I have already spoken in my earlier posts about the vital need for us to recognise that Christian’s should expect to be able to change. Some types of counselling seems to focus on trying to find explanations for why we are the way we are. This is only ever useful if it is the first step to enabling us to change. The bible is full of commands that we are expected to fullfill. It is no use us simply saying... Read more
“This faithfulness of God is of the utmost practical significance to the people of God. It is the ground of their confidence, the foundation of their hope, and the cause of their rejoicing. It saves them from the despair to which their own unfaithfulness might easily lead, gives them courage to carry on in spite of their failures, and fills their hearts with joyful anticipations, anew when they are deeply conscious of the fact they have forfeited all the blessings... Read more
I think that when people argue as to what degree should we integrate with psychological theories they perhaps sometimes miss an important aspect of people and their problems. In my view most peoples problems are actually rather complex and have different aspects to them. I have seen Christians lurch from one model to another, putting all their hope in the latest focus for them, and wondering why they havent obtained the freedom they were aiming for. I like to think... Read more
Over at my Church’s website we have reorganised our sermons. It is now possible to find all our sermons on the Kingdom of God in one place. This series lasted quite a while, and some of the messages were particularly helpful. Do pop over and have a listen or a read. Read more
Found a new reformed blogger. He likes Jollyblogger. Thats good enough for me….. Read more
Woodside Church has a detailed explanation of what Ephesians 4 means for the way we should be doing church today. Read more
Has returned to Patriot Paradox this week so enjoy! Read more
Imagine the irony of this. The only blog at blogger.com which currently has an ‘Evangelical’ interest is a brand new one entitled A Rant about the Church of the 21st Century. who lives near me. Welcome to the blogosphere, Jeff. I have a lot of sympathy with your views. I couldnt agree more with your assessment of the sorry state of the church right now. Should we give up on church altogether ( does the future even have a church?)... Read more
Its funny when you realise suddenly you are missing out. Two blogs I admire have recently highlighted Dawn Treader Unfortunately, for some reason I cannot read his blog- nor it seems can google. Clearly some people can, however. My error messages tell me that you cannot use an underscore in the URL name. So, I have managed to read enticing previews of some of his posts via the Reformed Blogs listing at Blogger.com, but I cant even tell him to... Read more
Proverbial wife has a post detailing the possible links between modern concepts of 4 personality types and various things in scripture, including the presense of four gospels. Parableman is not so sure but acknowledges the intreging nature of this. We all love taking tests and categorising ourselves. In some ways this is largely harmless and may even be of some use in our understanding ourselves, and our dominant ways of interacting with others. This concept of personality can have some... Read more
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