Sad on Easter Morning?

This morning on Into the Pray – this Easter Sunday morning – I wanted to drop a quick word of testimony about how Easter morning often feels sad to me, based, in part, on what I see in the Church at large.

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How Do I Know That I Am Right?

[To answer this question, I’m going to be deep-mining the Bible for much-needed Help so you will need some quality time, a spirit of prayer and your Bible to hand for this article to be of most benefit to you. I have spent time ensuring that all scriptures are specifically hyperlinked within the blog (verse by verse) for your ease of reference so please enjoy doing some work with me!]

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City of Temples: A Study of 1st Corinthians

For the last few months we have been reading slowly and prayerfully through the book of 1 Corinthians – we’re calling it, The City of Temples.

Just earlier this morning, I dropped the seventeenth episode as we now walk through the door of chapter 7. Why not grab your Bible and listen here?

City of Temples, Every Sunday morning via the Into the Pray podcast

Having laid the biblical and theological foundation for marriage last week, this episode today now turns to Paul’s teaching on marriage and singleness in more detail. 

We will spend at least two more weeks in this chapter because there is so much to get out of it!

This week: 

– What did the Corinthians think of marriage and sex? 
– Why was Paul’s teaching revolutionary not only for the wider Jewish/Roman culture but for the immature church? 
– What of sexual intimacy and prayer? 
– What primary strategy does Satan use to destroy marriages? 
– How would it be good to examine our marriages? 
– Whether married or single, what verse is the critical verse in understanding how Jesus wants us to be living at the end of the age. 

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The Death & Dearth of Spiritual Authority

One of the most important truths that we’ve learnt by repeated and painful experience over the years is that the Kingdom of God is incompatible with the understanding of spiritual authority commonly found throughout the Church and many of its institutions.

I have become increasingly aware that He may well have given me spiritual insight and understanding about something critically important for where we currently find ourselves as the Church. Hence, I am now writing this piece before God, fearing disobedience, because I value His friendship more than life itself, let alone popularity within it.

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Each & Every Way

All follicles of hair and each nuancing of name, every intricacy of life, by Him alone are made.

Each alveolied lung, all lashes of the eye, each peculiarity of smile, by Him alone designed.

Every deliberating brain and all thinking of the mind, each step along the Way, with Him alone refined.

All broken bones again and every sinewed length of frame, each muscle grouping strained, by Him alone remade.

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