God’s Authorities and God’s People Read Romans 13: 1-7. Those who receive God’s mercy respond by devoting their whole lives to Him. This devotion is practically expressed in our relationships with other Christians and with those who are not Christians. Here we see how Christians live under the rule of those who may not share …
Living In The Body Read Romans 12: 3-8. The response to God’s mercy is offering ourselves to God and seeking to grow into all that we have been saved to become. • Why do you think Paul stresses humility as the first practical issue in addressing the Christian life? • Paul seems to be addressing …
I’ve started reading Michael Horton’s Christless Christianity. In some ways it is an unremarkable book. Horton lays a charge that the US church is at risk of embracing what is termed ‘Moralistic, Theistic Deism’. In this climate the invitation to come to God is based on the desire for improvement in the individual and its …
With ‘Christ-Centered Worship’ Bryan Chapell has produced a great contribution to the worship of the Christian Church, particularly those churches in the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition. Chapell encourages us to ‘think of worship in gospel terms’ and to do this in distinction of thinking ‘only in evangelistic terms.’ As we meet together as the people …
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