A month back, Sarah had a message to say that serious wildfires had broken out near her school. These had caused havoc leading to a number of people losing their homes to the fire and others being treated in hospital. Then a few weeks later our neighborhood was battered by a terrific thunderstorm with torrential… Continue reading Fire and flood
Author: faithrootsdw
First Look
There are plenty of excellent evangelistic resources out there including well known courses such as Alpha, Christianity Explored and 3-2-1. A few years ago, I put together First Look as an additional in house option for our church. This was not because there was anything lacking in the existing national options. Rather, I wanted an… Continue reading First Look
Evangelistic Resource for Christmas
This is probably the first blog mention of Christmas. Whilst it is perhaps too early to be talking about Christmas in some regards, it is actually a little late in the day for those of you planning Christmas evangelistic events including carol services. Some churches like to have a little free give away booklet for… Continue reading Evangelistic Resource for Christmas
Tales of the Kingdom
I mentioned in a recent post that one of the aims of Faithroots is to make preaching and teaching resources readily available for free. Another little publication available here is Tales of the Kingdom which provides an overview of Mark’s Gospel
Wages
I once preached at a church known locally as “The wages church”. The reason was that the church had posted on a banner outside Romans 6:23, Unfortunately, from the top deck of the bus, you could only see the first part of the verse emphasising that “the wages of sin is death”, you missed out… Continue reading Wages
Romans 6:20-23
We always belong to someone or something meaning that we are always free from someone or something. If we are slaves to sin, we are free from righteousness. That’s not as good as it might sound to some. It’s not that we are free from legal obligations, it is that we are free from being… Continue reading Romans 6:20-23
Romans 6:15-19
This next section repeats the “what then…by no means” pattern. Again, Paul asks if it is okay to sin, this time because we are under grace. Does this different constitution give us freedom to do what we want. The answer is an emphatic “no”. (v15). Why? Because our obedience confirms our ownership. We tend to… Continue reading Romans 6:15-19
Good constitutions and bad rulers
Most countries have some form of a constitution. The UK is unusual in that unlike most countries its constitution is unwritten, however, it still has one. Many countries have constitutions intended to encourage liberal democracy and the rule of law. However, that doesn’t always work out. Sometimes the people find themselves governed by brutal dictators… Continue reading Good constitutions and bad rulers
Romans 6:12-14
Because we have left our old life behind, we should not “let sin reign” or have control over our mortal bodies. The word for mortal is θνητός meaning liable to death. Our bodies therefore are still subject to death even though death does not rule and have power over the whole of our lives (v12). … Continue reading Romans 6:12-14
Freedom
One of the types of resources available from Faithroots is Bible teaching guides. My aim here was to provide preaching and teaching resources recognising third things, first that the cost of commentaries will beyond many preachers, secondly that for many, technical commentaries will be inaccessible. thirdly often there is a gulf between the technical information… Continue reading Freedom
