Apostolic Conversion
Thursday, February 7th, 2008I believe that the Lord’s heart is on the subject of conversion. I’m very fond of saying, “Many saved, few converted.”
Anti Semitism: A Little Considered Root
Thursday, February 7th, 2008From time to time one reads of how Jewish commentators are chafed by the world’s holding of Israel to a higher standard or account. Their irritation evidently stems from a secular and rational mentality that does not regard Israel as in any way exceptional with regard to other nations, and therefore not deserving of any criterion for judgment than that by which all other nations are held.
Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth:
Thursday, February 7th, 2008While it is true that Jesus enjoins us in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38) not to requite others who have requited us, and that while we must not require ‘retaliation,’ may God for the purposes of righteousness and cosmic justice not require it of Himself?
At the Age of Twelve
Thursday, February 7th, 2008At the age of twelve, Jesus is giving us a lesson in the making of a son, and the episode reveals an insight into the definitive principles of sonship that are applicable for sons (and daughters) of God in every generation.
A Priesthood Made Ready for the Future
Thursday, February 7th, 2008The Melchizedek Priesthood An edited transcript of message # S04-29. We have previously looked at one or two aspects of the Levitical function of the Aaronic priesthood, but I want to begin to look at the expression of the priesthood in the future. There is clearly an Ezekiel temple. In Ezekiel 40 and from there […]
Confrontation with the Living God
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Though confident in their own opinions, many enjoy calling themselves truth-seekers, but a confrontation with the Living God sharply reveals the deep insincerity of the human heart.
On Adolescence
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008At what stage is the church-at-large presently? Infancy is the discovery of itself in thumb-sucking egocentricity and fascination over its own body and that which supplies it. Adolescence is the awareness of “deeper [biologically] currents” from within and the excitement of things without that gratify new longings.
A Plea for the Serious Consideration of God
Monday, February 4th, 2008A message, especially but not exclusively, for our Jewish kinsmen as we approach the end of the millennium Be still and know that I am God…(Psalm 46:10) There is a connection between the strange providences of God and what we know of Him, and we have to learn to interpret the mysteries of life in […]
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