I’ve been singing the Lord’s song in two strange lands for twelve years now. New Directions is the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. It helps know what’s been going on in the place we used to call home. The passing time means that while there are lots of familiar places and many familiar …
So. Many. Good. Townend. And. Getty. Songs. There is real craft to writing songs that express truths that Christians should be thinking and wanting to express. This is different from writing songs that attempt to make Christians feel what the writer believes they should be feeling. This song recognises that when Christians gather it is …
The outline: Three Groans Anticipating Glory 1) The groan of creation. 2) The groan of the Christian. 3) The groan of the Spirit. 4) The glory of God’s completed purpose. Some notes: The title is a nod to R. Kent Hughes. The groans are anticpatory. This is not to say they do not represent a …
Back to Bible Study after last week’s medically induced break. Read Romans 8: 1-17. In Christ the Christian is a new creation. Though much of the old is still around relationships have changed, behaviour has changed, our will has changed. But we are not alone. The Holy Spirit is now a central presence in our …
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