One of the objections to Young Earth Creationism is that the world has the appearance of age. There are two examples of this. First, for us to be able to see light from stars, millions of light years away, then surely that light will have needed millions of years to reach here. Secondly, it seems… Continue reading Creation and evolution: Is God playing tricks with us?
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What kind of church? A contented church (1 Corinthians 7)
How do we live in a messy, chaotic, uncertain world? A Question we rightly keep coming back to. Questions from Corinth In this chapter, the question is about marriage and celibacy. Verse 1 may even be a Corinthian quote where they are suggesting that it is better not to touch or have sexual relations with… Continue reading What kind of church? A contented church (1 Corinthians 7)
Reaping what you sow
This next section reinforces the point that we’ve seen developed through chapter 5-6, we cannot fix our lives and our relationship to God by making external adjustments to our behaviour through rule keeping and rituals. Instead, our lives will bear fruit in accordance with the roots. A look at the text (Read Galatians 6:7-10) An… Continue reading Reaping what you sow
Knocking on doors or kicking down walls? Irresistable Grace
You may have heard the saying that “The Holy Spirit is a gentleman who won’t come in uninvited”. Not so, says the Five Points of Calvinism. If we are dead in our sin, not just weakened by it, then if the Holy Spirit waits for our invitation to come in to our lives, then he… Continue reading Knocking on doors or kicking down walls? Irresistable Grace
Seeing what we want to see
Well, what a few days it was for weekend soldiers and armchair generals. I suggested when Yevgeny Prigozhin started his mutiny that he may find himself like the revolutionaries in Les Miserables, isolated with no one else rallying to his banner and so things turned out. I warned that he might end up like the… Continue reading Seeing what we want to see
Gospel Confrontation
The Prime Minister stood, proudly clutching a piece of paper. It offered good news he announced, confrontation and war had been adverted, we could look forward to peace in our time. The Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain and he incorrectly believed that he had managed to appease Adolph Hitler. He was brutely proved wrong. We… Continue reading Gospel Confrontation
Invited to dinner
Overview of Galatians 2 In chapter 2:1-9, Paul continues to emphasise that he independently and directly received the Gospel but also that it was confirmed and affirmed by the other apostles. Importantly, there was agreement on the status of Gentile believers like Titus who were welcomed and offered fellowship without any additional obligations such as… Continue reading Invited to dinner
A letter arrives
I remember when I was at University, I used to love looking forward to getting letters from my parents and my grandma. Similarly, when my mum and dad were first in China, mum was a phenomenal correspondent and each week she’d write to tell me about her adventures. The art of letter writing has died… Continue reading A letter arrives
Where are the goals going to come from?
Bradford City’s season can be summed up in one name “Andy Cook.” Over this season, he scored an impressive haul of 31 Goals, 28 in the league. This means he was scoring a goal every 121 minutes. His nearest rival, Sam Hoskins at Northampton Town was scoring every 163 minutes. Cook was the stand out… Continue reading Where are the goals going to come from?
Circumcision, table fellowship and the Gospel
In Galatians 2, Paul sets out a specific example of how people can distort and even depart from the Gospel. We can safely assume that this is the particular issue that has reared its head again in Galatia. Paul explains that when he went to see the church leaders in Jerusalem that they were in… Continue reading Circumcision, table fellowship and the Gospel
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