Competing Prayers
Every time a believer moves from this earth to paradise, it is an answer to Christ’s prayer.
Read More ShareGrace And Peace
How do we who were once enemies of God become reconciled unto Him, and further adopted as His children? Through Christ Jesus alone!
Read More SharePrayer for Troubling Situations in Our World Today
Father in the name of Jesus we want to thank you for the privilege to come boldly to the throne of grace, with the confidence that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. We bring before you the troubling situations of our world. While most of us enjoy good…
Read More ShareThe principal way in which God speaks to us today is through Scripture
Still today God speaks, although there is some disagreement in the church as to how he does so. The principal way in which God speaks to us today is through Scripture, as the church in every generation has recognized.
Read More ShareShould We Claim Healing as Well as Forgiveness from the Cross?
But to expect the sick to be healed and the dead to be raised as regularly as we expect sinners to be forgiven, is to stress the “already” at the expense of the “not yet,” for it is to anticipate the resurrection. Not till then will our bodies be entirely rid of disease and death.
Read More ShareGleanings from Eliza Huie’s ‘Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World’
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”(Galatians 5:13) I was stunned to read the Business Insider’s report stating that the average mobile phone user touches their phone 2,617 times a day, while extreme users (the top 10%)…
Read More ShareGleanings from Tim Keller’s ‘The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness’
So then, no more boasting about men! Then you will not take pride in man over against another.1 Corinthians 3:21; 4:6 (NIV 1984) “I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me…
Read More ShareTake Up Your Bible And Read
“Tolle, lege! Tolle, lege!” (“Take up and read; take up and read”). These are the words of St. Augustine recounting his conversion in his most popular work, Confessions, where, in a state of weeping and brokenness of heart, he hears a voice echoing from the neighbouring house to pick up his Bible and read. Augustine…
Read More ShareNew Year’s Eve Vigil Services: Auspicious Moments or Gospel Merchandise?
New Year’s Eve. Growing up, this was the one day when Church meetings were full to overflowing. The services started at about 9pm, and were intended to last till just after midnight when we had been ushered into the New Year. Occasional church-goers would make it a point to not miss this one ceremony. It…
Read More ShareDo I Truly Delight in God?
In January this year, I read a book by John Piper called Providence. In it, he shows that the pervasive theme of all that God does in redemptive history is that God be known, enjoyed, and praised for who He really is. My three takes from Piper’s book were: 1) a God-saturated, scripturally-informed and God-entranced worldview…
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