Why should Xians study Torah.
Top 10 Reasons why Christians should know Torah Know Torah = Know Yeshua We do new converts to Christianity a disservice when we hand them a Gospel of John and the Book of Psalms. The book of Hebrews says in Heb 10 v 7 – Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of […]
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Simcha Torah – The joy of the Lord
We talk of Joy of the Lord. He celebrates a sinner repenting – and mourns the death of the wicked……. I wonder which He does more of? I see grief and regret that He ever made mankind, at Noah’s time. Gen 6 v 7-8 So the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have […]
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Robert Murray M’Cheyne – Annual Bible reading plan
Reading plan is available here Daily Bread, A calendar for reading through the Word of God in a year by Robert Murray McCheyne “Thy Word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it. Psalm 119 v 140” MY DEAR FLOCK,—The approach of another year stirs up within me new desires for your salvation, and for […]
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Old paths and Old books by C.S. Lewis
Many so-called “Christian” books today are not worth reading, and some are spiritually dangerous. Given the vast number of such books in the marketplace, we need wisdom and discernment in what we read, lest we be unwittingly led astray. C.S. Lewis gives us wise guidance on this important issue……… There is a strange idea abroad […]
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“Afraid” by Betty Stam
Afraid Afraid? Of what? Afraid to see the Saviour’s face, To hear His welcome, and to trace The glory gleam from wounds of grace? Afraid – of THAT? Afraid? Of what? A flash – a crash – a pierced heart! Darkness – Light – O Heaven’s art! A wound, of His a counterpart! Afraid […]
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“Chocolate Soldiers” by C.T. Studd
HEROISM is the lost chord; the missing note of present-day Christianity! Every true soldier is a hero! A SOLDIER WITHOUT HEROISM IS A CHOCOLATE SOLDIER! Who has not been stirred to scorn and mirth at the very thought of a Chocolate Soldier? In peace true soldiers are captive lions, fretting in their cages. War gives […]
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Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World by Dr. Tim Keller
Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World by Dr. Tim Keller and Dr. Edmund Clowney Originally taught as a Doctor of Ministry course, Dr. Keller and Dr. Clowney (1917-2005) ask, “Is Jesus made visible in every sermon or only talked about?” By analyzing and deconstructing other models of preaching that either exhort on moral levels or […]
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Christ Centered Preaching by Dr. Bryan Chapell
This is an excellent homiletic class that I am working my way through now. I found this useful and recommend it for the following reasons… The audio lectures and notes are freely available online at iTunes and at Covenant Seminary. Link for Covenant Seminary Class […]
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What Thanksgiving once was…
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln 1789 WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and whereas both Houses of […]
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Jesus’ unanswered prayers.
John 17:20-23 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have […]
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Revival is the Answer
There are similarities between the dark times we live in now and the dawn of the First Great Awakening. The choices we see now are the same inequalities facing the workers of France and England. France dissolved into chaos and violence…while England had a moral and spiritual revival. A corrupt and even dead church darkened […]
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Undoing of the Reformation
Thousands of Anglicans are expected to defect to the Roman Catholic Church in time for Lent 2011. This started with the Campaign of Father Kieth Newton to leave the church in protest to its stance on the ordination of women and gay clergy. Father Newton has encouraged the return of Anglicans to the Ordinariate – […]
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