|
Walk the Talk (Luke 6:46-49) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Written by Neil Cable
|
|
Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:29 |
|
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
(Luke 6:46-49) |
|
|
Believing the Light (John 12:44-50) |
|
|
|
|
Written by Christo Beetge
|
|
Sunday, 25 July 2010 10:56 |
|
And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”
(John 12:44-50) |
|
The Radical Marriage (Colossians 3:18-19) |
|
|
|
|
Written by Doug Van Meter
|
|
Sunday, 18 July 2010 19:35 |
|
In this study, we continue an overview of the radical family begun previously, but narrow it down particularly to the issue of a radical marriage. The Bible very obviously deals with the issue of marriage and addresses quite straightforwardly what God expects in marriage. Clearly, from both the high divorce rate and the low marriage rate, something is not right: even within the (professed) believing community. Most statistics show quite clearly that there is little difference in marriage and divorce rates between the churched and the unchurched.
Let us then take a look at marriage as God intended. As we do so, I trust that we would come to realise that none of us has it, but that we would be resolved to pursue it!
|
|
Read more...
|
|
A Servant's Worldview (Exodus 21:1-6) |
|
|
|
|
Written by Doug Van Meter
|
|
Sunday, 18 July 2010 11:22 |
|
In our previous study we considered the text of Exodus 21:1-6 under the title “Freed to Serve.” Two days after I completed that study, I began to read the book of James in my personal devotions, and was immediately struck by the opening words, “James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (1:1). You can understand why this particular appellation arrested my attention. James apparently saw himself in relation to God, in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ, in the same way as the servant in Exodus 21 did: one who loved his Master and who was thus willing to be forever identified with him.
My mind immediately began to consider this term and I was compelled to do some study as to how it was used in the New Testament. The more that I dug into this study the more I became convinced that we need to return to this subject for another study.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
