20081130 The church of Ephesus was a growing church in a society steeped in idolatrous worship of Artemis (Acts 19). Weekly, more people turned to believe in Jesus Christ. It was a church with leaders like the apostle Paul, Apollos and Timothy and firm in… Read More »Repent And Return
20081123 The race is set. All runners are at the starting line. Every muscle strained in readiness to burst forth to the finish line. Unknown to most spectators are the hours of rigorous self-imposed discipline by the athletes from diet to training programme, enduring pain… Read More »No Pain – No Gain
20081116 The Lord is never content to leave us where we are in our spiritual relationship with Him. He works in us until we are prepared for Him to do more through us. Ezekiel 37 is set against the background of the destruction of Israel… Read More »A Spirit Filled Life
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20081102 In Romans, the Apostle Paul reminds us how we are powerless against sin and sinful responses. The non Christian is unable to keep any of God’s commandments fully. The extent of God’s abhorrence of sin is seen by the sufferings and death of Jesus… Read More »Life Through The Spirit
20081026 In Rom 11:25, the Apostle Paul maintains that Israel’s blindness is not terminal. It will end when “the full number of the Gentiles has come in”. Paul is just saying that the people of Israel will remain blind until the last Gentile in the… Read More »God's Plan For Israel
20081019 Has God rejected Israel? Paul gives the answer “By no means!”, and proceeds to present some evidence to prove his emphatic answer. Using his own conversion as evidence, Paul writes, “I am an Israelite myself.” Here, he is saying that if God has rejected… Read More »Israel and Her Christ
20081012 With the fall of man and the entrance of sin into the world, God put into effect His plan to restore sinful mankind back to Himself. This plan involves the election of Israel. It is necessary to make a distinction between individual election and… Read More »Biblical Election
20081005 Israel was and still is the apple of God’s eye (Deut. 32:10; Zech. 2:8). In Rom. 9:4-5, Apostle Paul lists the following privileges which Israel received from God: Adoption as Sons. God adopted the Jews as a nation. This does not mean that every Jew is His child. What it means is that Israel has… Read More »The Chosen People
20080928 “100X” is going to be the epitaph of Bob Buford, the author of the book “Half-Time”. An epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there. Bob Buford has chosen to have this simple inscription describe his life mission and purpose. He… Read More »100x
