What is worldliness? How do we OVERCOME it, while living in the world? Stimulated by comment on recent video (https://youtu.be/oGtYtHxrLis): There is only one God that is not “cool” to the world. That offends every worldly persons beliefs. Who’s name is a
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Isaiah chapter 40 begins with familiar words, used by Handel in his oratorio, Messiah, and often associated with the Christmas story: “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” But if anything, the words that end the chapter, in verse 31, are even more well-known:
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The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche … was a famous critic of Christianity, and thought that it needed to be transcended by modern men and women. But at the same time, he granted that there were some “advantages” to the Christian understanding of
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The Commands of Jesus: Do not Judge. 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” 13 The Pharisees therefore said
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The Commands of Jesus: Forgive. Continuing the journey, we look at Matthew 18:15-35, and John 8:1-11. Recorded on Sunday 16th August 2020. Watch on YouTube: An article from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-blame-game/201510/forgive-me-forgive-me-not Martin Luther King’s sermon on Forgiveness: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/draft-chapter-iv-love-action Swedenborg’s discussion of forgiveness,
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Is it more important to make a public confession of faith and to take a firm stand for the truth, or to live a private religion? Continuing our series on the Commands of Jesus. Recorded on Sunday 2 August 2020. “when you
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Loving your enemies is one of the most challenging of commands ever given. But this has hidden benefits. Today, we read from Matthew chapter 5 and unpack everything that Jesus means when he teaches the true nature of love. Recorded on Sunday
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Many people find Biblical culture primitive and barbaric, but in one way it is far in advance of our own: treatment of the poor. Recorded on Sunday 16th March 2020. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation
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Jesus appears inconsistent in his demands for us to follow the commandments and his breaking the Sabbath laws of his time. Will a closer examination of the issues involved reconcile this dilemma and offer us greater clarity on the commandments? Recorded on
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How do you create a community? Does the Bible say anything useful? Recorded on Sunday 16th February 2020. 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in
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