It Was For This
Repent, place your faith in the Anointed One! It was for this, God sent His Son.
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August 17, 2021
Of Mongrels And Prodigals
Then, right in front of me he pulled his t-shirt off, revealing a black singlet, and heavily tattooed arms. He then replaced his t-shirt with a black waistcoat. This was no ordinary waistcoat. It was one of the most intimidating ones you could adorn - with the huge circular bulldog insignia of the fearsome Mongrel Mob - probably the most dangerous gang in the country.
May 29, 2017
Journey with Paul – Galatians 1, Acts 15
That’s the way Paul did it – by pulling together all those Old Testament pictures of patriarchs, exposing the silver thread that runs through them, and showing how they all point to Christ.
February 20, 2017
The Day The Town Came To See The Circus
All the charade needs volunteers, and truck loads of them. And to keep them coming back week after week, you need to guilt-trip them into thinking that if they don't return, they won't flourish as a believer. Lies. Cheap shots. And it's all law, no grace.
September 29, 2016
The Woman at the Well – A Picture of Law and Gospel
I know these excuses, because hello, I use them all the time. But the Great Commission of the church is to 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all nations.' That was a commandment from Jesus, not a 'suggestion'. The Gospel needs to be preached because there is no other way for men to be saved.
July 19, 2016
Real Friends Tell Their Friends The Truth
When I lived in Christchurch, I often saw a funny little man with a moustache who would stand on a step-ladder in Cathedral Square at lunch times. He would yell out stuff about breaking God's law, sin & repentance. I remember thinking 'I could never do that!'. It seemed to me that he never got a lot of return for his hard work.
August 31, 2015
Why Is That?…Why Is It Now Right To Be Wrong?
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
July 29, 2014
This Wretched Man
This wretched man stands here today Encumbered by his sinful way Has built his life on shifting sand Oh who will save this wretched man
March 16, 2014
Jesus Only Saves Sinners
'For scarcely for a righteous man will one die;" (v7) Would God bother offering up the life of His only Son for a perfectly righteous man? Scarcely. Why? Because a righteous man doesn't need saving. He has done nothing wrong. He has kept the law to perfection. There is no condemnation owing to Him.
November 12, 2013
Why is That?…Why do we have to make Christianity so hard?
Oh, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
November 1, 2012