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5.  Captain Complainer No, church this Sunday is not going to be perfect.  Well done, you worked it out!  Imperfect people are going to come together in an imperfect manner, with an imperfect system, rub up against each other, and be imperfect.  If you come to church looking for something to complain about then IContinue reading “5 People Not To Be This Sunday in Church”

During our leadership conference last weekend, Greg Mohr pointed out that you cannot believe for something that is outside of your grace.  If it isn’t in your destiny, it isn’t going to be something you can believe for (of course, everything in redemption is freely ours for all of us).  You can only believe forContinue reading “Jurisdiction 1: Mind Your Own Business”

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. That’s Acts 4.33 above.  The early church had not just grace but great grace, with the Greek word for grace being megas, it would not be wrong to declare that theContinue reading “Great Grace!”

Today we have a bonus second post as Arthur Meintjes very kindly allowed me to reproduce this great wisdom on our blog: Did You Know? God, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is a God who is no respecter of Persons! This is one of the greatest revelations that the Apostle Peter received whenContinue reading “God is No Respecter of Persons (Arthur Meintjes)”

This week a number of people have contacted me and asked my views on whether HIV is God’s judgment on homosexuality.  My answer is a very firm and very definite NO.  Here are 10 reason why this point of view holds no water at all: 10.  God is no respecter of persons – or ofContinue reading “10 Reasons HIV is not God’s judgment for Homosexuality”

The church is (rightly) concerned about homosexuality, it is a perversion against the original design for humanity, it degrades and destroys society, and it means that there is no fruit of the womb. However, the church should be, in this hour, more concerned about homo-sectuality.  If a homo-sexual can only have sex with his sameContinue reading “Homo-Sectuality”

Here is a verse that a lot of people struggle with as it does not at first glance paint the same picture of God that Jesus does: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. It’s in Hebrews 12.6, and I have seen this verse used by many toContinue reading “Difficult Verses 9: Hebrews 12.6”

I like to blog every week, and generally I blog on a Tuesday.   This Tuesday was a bit difficult though as on a prison visit I was on, there was a lock down and we were stuck for about three hours.  To top that off, the M1 was closed on the way back downContinue reading “Not Ashamed!”

5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College. via 5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College. I originally posted this last April, and it was the most viewed post of 2014.  Which I believe it should have been – there are right reasons to goContinue reading “5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College”

I love playing pool.  I don’t get much chance to play it anymore, but I used to as a teen play all the time.  I never was much good, but I enjoyed the game. You have to pot all the stripes or spots, depending on which you potted first, then finally pot the eight ball.Continue reading “The Eight Ball”