In this short article I will be citing just a few Scriptures, which I believe indicate that the length of time between Jesus’ first coming and His second coming would be “about” two thousand years…
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The following video is a superb, high quality presentation of the prophecy and histories surrounding ‘Daniel’s statue’ and an excellent way to end this series…
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How near is near!? Well, it won’t surprise you to hear that I’m not for playing that game. No date setting or predictions of what is coming next but just think about this…
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Today were are going to consider the next chapter of Revelation – chapter 20 – which refers to (uniquely in The Bible) a period of time known as The Millennium…
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“The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines him”
“He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him”. (Proverbs 18)
Whilst we can unfortunately continue to expect that difficult times will come, it might just be possible that The Lord has also planned some good things for His people too…
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In the previous post of this series I mentioned Brexit, and to my best recollection that was the first time I have ever mentioned anything directly currently political on this website…
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On the 23rd June 2016 the people (not their overlords) of Great Britain took the decision to leave the European Union. The build up was marked by unprecedented friction…
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I’m officially coming out! I am nailing my colours to the mast. It is my belief that the end is indeed near and this article is the commencement of a series on this matter…
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The earliest recorded Christian source for regular sermonizing is found during the late second century.” Clement of Alexandria (150-215) lamented the fact that sermons did so little to change Christians.” Yet despite its recognized failure, the sermon became a standard practice among believers by the fourth century…
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In my attempt to keep this article as succinct as possible I have not elaborated much in many areas but I do think I need to clarify a few points and add a few miscellaneous notes. So here are some brief but important notes…
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With regards to all New Testament revelation, whether we fully understand it, or see any benefit in it, is not of first importance. If it is clear in the New Testament that Jesus and His apostles acted and worked in a particular way then we should follow their example…
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Most New Testament references to exhortation are essentially ‘in-house’ – and most often in the context of the Church…
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If ‘preaching’ is a ‘declaration’ of things then ‘teaching’ is an ‘exploration’ and ‘explanation’ of things…
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There are a variety of Greek words used in the New Testament which are translated as: ‘PREACH’, ‘TEACH’ and ‘EXHORT’. I shall not attempt an exhaustive study of every last one but with the use of a Strong’s Concordance and other Bible Dictionaries it is easy to see and summarise the main words that are used and see them in their context.
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The principles of teaching and learning as famously expressed by an Eastern philosopher over two and half thousand years ago and as reaffirmed by a twenty first century Western university study haven’t changed one iota…
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Some groups call it ‘christening’, others ‘baptism’ and others ‘dedication’. This article will not attempt an examination of the origins of this practice but rather focus solely on the last terminology above – ‘dedication’…
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This article is an open rebuke to all Christians who preach against institutional church in favour of a return to ‘biblical church’ but still ask for money and sell their messages…
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I have heard it said that, “God always answers our prayers” – it may be a matter of time and it may not always be the answer we hoped for but He does always answer our prayers…
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This article is an attempt to help believers to study the Bible for themselves and to give some guidelines in their study…
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The following notes are ways in which I make use of this concordance. I hope you will find them to be clear and useful to you…
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There are no ‘professionals’ in God’s Church, only bondservants…
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He wants us to be living, loving, caring and committed sons… God does not find any pleasure in mere mathematical devotees…
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Fancy saying to God, the Lord God Almighty, Maker and Owner of the entire universe… “If you do your bit God I’ll give you a cut – how’s ten percent suit you!?”
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If you have the Word but not the Spirit you will dry up. If you have the Spirit but not The Word you will blow up! If you have The Spirit AND The Word you will grow up…
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“I am verily persuaded the Lord hath more truth yet to break forth out of His Holy Word”
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“It’s a beautiful letter but the middle part puzzles me so badly I can’t make head or tail of it.”
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“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh.”
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“Hi, I’m a student working on a Religious Studies project and I wondered if you could help me by giving an opinion. I have an essay title, “Can You Be a Christian and Not Go to Church?” and having seen your website I was curious as to your opinion. If you do have the time to reply, I’d love to hear from you…”
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To judge or not to judge… that is the question…
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If a church gathering is so watered down to suit the non-Christian attendees and/or the main portion of the time spent together does not allow for God to speak, either to you or through you, then there is no biblical reason for being there…
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To examine this whole theology of cessationism we only have to establish one fact – does ‘that which is perfect’ refer to the Bible, which we now have, or to something else yet to come…
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Please don’t settle for anything less than a normal, biblical church in EVERY respect…
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In recent days I have become increasingly aware of ever-growing numbers of the Lord’s people either drawing aside from ‘traditional churches’ so called and/or using such language as returning to/restoring the New Testament church etc…
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Instead of sifting, sorting, weeding, and thus in the process no doubt sullying further the whole pot, he ‘cast in.’ Here we have revealed to us a ‘secret’ of the principles of the workings and methods of God…
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If you are a Christian you need to KNOW (not just intellectually) that the book, which we call The Bible is God’s absolute and final Word on ALL subjects contained therein. It is for ALL Christians and ALL churches in ALL places at ALL times…
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A selection of ‘sundry thoughts’, which are taken from previous ‘thought for the day’ offerings on the site. With thanks to the various contributors…
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Recently someone asked me if I knew of a particular song – “And The Spirit Sings” by Don Francisco. I’ve certainly listened to Don Francisco songs and found them very inspiring but I didn’t know of this one. I searched YouTube, as instructed, and found the song. Wow! Lovely! This simple ballad says all I’ve been trying to say in a nut-shell – or, more accurately speaking – in a song…
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Joy To The World!
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