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Tag Archives: Jesus
World peace
I among most of the world have been heartbroken with the recent tragedy in America. For a family and community to lose one precious child is heartbreaking enough; but here in one fell swoop, we hear of a murderous rampage … Continue reading
Who is Jesus?
I’m increasingly finding myself dissatisfied with doctrine. Now don’t get me wrong. I do believe doctrine is important. For knowing ones doctrine means one knows what it is they believe. But I’m getting more and more dissatisfied with dogmatic doctrine. … Continue reading
True Love–1 John 3:16-24
I was blessed and privileged to share the sermon tonight. I wrote the following as a Face Book status today, as I reflected on the power of love. Because true love is neither merely words or feelings, we can be … Continue reading
2 days away. The good, the bad and the plain ugly.
We had a interesting trip away down to the Australian Capitol. It was interesting because it had a mixture of good, bad and ugly. It took us three hours driving to get to Canberra and we went straight to the … Continue reading
Posted in life experience, Lifestyle
Tagged canberra, children, cleaning, cleanses, grace of God, healed, Jesus, musem, sick children, sin, spew, vomit, war, war museum
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Interview with fellow blogger–Dan Thompson
I asked Daniel Thompson from Apprentice 2 Jesus if he would allow me to interview him for a blog post. He generously agreed to it, which is the the basis of this post. I have been following Dan’s blog for … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs
Tagged Apprentice2Jesus, blog interview, blogging, Dan Thompson, Jesus, lutherans, pastoral leadership, pastors heart, Pentecostals, teaching
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Faith comes from hearing – but we also have a responsibility to act.
Recently my wife and I felt compelled by the spirit of God to give someone a sum of money. I rang her at work and spoke with her, and she confirmed with me, that she also felt compelled to give … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged answers to prayer, anyone in need, beatitudes, generosity, giving, Jesus, obedience, prayer, sharing
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Spiritual gifts and callings.
During this mornings devotion, the following verse stood out to me like a neon light from Romans. Rom 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. This verse ultimately is talking … Continue reading
Posted in Romans, spiritual gifts.
Tagged 5 fold ministry gifts, administration, callings, church, gifting, gifts, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, leadership, spiritual gifts, worship
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The pastor must avail themselves of God.
Because our God is a nourishing, provisioning and equipping God, the pastor needs to be a source of nourishment, provision and equipping for God’s people. The only way the pastor can do this is if we ourselves are seeking and … Continue reading
Posted in pastoring
Tagged equipping, gifts, God is, God's word, Holy Spirit, Jesus, nourishing, pastoring, provisioning, seeking God
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What is “Holiness?”
I preached from Colossians 1:15-23 on Sunday night. During the course of the sermon I spoke about what God looked like and of course linked that to Jesus being the visible image of the invisible God. In speaking about God’s … Continue reading