2014 (67)
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The Decay of Evangelical Faith
I’m writing this from Haverigg - a small village on the Cumbria coast. We’ve come here for our summer holidays, as we have many times before. I’ve been taking the opportunity to find out a little about the history of the churches in this area.
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Friendship
I spent a day recently with one of my closest and dearest friends. He was for many years a member of this church. Now he lives in another part of the country. But our friendship has not diminished. We meet maybe half a dozen times a year - at conferences,…
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Church Discipline: Its necessity, purpose and problems (3:9-11)
What does a church do if one of its members is not behaving properly and causing division? Can it safely ignore the situation or does it act?
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Betrayed with a kiss (22:47-53)
The man who follows the path of unrepented sin goes deeper and deeper into folly and wickedness. Judas came to the stage where there was nothing he would not do. Calmly, deliberately, he betrayed the Son of Man with a kiss.
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Gethsemane: the Victory (22:39-46)
What did the disciples see as they watched Jesus in Gethsemane? A vulnerable man, frightened, confused and weeping. Would they have realised that they were watching the Son of God winning his greatest victory?