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Wealth and poverty – irrelevant – James 1:9-12

August 30, 2007 | 0 Comments

These are my raw notes again. I’m weeks behind, but hopefully they will be useful. Purpose: We are all equal in our walk with Christ. Wealth or poverty are irrelevant. James 1:9-12 What are the comparisons being made in verse 9 and how do these relate to the world today? Lowly brother contrasted with the [...]

Wisdom and Faith – James 1:5-8

August 30, 2007 | 0 Comments

I’m weeks behind posting my notes from previous studies (apart from the series on getting organized). Anyway, here are my raw notes again from this passage a month or two ago. What is wisdom? Prov 2:1-5 – if you seek wisdom/understanding/etc what do you get? Wisdom – understanding:”Skill in the affairs of life, practical wisdom, [...]

Historical reading – the crusades

August 28, 2007 | 0 Comments

History is interesting. Of particular interest is history that pertains to things that are currently going on in the world around us. I’ve been looking into a little history around Islam and its war on Christianity over the millennia (news flash – it didn’t start on September 11, 2001), and came across this article today. [...]

What are we defined by?

August 25, 2007 | 0 Comments

Interesting quote from the In Touch magazine this month: Being salt of the world means we live as agents of preservation and a taste of God’s goodness on dull tongues. We are to live as a shaft of light shining through a dark sky. But self-serving faith produces the unfortunate and unwitting result that we [...]

Get Organized – reasons and principles part 3

August 24, 2007 | 0 Comments

Continued from part 2. Principle 4: Get effective – not busy Hebrews 11 is a great chapter that skims over many Old Testament saints who gave their lives for Christ. This chapter doesn’t end at the end of chapter 11, but continues into chapter 12. After discussing the many martyrs for their faith in the [...]

Get Organized – reasons and principles part 1

August 23, 2007 | 0 Comments

After last weeks session there was some interesting discussion about Mark Driscolls talk on getting organized. Being conservative kiwis there were comments about materialism, chasing the American dream and even the odd snicker about expectations of husbands for their wives. This week I wanted to give a biblical background and some principles behind why it [...]

Get Organized – reasons and principles part 2

August 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

Read part 1 here. Principle 3: Priorities for single and married So where do we start? Fortunately we have guidance here from scripture too. For the single person we get this: 32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. [...]

Get Organized

August 10, 2007 | 0 Comments

This week we started to take a look at organizing our lives to be effective for Christ. The principles we looked at were a stepped method of figuring out what we should focus on and went something like this: 1) Figure out what is most important and prioritize them. For me this is a) My [...]

Make no provision for the flesh

August 9, 2007 | 0 Comments

So says Romans 13:14. Rather we are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. These sort of passages are great at putting things into perspective. For instance there is nothing wrong with veging out in front of the TV, unless you read a passage like this. Clearly when we are watching TV we are putting [...]

HIV and AIDS is a predominantly homosexual male problem

August 8, 2007 | 0 Comments

One of the interesting things about some of the data presented in Eves Bite is that HIV and AIDS are conditions that are almost non-existent in hetrosexuals. This article on stuff this morning seems to affirm this (quoted in part here as Stuff pull their articles after a while): “The HIV epidemic is making a [...]