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Jesse
In the Bible there is a King named Saul. When he started out as Israel’s king he wasn’t all that bad. He certainly was brave, and he looked the part. But the trouble was that he had let power go … Continue reading
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Judges 15
This post continues a chapter by chapter study of the story of Samson. Please check out these links to Judges 13 and 14. The Judges 15 portion of Samson’s saga is in a sense the most simple: Its a polemic … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, blog, blogging, christian, Christianity, church, God, jesus, jim lockey, judges, memory verse, notes, old testament, postaday, religion, spirituality, theology, writing
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Foreknowledge & Predestination. An idiots guide
Foreknowledge & Predestination. An idiots guide (By which I mean, a guide written by an idiot) I might be wrong about a lot of this And we know that in all things God works for the good of those … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, blog, blogging, calvin, christian, Christianity, church, faith, foreknowledge, genesis, God, jesus, jim lockey, new testament, old testament, postaday, predestination, religion, Romans, romans 8, spirituality, theology, writing
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How to be held
How to be held or The discipline supports the experience and the truth we’ve already received I’ve been like a broken record at youth discipleship recently, saying every week that prayer and reading the bible are really important things to … Continue reading
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Judges 14, Samson as riddler
This post assumes the reader to have a familiarity with the plot of the story of Samson as it appears in Judges. It is also helpful if your familiar with the story of Dinah (Genesis 34) that I refer to … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, christian, Christianity, church, faith, genesis, God, jesus, jim lockey, judges, notes, old testament, postaday, religion, spirituality, theology, writing
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Making Connections – Passover X Cain and Abel
I love those moments when you make a sudden connection about something that you’ve pondered in the Bible. It’s like the spirit gives you a freebie. No work required. That happened for me today as I was listening to some … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, blog, blogging, christian, Christianity, church, faith, genesis, God, jesus, jim lockey, notes, old testament, religion, spirituality, theology, writing
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8-bit Bible featured on the church sofa
As regular readers may remember I’ve a project for 2013 that isn’t primarily taking place on this blog but on 8bitbible.wordpress.com It’s a series of animations based on bible stories cropping up at a rate of about 1 per month. … Continue reading
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On Praying for Healing
So I spoke to someone this week whose faith was much stronger than my own. This person understood the way that God looks at us much better than I did. This person’s name is Andrew and he’s 11 years old. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, faith, God, healing, jesus, prayer, suffering
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The source of our beliefs
This week some if my own fundamental views were challenged when I read 1 Corinthians 1 verse 16. And then went on to read Acts 16. In these passages Paul baptises entire households at a time – it is by … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism, belief, christening, Christianity, faith, God, infant baptism, jesus, jim lockey
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I’m a Christian first
It’s certainly true of the church I attend that there are those vocally passionate about being Pentecostal, and I mean passionate to the point of hostility. But there are probably just as many in our number who would shrug when … Continue reading
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