Archive > September 2008

saul (the pharisee) & stephen (the martyr)

The bible often gives focus to contrasting characters;
Cain & Abel, Abraham & Lott, David & Saul etc…. Here in Acts 7-8 we have another fascinating contrast, Saul and Stephen.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin [...]

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without excuse

On Sunday afternoon I went fishing with my sons to Lyme Regis. Sitting on the harbour wall looking at the stunning view I got to thinking about God’s creative brilliance.
The apostle Paul tells us;

since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has [...]

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a new blog

Lex Loizides has started a blog!!
Lex is an evangelist and elder at Jubilee Community Church in Cape Town, South Africa. He speaks widely amongst our family of churches in Newfrontiers as well as leading the Front Edge initiatives, around the world.
He is writing here under the sub-heading ‘highlights from church history’ and not only [...]

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the love of money

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Timothy 6 v 10
Probably one of the most miss-quoted verses in the Bible. Many quote this simply as ‘money is the root of all evil’ which [...]

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do everything without complaining or arguing

14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16as you hold out[c] the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did [...]

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