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Entries Tagged ‘Christian life’

Is your problem a gospel problem?

I was struck with the following thought recently, that almost every problem that we experience as Christians can be ultimately traced back to one fundamental issue, that is, we have a Gospel problem!
What do I mean?
If we are encountering a difficulty, if our experience is sub-Christian, if our life is falling short in a particularly area [...]

Older believers need to introduce younger believers to the written works of men and women of God

I’m really not that old, honest! I became a Christian around the age of 18/19 and I am now 28. Since coming to Christ I have devoured books, particularly books written by men and women who knew the Lord in a deep way and who were used by God powerfully. Sometimes I stumbled across these [...]

Going Through a Trial? Remember the Hope of the Promise!

This word of encouragement and testimony was emailed to me during the week by Ken Carpenter. It certainly encouraged me, I hope it encourages you also.
Hope of the Promise
Have you ever been in a hopeless trial and cry out to God over and over, because of your failures and sins, to deliver you? How you [...]

It’s all about Jesus

This may not come as a surprise to many Christians, however, the truth that seems to be coming to my mind again and again is that it is all about Jesus.
In my own life just now I am studying ecclesiology, I’m looking at how the church is today and comparing it with scripture, the [...]

What can a 17th century Monk teach Evangelicals?

I’m currently reading The Practice of the Presence of God by brother Lawrence again. I bought this book when I first got saved and I am finding it refreshingly straightforward and uncomplex. Despite critcisms from various believers within evangelicalism, I do not think this book will lead people into Eastern Paganism…


    "You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God!"
    Martin Luther