The Spirit of Adoption 2
The revelation of God in Christ testifies to a loving Father who can be grieved but is never wrathful or punishing towards his children Continue Reading
The Spirit of Adoption 1
Jesus has received Spirit-power to make sons in his image. He has gloriously returned our orphaned spirits to their heavenly Father. As “sons of the resurrection” Continue Reading
Living Near the End
Anyone who claims to be a follower of Jesus who feels at home in this world better check their spiritual pulse as to whether Christ really lives in them (2 Cor 13:5 ESV). Continue Reading
The Perth Declaration For The Defence Of Christianity In Australia
We are delighted to announce the release of the “Perth Declaration for the Defence of Christianity in Australia”.
The undersigned are 23 of our finest lawyers, politicians, legal academics, and policymakers in this country.
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Christians challenge Costello’s advice to ‘suck it up’
Michael Kellahan executive director of Christian think tank Freedom for Faith “If Australia wants to be able to speak with credibility to places without freedoms we need to show that we take freedom for all people seriously here,” Bruce Melle minister and assembly clerk of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, called the piece a “strident, raucous overstatement” ….
Mercy 4. Mercy and Judgement
Grace and mercy in time of need are ours for in Christ we are vessels of mercy who can confidently ask God to bring pour forth mercy through own lives. As Daniel in exile knew that the Lord would show mercy on account of his prayers and as Jesus in his petitions in Gethsemane had faith for coming mercy beyond a time of judgement, through the gospel this can be our expectation.
Loving the Trinity
The problem with the wider Church today is that it is choked up by an immature love. Mature love doesn’t love God for his benefits, real and wonderful as they are, but loves God for his sake. It is being bathed in this love that drives out all fear of being unloved
Pentecost and Prophecy Today
The Church and the world desperately need men, women and children giving a clear witness of Jesus Continue Reading
Mercy 3. The Blood of the Cross
Like Jesus, he understood that God has not saved us from the cross but through the cross. Any situation in life, no matter how naturally misery-inducing, when yielded with understanding to the Lord, can be transformed from an occasion for misery to a vehicle for God’s mercy to flow out to others.
Ascended Sonship
2 Ki 2:1-15 ESV Ps 110: 1-7 ESV Acts 1:1-11 ESV Luke 24:44-53 ESV Introduction The ascension of Jesus is the climax of his earthly life for it is the point when his humanity is taken up into God’s home… Continue Reading