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Entries Tagged ‘Church’

Jonathan Edwards Forsees that the End Time Church will Display Greater Glory and Purity

As I have been reading my bible recently, I have been spending time in the O.T prophetic scriptures. Time and time again I find that the O.T prophetic scriptures speak right into the contemporary church world.
In spite of en masse spiritual, moral and doctrinal indiferance within the churches of God, scripture looks forward to a [...]

Rediscovering Tradition

This Christmas period has felt very ‘traditional’ in so many ways. Firstly we had one of the first ‘white Christmas’ that we have had for many years. Also it was Ethan’s first ‘real’ Christmas in that he is 14 months old and therefore he had a greater awareness and a lot of what was happening [...]

Comments on Why We Love The Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organised Religion

 Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck have brought out another book, this time tackling critics of institutional church. I really enjoyed their book on the emergent church and I gave it a mostly favourable review.
I finished their second book in a matter of days and I enjoyed a lot of what was written. I agree with [...]

Has Truth Perished Within The Church Today?

“This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.”
Jeremiah 7:27 b
As I was working through Robert Murray McCheyne’s bible reading plan this verse really got my attention. What really got my attention was its immediate relevance and application for [...]

Personal Update

Update
With things being really busy just now I have not been blogging as much as I would have liked. I’ve been busy with placement two of my teacher training course. Regarding the course, so far so good. Placements have gone well, I am enjoying most of the lectures and the things I am learning at [...]


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