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Bloody Friday
Blood has a diverse and evocative symbolism: everything from death and violence to guilt and justice. Its morbid hues draw the eye, much to the benefit of the Twilight and Dexter franchises. But what is this obsession with blood? After all, it's just ...)
Clean or Unclean?
Traditions are very important to us, whether they are family traditions, cultural traditions, or religious traditions. It's no surprise then that differing traditions often butt heads and cause controversy. For the early church, Jewish traditions were their cultural background, and so it ...)
God in thongs
"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them". So goes the famous quote from Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. As we start looking at the fourth account of Jesus life in ...)
Faith or Flight?
One of the great tensions of the Christian life is fear vs faith. Many things give us grounds for fear, including personal circumstances, global politics, health pandemics, and economic downturns. At the same time, God's word gives us grounds for faith - ...)
We can be Heroes?
What is your definition of a hero? In a recent SMH article, the top five most unlikely Australian sporting heroes were unveiled. Of course, topping the list was poor Steven Bradbury, who medalled after everyone in front of him fell over on ...Poor Substitutes
Posted in 2 Corinthians.
– Mar 7, 2012
Purpose-drivers
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There are three methods or drivers for finding your purpose in life. 1) Study how you are made, hoping this will uncover what you are made for. 2) Ask your maker what you are made for. 3) Go through an experience that gives you a new purpose.
2 Corinthians 5 gives the Christian a sense of purpose using methods 2) and 3). God has made you for heaven, and re-made you for ministry. The first happened at birth, the second at re-birth: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation – the old has gone, and the new has come.” |
Posted in 2 Corinthians.
– Feb 29, 2012
Copied or Inspired?
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Posted in Galatians.
– Feb 20, 2012
Gospel v. gospel
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The letters of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament are like a set of golf-clubs. Each one is written for a particular situation. The Letter to the Galatian churches of southern Turkey is distinctive because it is the only letter that starts with a rebuke, rather than praise or thanksgiving.
The reason is clear: Paul is urgently concerned about a tide of new teaching that is turning Galatian heads. So he tees off with a stern warning not to turn from the true gospel to a pretend one (Gal 1:1-10). |
Posted in Galatians.
– Feb 14, 2012
