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Tag: other blogs
Steve Levy speaks
The issue is not progress of knowledge but object of faith.
Amen! Amen!
Go and enjoy this post but I dunno - maybe comment here rather than there. Your call. But some blogs aren't as much free-for-alls as Christ the Truth. Both kinds of blogs have their place and it's good to respect the differences.
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Short talks using film clips
This looks to be a very helpful resource. Especially for youth work:
Peter Chilvers has posted 11 short evangelistic talks using clips from popular films.
Let him know if you use them.
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Some short posts I’ve enjoyed recently
Some short posts I've enjoyed recently
Another Christ in OT discussion
Happy St Athanasius Day!
c.293 - 2 May, 373
Out of His great love, [Christ] became what we are so that we might become what He is. (Against Heresies)
Why not celebrate by listening to two outstanding talks by Mike Reeves on his life and teaching.
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Why you don’t read your bible
Dan Hames tells us why here.
He covers:
'You don't have time',
'You think the bible's all about you,' and
'You think your bible reading is for God's benefit.'
In this context the Bible is given to us as a gift to feast on, rather than a project to complete before judgment day. We will find we go to it to savour and enjoy, and when we miss a day we might feel hunger pangs, but we could never feel guilt, fear, or condemnation. In the same way that skipping breakfast is more of a missed opportunity than a morally dubious choice; not going to the scriptures for nourishment is not a matter of calling down the anger of God, but of omitting to take advantage of his good gifts to his children.
Nice.
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Why you don't read your bible
Dan Hames tells us why here.
He covers:
'You don't have time',
'You think the bible's all about you,' and
'You think your bible reading is for God's benefit.'
In this context the Bible is given to us as a gift to feast on, rather than a project to complete before judgment day. We will find we go to it to savour and enjoy, and when we miss a day we might feel hunger pangs, but we could never feel guilt, fear, or condemnation. In the same way that skipping breakfast is more of a missed opportunity than a morally dubious choice; not going to the scriptures for nourishment is not a matter of calling down the anger of God, but of omitting to take advantage of his good gifts to his children.
Nice.
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Breaking the Alabaster Jar at Christ’s Feet
Here's a snippet from Watchman Nee, read the whole quote from Dev:
Now the breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord, just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance.
There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness. The odor which filled the house that day still fills the Church; Mary's fragrance never passes away.
...We like to be always "on the go": the Lord would sometimes prefer to have us in prison. We think in terms of apostolic journeys: God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains. "But thanks be unto God, which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place" (2 Corinthians 2:14)
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