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Tag Archives: Peace
10 ways in which God in Christ is a God of love #1
Here’s abridged extracts from Ebenezer Erskine’s 10 point sermon on 10 ways in which God in Christ is a God of love: 1. GOD in Christ is a reconciled God, a God of peace, that has received the atonement : … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of the giver
Tagged Christ, Ebenezer Erskine, God is love, Grace, love of God, pardon, Peace, promises of God, reconciliation, throne of grace
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5 Christian Leadership Types
Last week I summarised chapter 2 of Knowing God by Jim Packer. In that chapter he gave 4 marks of Christian living which result from a deep knowledge of God: Great energy For God Great thoughts of God Great boldness … Continue reading
Posted in Transforming lives
Tagged boldness for God, Christian leadership, contentment, energy for God, Joy, Knowing Christ, Knowing God, Knowledge of God, Packer, Peace
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Carson Pue on Mentoring Leaders #1
Here’s the first of my notes from one of my summer reads, Carson Pue’s Mentoring Leaders. It’s great holiday read; anecdotal, clear and provides a useful spiritual self-examination as well as guidance on developing other leaders. Pue insists, rightly, that … Continue reading
How to make peace at church (part 1)
My first sermon series at Holy Trinity is the letter to the Philippians, preached prophylactically (this is not a strange variant of prophecy and, for Australian readers, prophylactic means the prevention of a disease when a body is infected with … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Christians
Tagged Christian peace, church bust up, Church disagreement, Peace, Philippians
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How the cross heals
“Healing ministry” has become a popular aspect of church services, largely in charismatic churches, but not confined to that constituency. I have no doubts that God heals people of physical sickness, gradually and instantly and that we should pray for … Continue reading
Posted in The Cross
Tagged healing, healing ministry, Holiness, Horatius Bonar, Mortification of Sin, Peace, power of the cross, The Cross, Truth
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No peace without holiness, no holiness without peace
I’ve talked elsewhere about the nagging sense of guilt I experienced when in my mind I mixed grace with works. Here’s the preface to Horatius Bonar’s “God’s Way of Holiness“, which gets to the heart of the matter; that there … Continue reading
Posted in The nature of grace
Tagged Grace and Works, Holiness, Horatius Bonar, Kelso, law and gospel, Melrose, Peace
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11 reasons for attaining a peaceable disposition
It’s not long until the Anglican Lambeth Conference. The last conference in 1998 will be remembered for flared tempers, angry disputes and a media circus which fed on the strife like famished piranhas. Most Christians know of those who have … Continue reading
Posted in Transforming hatred of Sin
Tagged Lambeth 2008, Lambeth Conference, Matthew 5:9, Peace, Peacemakers, Puritans, Thomas Watson
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Transforming Grace 