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This Old bible, again Our view of the Bible shapes our church life. Or if you turn that around you may say that what the church is doing is what is left of the bible at the hands of those who are in authority. In what sense is the bible Continue Reading

Large parts of the traditional churches celebrate “Epiphany” this day. The manifestation of the new born Christ child has been ongoing for an unspecified length of time. Recognized by Earth, in the guise of Shepherds and by heaven, in the guise of “a multitude of the heavenly host”. This day Continue Reading

The God who has shown his face We may say what we will about God as long as we remember that our words are not what we imagine them to be. But God also wills us to say that about Him which is true to Him. There is more and more  Continue Reading

From Oswald Chambers: The Philosophy of Sin p 17-20(1) How much more shall the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb 9:14) As we go on with God, the Holy Spirit Continue Reading

A word about our battles Great is my boldness of speech toward you; great is my glorying of you. I am filled with comfort; I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. For when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every Continue Reading

An old and well known saying let’s us think twice before we engage in any strife or battle. “Fight only such battles as you may win.” The obvious futility of picking a fight with a superior enemy is declared by Greek Philosophers as well as by our Lord Jesus himself. This is Continue Reading

David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be Continue Reading

“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.”  You may have read that particular quote before, and even know that it was said in the 19th Century by Continue Reading

Why does it have to be Jesus?  “There are so many other teachers of truth surely? Isn’t it pathetic to hark back two thousand years ago when everything else has developed far beyond the primitive world view of the first century Jews and Romans and Greeks? There are many ways Continue Reading

As the atheists are becoming more and more vociferous, more and more dominant and more and more in command of the public mindset, and also seem to be “king of the hill” in most media, it seems necessary to ponder what they are ignorant of and what the consequences could Continue Reading