“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” – Romans 8:6 (NIV) Good news: Sin is that within you which can be forgiven; nay, that which is already forgiven. The greatest step of faith is to believe that Christ has already set you free. Unlike John Wesley who asked of his preachers, “How goes it with your soul.?”, I am interested in your...

Keeping Christ in Mind (1) “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 2:5 (KJV) Over the next few weeks, we are going to take a look at our minds, this marvellous gift that has so much potential within us for good and evil.  We begin with this profound statement of Paul in the book of Philippians which gives us the most beautiful and challenging picture. The Greek...

“Male and Female created he them.” “They were naked and unashamed” In creating Man and Woman God is taking his creating skills to a grand finale. After Man and Woman there will be no more creating. From the first life in the sea to the man and woman a billion years later, God’s creating is finished- at least for us here on earth. God has created Creativity!!! From now on all living things will...

Thus far we have seen how God experiences some inner compulsion to share himself and his powers with created being; a different being; a being with the power to talk back, to question, and even to reject his advances. This desire to share is out of the overflowing abundance of a loving God. In time we will see how Christ enters the world and acts out that love, firstly by behaving as God would...