The West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand has the biggest dragonflies I have ever seen, and the angriest bees…
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Summer holidays were wonderful, especially where we spent many of them - at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand at a place called Pelorus Bridge. It was called that because a bridge crossed a river, a deep green river.
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Forgiveness for sin figures as primary in the reason for Christ’s death, and, consequentially, in the message preached. There is no gospel without reference to sin and forgiveness, no good news for the human condition.
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The appellative ‘Kingdom Culture’ is called on regularly - we talk about it a lot. But it is most clearly defined for us in the New Testament.
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Daniel, of Jewish royalty, was exiled to and raised in Babylon, and chosen to be schooled in its language and literature. In other words, Daniel was steeped in Babylonian culture: he was adept at their cultural, moral and philosophical structures, which, at points were anathema to his monotheistic heritage.
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In the UK, ‘I’m sorry’ is used so commonly it is virtually meaningless, although everyone knows what it means. If I inadvertently bump into you – easy in a city as dense as London – I am quick to say sorry, but then so is the person I bumped into.
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Hebrews 12, in particular verses 1 through 4, isn’t always included in our thoughts/messages on faith, as it is a new chapter.
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People by faith did mighty deeds, wrought justice, miraculously escaped death, and some were resurrected. People by faith also suffered tremendously, dying for their faith; they were chased, afflicted and mistreated because of their faith.
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The faith examples of Hebrews 11 all responded to God’s word in a particular manner, because it was a particular word. Faith, in other words, is particularised. What God said to one he didn’t to the other.
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These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar. Their faith was real, what they saw was real, but they died before it was realised.
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The great story of faith in the Old Testament is the story of Abraham. It is this story that Paul appeals to in the New Testament on numerous occasions, because Abraham exemplifies faith.
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Faith, the kind that pleases (not appeases) God, believes simultaneously that God is and that he rewards those who seek him.
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Faith is the way, the means, by which we please God. Pleasing someone you love, and respect is normal and healthy.
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Are there lessons that lockdown could teach us, because every new situation has the potential to speak to us.
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The writer of Hebrews immediately links faith and the unseen by stating it is faith that comprehends that what we see was “not made out of things that are visible.”
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The writer of Hebrews 11 states from the get-go that faith is an assurance, a conviction, in and of something not seen, but hoped for. Hope in this instance is rock solid, based upon the character, and articulations of God; his person and his word, in other words.
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