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It Is Possible To Love Your Enemy In Polarised Times
In polarised times, we may encounter hostility when we least expect it. But is it really possible to truly love those who differ so much from us?
Why luck cannot make you happy
Convinced they’re at the mercy of random happenings out of their control, people unsurprisingly often end up pessimistic and unhappy. Happiness comes from knowing you have a father in heaven who provides.
What is so spiritual about church government?
Luxury, threat, boring technicality – just some reactions to church government. But if church government is spiritual, it is something that deserves our thankful respect and can help us grow spiritually.
How Not To Ignore The Failings Of Others
It is easy to criticise the failings of others, but their human frailties and spiritual failures are also burdens that weigh them down. What can we do to support them bear the load?
A prayer for renewal
There seem to be problems in the church everywhere we look. But repentance and renewal are things we can ask the Lord to gift the church.
What Does Revelation Reveal?
If we avoid the Book of Revelation because it seems too inaccessible, we are missing out on a lot of plain teaching and encouragement from the Lord Jesus. Here are some guiding principles for recovering what Revelation reveals.
Shaking Off Spiritual Lethargy
Spiritual lethargy can easily take us over. We continue to engage in spiritual as we always did but the energy and liveliness is no longer there. Instead there is a weariness. The good news is that there is a remedy for this.
Ways to increase our longing for Christ’s coming
Perhaps for various reasons we do not often pray, ‘Come, Lord Jesus.’ Yet there is a strong emphasis in Scripture on longing for Christ to come again. How can we increase that desire? Here are some ways.
You Need to Value the Covenant of Grace
Covenant is all about relationship and the rich blessings that God has provided through Christ. That is why we need to know more about and greatly value the Covenant of Grace.
We were made to enjoy God for ever Q1PT5 – BTEP010
We enjoy God as a consequence of glorifying Him. Amazingly, God has joined together his glory and our good.
Glorify God by doing what pleases him Q1PT4 – BTEP009
We glorify God by doing good works, things that reflect to other people what He is like.
Glorify God in everything Q1PT3 – BTEP008
We should devote all of our lives to glorifying God, from the most basic and ordinary everyday activities to whatever we do.
We were made to glorify God Q1PT2 – BTEP007
We should give glory to the Lord. There is nothing more important for us. One way of glorifying God is to worship Him.
Where is the post-Covid drift taking us?
After the period of Covid disruption many Christians and churches feel a sense of being adrift. Things are not how they were spiritually as well as in other ways. How can we remedy this?
Pleasing God: How Important is Pleasing God? – Episode 1
Pleasing God is supremely important of course, but in what way and what does this mean for us? This episode highlights the clear biblical teaching that answers the question.
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