God, Who Chooses To Save
By Not Known Consider this story: A man started a business, which, in time, he entrusted to others to run for him. These people turned against him and refused to pay any attention to him or to give him the loyalty he expected. He sent some representatives to meet with them and warn them. But they ignored these people and even mis-treated some of them. What do you think…
Light
By Not Known LIGHT Light is a common theme in many religions. Candles and other lights are used in various religious observances in temples, synagogues, churches and other religious buildings. What is the spiritual significance of light? Light shows us what we are really like – with all our faults and needs. Light shows the way from where we are to where we want to…
Package and product
By Not Known People sometimes feel the need for a makeover. Depending on who we are, we head for the hairdresser’s, skin clinic, spa, clothing and shoe shops. We come out looking and feeling like a million dollars (and costing it too!). But then a few days passes and we realise that not much has changed. The same old ‘me’ is still there and the same old…
Bible Workshop
By Not Known … the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation throush faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teachins, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(2 Tim 3:15-17). This is a very important passage about the Bible. In…
The Bible Business
By Not Known An increasing range of Bible ‘products‘ are available to the Christian public. These include an ever-expanding number of translations, apparently endless versions of the same translation packaged for different markets and a huge range of supporting materials in hard and soft versions. The positive side of this is that the Christian public has…
The Word of God
By Not Known It is a defining feature of the Christian church that we regard ourselves as a people of God’s book. We gladly affirm that all Scripture is inspired by God and useful…. (2 Tim 3:16). Because we identify the Bible as the word of God, we make Bible teaching and learning central to our private faith and our public life as a church. The secret things…
Everyday Worship
By Not Known Christians sometimes wonder if there is more to our faith than just church activities for a few hours. We may also wonder if our daily activities have significance before God – perhaps in comparison to people who work full time in Christian ministry. For a long time the Christian church downplayed the significance of the everyday before God. Life was…
SINGING GOD’S SONGS
By Not Known God’s gift of music is first mentioned in Genesis 4:21 and has long been used in worship. One of the earliest sacred songs is a hymn of praise to God for his work of saving Israel from Egypt (Ex 15:1-18). These themes continue through both Old and New Testaments. There are hundreds of references to God’s people singing and numerous examples of…
WORSHIPPING TOGETHER
By Not Known For a long time, Presbyterian services typically began with the words, Let us worship God. A key word in that statement is us. Much in the Bible encourages God’s people to come together to admire God, thank him, confess sins, learn from him, thank him and ask things of him. The Old Testament church came together in the tent sanctuary and then the temple as a…
Our worship of the true God
By Not Known Worship is a central Christian activity and will be our focus right through October. What is worship? Someone has defined worship as: … anything that recognises that God is God and that we are not. In this sense, worship is taking our place in the world under God, rather than separate from God. Others draw attention to the vocabulary of worship. Key Biblical…