As Christians, our secular lives also need to be exemplary if we are going to attract others to the Gospel. A healthy spiritual life is merely the first step. We have to apply the spiritual principles of the Gospel to the way we live in the world. This is much more difficult as there will […]

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The Kingdom of God, its nature and truth must permeate every aspect of our lives. It is not enough for us to say that we are living in it; we must actually be living and breathing the values and truths of God’s Kingdom every moment of our lives. This is what it means to be […]

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It is important that we interpret what the author of the Letter to the Ephesians has to say about the marital relationship through the first line, “be subject to one another”. Marriage is a relationship between two adults and it is up to them to work out how their relationship will work best, namely who […]

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G O S P E L There are a number of similar instances where Jesus heals on the Sabbath in the Gospels. It must have been quite an issue during His ministry for so many similar stories to have survived. Perhaps this indicates a tendency for us to look for an easy way out of […]

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Today’s text reminds us to remain in the Father’s love. If we look at the Greek word used here for “remain,” namely menai, we will discover that the meaning is quite profound because it is really a call to “abide or live” in God. This indicates the depth of our dignity and identity as men […]

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“If you seek her as a silver,and search for heras for hidden trasures;then you will…..findthe knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:1-6 Autumn 2010..taken in Parsberg..this is the beauty and wonder of nature!

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Paul wants to contrast two understandings: one based on obedience to the law that he sees as based in what we can achieve on our own strength and the second based on faith and the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It is the second way that he advocates as the correct way […]

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It is not a matter of whether one is greater than another, but whether or not either or both are willing to obey God’s will. The focus of our lives should never be ourselves, and particularly not our importance. God has a plan for us that will work to our benefit if we do our […]

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It is important to note that even in the midst of calamity and disaster, Job did not sin. There is no way he could have understood what was going on in his life at the time (as the next 40 chapters will vividly illustrate) and still he trusts in God. Job seems to know that […]

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This parable ought to instill in us the fear of God. There is nothing compromising in this Gospel story; there is no way or place to hide from its message that we all have the responsibility to do what we can for the poor in our midst. The critical words here are “what we can”; […]

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