The Dream of the Kingdom 07Feb12
How does a Christian live as a believer in an unbelieving world? God calls His people to be spiritually bi-cultural. God does not want His people to either assimilate or segregate. He wants them to become part of the city, to pray for the city and seek its peace and prosperity. Yet, God also insists that His people retain their distinctiveness and not compromise their allegiance to Him. Christians are called to love the city of man for the sake of the city of God. Additional scriptural ...
Dr Phil or Jesus? 31Jan12
Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, we all have ‘anger’ issues. In dealing with anger, we can consult expert opinion or medical practice and get typical solutions like: - Breathe deeply from your diaphragm - Slowly repeat a calming word or phrase - Try non-strenuous, slow exercises Or, we can listen to what Jesus had to say. Matthew 5:21-26 is the first point of application from the Sermon on the Mount. Having covered the Beatitudes and describing kingdom ...
Seeing is believing... Or is it? 30Jan12
The disciples walked with Jesus and had the privilege of witnessing everything he did with their own eyes, but we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor 5:7). Of course, we see the evidence of God all around us in the genius and beauty of creation, and in the shape of lives transformed by his grace; but we will have to wait until that day when we see him face to face. We may long to have been there as firsthand witnesses, and yet we know that not everyone who walked with him and saw the miracles ...
True Holiness - Part 2
Matthew 5:27-30 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery. 'But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Equipping the saints
Ephesians 4:12 "To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ..."
Who is Jesus?
Matthew 16:13-14 "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
