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| Blessings - Helping To Retain Them | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Should spiritual blessings automatically fade? Should they result in guilt? This article leads us to the Scriptural view of what blessing is for, what rightly to expect and how to avoid misunderstanding. | ||
| But I Can't Pray Aloud! Pastoral Insights | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| A common source of wrong guilt-feelings. The article provides a clear and sympathetic explanation, teaching and guidance both for those who can and those who can't. It does much to dissolve any unnecessary 'divide'. | ||
| Christians and Satan - An Introduction | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Christians have to be very careful indeed when writing or speaking about evil not to do the enemy's advertising for him! Christians should, by and large, not be interested in him, although it makes sense to 'know the enemy' to some degree. This article consists of six mini-talks on Satan designed to offset the subject of evil by affirming and renewing commitment to Jesus. | ||
| Couples Praying Together | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This is a widespread problem with many misconceptions. The article provides penetrating understanding sensitively explained, with some original guidance to begin again. A best-seller when in pamphlet format. | ||
| Evangelism - the Spiritual Key | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article should be read in conjunction with the article Spiritual Warfare and the Ordinary Christian. It deals with the usually ignored New Testament view that the eyes of the unbelievers have been 'blinded' [2 Cor.4:4], and the New Testament solution. | ||
| Evil's Strategy in Church Life | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| By examining a key scripture passage this article looks at what can be learned about today's evil pressures on Christians and Church Life, and how this can be used to reduce the occasions when those who follow Christ unknowingly work against him. | ||
| Faith & Healing - the Biblical Teaching | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Great guilt can be felt by faithful Christians who assume that their 'faith' will guarantee their healing. The article offers a balanced exposition and application of New Testament teaching. | ||
| Freemasonry and the Church | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This is not another Freemasonry-bashing article! It raises, instead, eight things that God might be saying about Christian failure in the light of the strength and appeal of Freemasonry. | ||
| Growing Daily in the Holy Spirit | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| 'But daily increase in the Holy Spirit more and more'. This is the Church's prayer for Christians, yet rarely is any guidance given about how to do it. Here it is at last! | ||
| Homosexuality and the Church | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article is refreshingly different. Homosexuality is placed in the context of the three New Testament 'lists' (Rom 1,I Cor.6, I Tim 1), and so in the wider context of humanity's sickness and God's remedy. It also reflects on the Church and Church leadership. | ||
| Marriage? Whose Choice is it Anyway? | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| To supplement other publications, this article looks at the little-asked question - 'As a Christian, whose choice is it ?' It has helpful comments on being single, on various 'mixed' unions e.g. to those of no faith or of a different Christian tradition, etc. | ||
| 'Resting in the Spirit': Questions & Answers | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Sometimes folk collapse temporarily when prayed over. It worries some and excites others. It should do neither. This question-and-answer article includes all the Biblical material and the conclusions reached in John Richards' standard work on the subject. | ||
| Suffering & Gospel: Based on Matthew | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article is based on Matthew and sees that certain suffering in our lives springs from the nature of nine things: God, gospel, discipleship, ministry, others, ourselves, our choices, evil, and the world. | ||
| Tears - Gift of the Holy Spirit? | Read Article | (Back to List) |
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Many people in their spiritual lives experience the Gift of Tears, but are unaware that such a thing exists, and are
probably distressed that their experience of blessing seems not to conform with other Christians'. This article is
probably the only readily available guidance on the subject. It examines tears in Scripture; places the gift firmly within the context of the renewing work of the Holy Spirit today; sheds light on its role, and gives guidance to those who have it. |
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| Time - Redeeming It the Christian Way | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| Is it God's plan for us that we should experience Time as the enemy? No! This article looks first at the problem of Time and its pressures on us. It then goes on to look at how as Christians we can redeem Time, with lessons from the life of Jesus himself. | ||
| War - Some Prayers and Thoughts | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This short article, written in the light of the Iraq crisis in 2003, gives some thoughts on war and our response to it. There are two prayers with associated notes for use in time of war. | ||
| Tongues - All You Need to Know & More | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This article provides a balanced and Biblical look at 'speaking in tongues' which will increase the understanding both of those who practice it and those who do not, and gives ample guidance about it. | ||
| Why Am I Not Healed? | Read Article | (Back to List) |
| This is written mainly for the non-Christian who is asking this question, and it points toward wholeness in Jesus. In addition it indicates factors that may hold-up our healing. | ||
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