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Rock Concert Worship?
October 5th, 2009 | 
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Yesterday I attended a big church in our state’s capital city. I went because one of my favorite preachers, a man whose messages downloaded from the internet have blessed me greatly, was ministering there, and I wanted to get “close up” to his anointing, even though it involved sev read more
Waiting
A friend of mine is spending some time in the desert. God has taken him out of a very successful area of ministry, and he is waiting for the Lord to reveal the next steps in his walk with Him. I sympathize with him – I’ve been there myself many times, and it is not a place that I enjoy at al read more
Has the Cloud Moved?
Often we think of the forty years which Israel spent wandering in the wilderness as nothing but punishment for their sin of doubt and disobedience when they failed to cross the Jordan into the promised land, preferring to accept the negative reports of ten spies than the faith statements of the two. read more
A Royal Priesthood Part 5 – The Priestly Ordination
When we talk about ordination in relation to the Royal Priesthood, it is important that we remember that we are not talking about “ministry” in the sense of an exclusive group within the Church, but of the whole Body of Christ. We are all “ordained” to be priests of God.
In the Old Testament read more
Middle Class Welfare Takes From the Poor
I am cross-posting this from my AustralianChristian blog at http://christianaussies.com/australianchristian. I urge others who may share this concern to also cross post this.
“He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich – both come to poverty.&# read more
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A Royal Priesthood Part 4 – The Priestly Garments
In the Old Testament, the priest was to wear specific garments to identify himself and the role he was to fulfill. Likewise, we of the New Covenant priesthood have special garments we are to wear in our priestly service.
The first of these is the robe of righteousness (Isaia read more
A Royal Priesthood Part 3 – The Place of Service
Today we are looking at the second thing which a priesthood has in common, and that is their place of service.
When the Old Testament priesthood was first formed under Moses, the place of service was the Tabernacle, the tent which accompanied the Israelites in their travels. At the centre of the Tab read more
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A Royal Priesthood – Part 2
Whenever a group is defined, that group will have certain things which bind them together and make them a group, whilst at the same time separating them from others who may have some superficial similarities but are not part of the same group. Thus the priests of the Lord in the Old Testament form read more
A Royal Priesthood – Part 1
Some time ago I wrote this series about the Royal Priesthood. I thought I should post it here over the next few weeks.
Recently I had an internet dialogue with an elderly lady who is looking at converting into the Roman Catholic Church. One of the points that she kept coming back to was that of t read more
Fire Photos
Here are some photos from the recent fires.
Forest Near Our House
Forest Behind Our House
Trees near house
Green Coming Back
Social Bookmarking read more