Forgiveness. An easy word to say. But what’s involved in forgiving others? Here it is in four parts. All of these required some deep heart work.
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Forgive - why should I and how can I?
Scientific Evidence for a Creator - Joe Rogan & Stephen Meyer
Is there scientific evidence for a Creator? Joe Rogan digs deep into this question with thinker Stephen C Meyer. The evidence might surprise you.
Property Market Forecast
‘Grim Property Outlook’. So warned the infotainment morning TV show yesterday morning. The property outlook was dark and foreboding. Poverty and austerity were the likely future. It was GRIM.
But when we consider the promises that will be true in Jesus, the property outlook isn’t grim. It is wonderful.
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How to read Colossians
Colossians is a great book of the Bible because it absolutely centred on Jesus. It is a letter to the church in the Ancient city of Colossea. They’d heard the gospel from someone who lived in their city. Paul writes to them to make sure the gospel is absolutely clear in their heads & hearts. He want them to know Jesus and serve him.
Ruins of the ancient city of Colossae. Photo by A.Savin, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossae
How to Read Mark's Gospel
Mark’s Gospel is the action packed gospel. This guide will help you read Mark’s Gospel and see Jesus in all his power, love and authority.
Storm on the Sea of Galilee By Rembrandt - www.gardnermuseum.org :
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How to read Luke's Gospel
Do you want to (re)start reading the Bible? We’d love to help you with this reading guide for Luke’s Gospel. It will help you discover Jesus who is the key to understand the love of God and the story of the whole Bible.
Image: By The Prodigal Son by Rembrandt — Google Arts & Culture, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22353933
The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and the Unforgivable Sin
Is there a sin that rules out forgiveness? What is the unforgivable sin and the blaspheme of the Holy Spirit? Is there a sin that crosses a sin that can never be uncrossed?
For the Christian, the answer is no. There is no sin that cancels the forgiveness found in Jesus. So what is the unforgivable sin? And what is Jesus warning against?
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False teaching kills churches
Prison isn't punishment enough
It is sad to have to write these lines. But if a megachurch pastor Quiboloy from the Phillipines goes to prison that punishment is not enough.
What would Jesus' visit to Timor-Leste look like?
Pope Francis is coming to the tiny new nation of Timor-Leste. His visit couldn't be more different to Jesus' first coming. What does the difference show us?
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How God became Jesus - Another response to Bart Ehrman
Has Bart Ehrman's teaching unsettled you or influenced you? It shouldn't. Here I share a book that is devastating to Bart Ehrman's scholarship. Not only that, but it will help you see that the Bible teaches Jesus is indeed God, God the Son.
The leader we need was assassinated
Your words really matter
Was the First Crusade a Christian Crusade? Nope
Were the Crusades religiously motivated? John Dickson in his excellent book Bullies and Saints shows they were. But when it came to the First Crusade, was it a Christian Crusade? No, it wasn’t.
Christians, keep boxing.
A shed in Yatala in SE Queensland seems like an unlikely place from which greatness can grow. And yet it has. 3 women Aussie boxers are now world title contenders. The shed in Yatala and the seed in the Kingdom of Heaven have a lot in common.
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An Easter Message without Jesus is no hope at all
Queensland Happy Hour Palliative Care
Colin Apelt is an amazing guy. He is 92 years old and serves drinks in a palliative care unit in a Brisbane hospital. But what is really amazing about this story is how it avoids the topic of death.
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1883 and Taylor Sheridan's heaven
Taylor Sheridan of Yellowstone fame is carving up our screens. I recently devoured the blood soaked Western 1883. Here's my reflections on it. This reflection is 100% spoiler because of the story telling arc of 1883 and the message behind it: freedom.
A prayer for peace
The world seems more dangerous than ever. One thing we can do is pray. This is a short and simple prayer.
Who is God and what does he want?
There are two different ways of thinking about God (primarily). One of them is 100% wrong. That’s the bad news. But the good news is that the other is 100% correct. Understand these two different ways and you have the key to understanding God, the great news of Jesus and the Bible.
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