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23 Jan

Reading the Bible Devotionally (as Scripture)

The Bible is clearly a very important book, as evidenced by the fact that it is the all-time bestselling, as well as the most translated book in history. Many non-Christians even attest to its significance, and spend time reading it....
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17 Dec

Walking Away From Church – John Piper

This is a transcript from an interview with John Piper, who responds to people who say, “I’m not walking away from Jesus, but I am done with the church, but I’ve seen the failure of the local church, and its leaders,...
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8 Jan

Producing Fruit – Forgiveness (part 2)

In the last post we looked at forgiveness as a ‘fruit’ of the Holy Spirit that demonstrates we are a genuine Christian. If the Holy Spirit dwells in us (i.e. we are a Christian) then He will transform us into...
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4 Nov

Producing Fruit – Forgiveness (part 1)

The conclusion of the last post was that we can know we have genuinely become a Christian if our life changes and we live differently, as we are transformed by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Jesus referred to...
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2 Oct

How can I be sure I am a Christian?

I recently read a gospel tract that I thought for the most part did a great job of explaining succinctly what it means to begin following Jesus Christ as a Christian. One thing I found a little disturbing though, was...
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18 Sep

Money and Possessions

Last Sunday at Bellbowrie Community Church we concluded a four week series looking at Christian attitudes to money and possessions. If you missed any of these messages you can download them at the bottom of this post. The final message...
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