Romans 15:1-2 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Romans 15:5-6 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read moreen: Why have you now become a Presbyterian?
RT: I retain my Permission to Preach, so I can still speak in Cof E churches. But I think it vital that I demonstrated clear separation from a church that no longer affirms Biblical orthodoxy, especially with regard to preaching repentance.
In an interview this week with Rev Dominic Steele, host of 'The Pastor's Heart', Archbishop Justin Badi Arama, suggested that some, and maybe the majority, of GSFA Primates would absent themselves from the meeting -- following the example of the Primates of Rwanda, Uganda and Nigeria, who are known to have boycotted the last meeting.
Read moreThis will likely lead to an acceleration of evangelical capitulation on the scripture's (and Jesus') male-female foundation for sexual ethics. It will also likely signal Fuller Seminary's capitulation on sexual ethics.
Read moreFifty-four years but only two other total eclipses (1979 and 2017) have elapsed since that dawning of the age of Aquarius yet we have endured Y2K, 12 presidents, and the burst of the Internet. I have aged and greyed, fathered a son and lost my parents. I have found Christ in the most unlikely places: a church basement, a repaired relationship, a sunset over a lake.
Read moreThe American system of government is a representative republic. This is the genesis of the global freedoms we see today; the United States was the first representative republic, after ancient Israel, and it is patterned after the Old Testament government.
The biblical pattern of God's design for government is first found in Exodus 18 when Moses set up a representative republic based upon law. Each tribe had leaders and judges, with Moses judging the most difficult issues.
Read moreHowever, these are only the surface causes; there has to be a reason why the Church has left the door open so that these ideologies are able to impact on it. The reason why the Church has succumbed to the influence of these philosophies is that it has been colonised by an entirely different and pagan religion, Moral Therapeutic Deism.
Read moreHistoric statements of faith―such as the Heidelberg Catechism, the Apostles' Creed, and the Westminster Confession of Faith―have helped the Christian church articulate and adhere to God's truth for centuries. However, many modern evangelicals reject these historic documents and the practices of catechesis, proclaiming their commitment to "no creed but the Bible." And yet, in today's rapidly changing culture, ancient liturgical tradition is not only biblical―it's essential.
Read moreOr when Colossians 3:11 was read out: "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."
Read moreBecause of all this, I found Guy Hewitt's article on racial justice profoundly depressing. I believe his entire approach is importing 'culture wars' language from the American context, which is deeply shaped by Critical Race Theory (CRT), and this will bring division and disagreement to the Church of England and fail to address the issue.
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