. [...]
Tags: Incarnation
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Yesterday the sermon we heard was taken from Luke 16:19-31 which is about the Rich Man and Lazarus. One point that struck me from the message was that God gives us warnings from His Word and it is important that we heed these warnings. Sadly in this story it seemed that the rich man knew [...]
Tags: Bible, Discipleship
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Whenever I switch on my computer at home one of the first things I do is to update my Internet Security software with the latest virus definitions that have been released. I have also just received a reminder from Adobe that my Flash Player needs updating, which I did. Additionally I received notification that the [...]
Tags: Bible, Confession, Praise, Prayer, Repentance
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On Saturday night the BBC News announced that the Treasury had told government departments to outline plans to show what 40% spending cuts would look like in their various areas. Humanly speaking this is a frightening prospect and one that will no doubt cause much anxiety to many people. Interestingly yesterdays devotional reading from My [...]
Tags: Fear, Trust
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There are two types of grief according to 2 Corinthians 7:9-10. One is described as Godly and the other is Worldly. However only one kind leads to repentance.
Tags: Repentance
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I am currently reading through the Psalms and one of the themes that is occuring regulary is the psalmist saying that God is his refuge and the importance of trusting in God. As our new government prepares to annouce its spending plans many people are nervous about how this will effect them. I think we [...]
Tags: Psalms
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Anyone who is following the current general election campaign will have heard that David Cameron is speaking a lot about change. Whatever your political views maybe as Christians we all know that God will challenge us about the changes that are needed in our life. But are we willingly to change? Here is a link to an article [...]
Tags: To repent, Transformed
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This morning I was reading Psalm 15 in which David asks the question “Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?” He lists some characteristics of such a person and then at the end of verse 3 says, “and casts no slur on his fellow man.” According to the [...]
Tags: Psalms, Words
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This morning I came across a posting entitled Act Like a Soldier of Christ which reminds us that we are soldiers of Christ and that we must not neglect the battle against sin, the world and the devil. Being a member of the Anglican church I see a number of baptism and thought that it [...]
Tags: Discipleship
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Mark Roberts challenges us to consider if we have stubborn hearts and to consider what helps us to have an open and repentant heart. The whole article can be found here.
Tags: Sin, To repent, Transformed
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