Corner of Knox St. & Liverpool Rd. Ashfield
Corner of Knox St. & Liverpool Rd. Ashfield
As we look at Paul’s first set of instructions on the responsibility of mutual submission in marriage, it is important to remember that his writings have divine authority. I know it’s become popular today to dismiss anything that Paul says about women and marriage because his teaching often contradicts popular cultural aspirations about gender and [...]
“Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:25) What does Paul mean when he tells husbands to love their wives? The word, ‘love,’ is used in many different ways today and much of this usage betrays an underlying confusion. When Paul talks about love, particularly [...]
“Husbands love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:25) How should a Christian husband treat his wife? While some men treat their wives as little more than a convenience, the apostle Paul tells us that Christian husbands have a special responsibility to “love their wives as [...]
Paul’s command to be “filled with the Spirit” is one of the climatic points in his letter to the Ephesians. This command reminds us that one of God’s great aims in redemption is to see us indwelt, empowered, and controlled by the third Person of the Trinity.
William Wilberforce, the British social reformer, says in his book, A Practical View of Christianity, that nowhere is the difference between nominal Christianity and the true faith more apparent than in a person’s awareness and experience of the Holy Spirit.
I remember when I was very young that one of my mother’s more common sayings was this: “Peter, would you stop acting the fool!” I can still recall her plaintive and sometimes exasperated tones in the face of my behaviour.
One thing that becomes clear in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is that Christian holiness is no easy thing. It’s a struggle, which is why Paul sees it as necessary to motivate us to holiness through a number of different approaches.
One thing we must never lose sight of is that the primary object of the Christian faith is to make us holy, blameless and full of love in the presence of God. Paul makes this clear in various places in his writings.
Many people these days seem quite unaware that becoming a Christian requires a complete change of life. Lady Gaga is a case in point. In a recent interview she was asked about her religious convictions.
In Genesis 1 speech is a precious gift that enables us to understand the truth about God, ourselves and the world. It is also the means whereby we communicate with one another in love.