God doesn’t do things by halves. The riches of His grace are not given to us in pinched precision or in limited measurement. Tragically, we live in a world where sin abounds, but to compensate God has provided us with a mercy that superabounds (Rom 5:20). This is Paul’s argument to the Romans wh…
As we look at a newly baptised brother or sister in Christ, our hearts and minds swell in praise and thankfulness to our heavenly Father as we begin to appreciate the incredible work that our Father is undertaking with these individuals. Their baptism, and ours, didn’t just happen. It wasn’t thr…
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“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions”
We know the above verse from Galations 3:19 so well! Yet when we ask: “To what was the law added?” the answer does not spring so readily to mind. What were the transgressions that provoked the adding of t…
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8th Song: 6:10-13
The Bride – Victorious Over Her Enemies
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This eighth song commences in a similar fashion to the fifth and the 11th songs. It is very brief and the two phrases; “the chariots of Ammi-nadib” and “the company of two armies” p…
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The book of Job is a wonderful exposition of how the love of God can be shed abroad in our hearts through a deep appreciation of His mercy. When we read of Job experiencing great troubles and eventually being delivered from evil, our minds are expanded and our faith is increased as we see the extent…
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There is an old song that says, “Into each life some rain must fall but too much is falling into mine”. It is raining now and has been for days; the flu and a relapse have put our mood and the weather in perfect harmony.
It is sometimes hard to remember that it is the rain that brings t…
Like Australia, Israel is a dry country. With almost two-thirds of the country desert, water is a key issue. Israel’s principal sources of water are the Sea of Galilee and the headwaters of the Hermon River, but these are in danger of being overtaxed. Water is also at the centre of many disputes i…
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Samos is an island in the eastern Aegean Sea only 1.6 kilometres from what is now called Turkey and is only mentioned in the Bible once, in Acts 20:15, when Paul was travelling to Jerusalem.
The island itself is 43 kilometres long (east to west) and 13 kilometres wide (north to south) with …
Following on from our first article on holiness we began by asking the question: What do we know about the Father’s holiness?
When we talk about Yahweh’s holiness, we are in fact talking about His divine character and describing that purity of nature that He possesses. It is all part of…
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Colour scheme
By colouring down the border of your margin in just 5 colours through most of Revelation you can quickly see what type of chapter you are reading:
Blue–for Visions kingdom or the kingdom-community
Green–for Seals (Judgments on Pagan Rome)
Yellow…
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