John 7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and 7:38 let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, ‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’ ” 7:39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)…
Genesis 12:1–3 — Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you. 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name.”…
Whose Promised Land? (5th edition), by Colin Chapman.
Synopsis of chapter 4 – The Land Before Christ
4.1 The Promise of the Land
God’s promise to Abraham is recorded in Gen 12:1-3 and is repeated many times, both to him and to Isaac and Jacob.
The were four components:
Whose Promised Land? (5th edition), by Colin Chapman.
Synopsis of chapter 3 – Crucial Issues Today
3.1 What about the occupation?
‘The central issue in the conflict since 1967 has remained Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.’
‘Israel has effectively created a kind of apartheid state.’
3.2 What have been the main subjects of dispute?
‘Refugees and the right of return: what is to be done with all those who became refugees in 1948?’…
Although it is quite usual to treat dispensationalism as a single ‘ism’ (I tend to do this myself), there are, in fact, several types that overlap in part, but which have significant differences too.
Here’s an attempt to distinguish between them.
1. Dispensationalism before Darby (??).
Dispensationalism is usually traced back to J.N. Darby (1800-1882). However, William C. Watson has attempted to make out a case that dispensationalism pre-dates Darby and could be found in the 17th and 18th centuries.…
Foundational to dispensationalist teaching is the idea that Israel and the church are two distinct entities.
L.S. Chafer wrote:
‘God is pursuing two distinct purposes: one related to the earth with earthly people and earthly objectives involved which is Judaism; while the other is related to heaven with heavenly people and heavenly objectives involved, which is Christianity.’
Ryrie concurs:
…‘A dispensationalist keeps Israel and the church distinct…This is probably the most basic theological test of whether or not a person is a dispensationalist.
Jn 1:18 ‘No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.’
The Prologue – a unique part of Scripture. Here we are introduced to one who is called ‘the Word’, and whose true character is gradually unfolded. We are taught that this Word is eternal, personal, divine, creative, life-giving, revealing, and (wonder of wonders!) incarnate.
This verse forms the conclusion and climax of the whole prologue. …
Mt 28:16-20 The Great Commission
Go to all nations (including our own; beginning where we are). “In Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” A girl returning home from Sunday School expressed disappointment with the classes’ reaction after the day’s lesson. “We were taught to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations,” she said, “but we just sat.” Jesus says, “Go.”
Make – a fuss, a mess, mistakes, faces, chocolate disappear.…
[Notes of a sermon preached in July, 2020]
So near, and yet so far!
Have you ever been on the brink of a major decision in your life, and then not gone through with it? Have you ever wondered:
In Numbers chapters 13 and 14 we find God’s people, the Israelites, on the threshold of the Promised Land. …
[Notes of a sermon preached at Holy Trinity Norwich, June, 2019]
Chemical composition
Evolutionary development
The only animal that blushes – or needs to
A speck of dust in a vast universe?
vv1,9 – Made to worship – wrapped in praise – addressed entirely to God – no petitions – we discover who we are, not by looking inwards, but by looking upwards.
vv3f – Made to wonder – not, ‘What man?’ but ‘What is man, that God, the Creator of this vast universe, should care about us?’ …
