1 Peter 2:5

New Life for an Older Church Dean Brookes The Rev Dr Dean Brookes wrote as a Uniting Church minister and former Consultant for Evangelism in the Synod of South Australia. Article in Renewal Journal……

In John 14 the Lord Jesus speaks about our abiding in God. Verses 19 and 20 say, “Yet a little while and the world beholds Me no longer, but you behold Me; because I live, you also shall live……

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.I woke up before daybreak this past Friday morning, thinking about the draft of this episode. I seem to “beat the drum” for mutuality in ministry and for women to be allowed to do what God has called them to do, because the “walls” of the spiritual house that God is building are weaker when they can’t. As I lay in b…

Every follower of Christ is collectively called The New Testament Church. In fact, this church began on the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the 120 people gathered in the Upper Chamber at Jerusalem. Not only that, from the Scriptures we learn that the Church has been referred to with a few […]…

Revelation is a book of symbols with spiritual significance. These signs are not literal or physical. For example, the woman at the beginning of chapter 12 is not a single human mother, and the bea……

We are living stones prepared by the silent moving of the Spirit.…

The last part of Revelation 22:3 says, “His slaves shall serve Him” and 22:5 ends “they shall reign forever and ever.” In the New Jerusalem we will partake of the divine kingship and priesthood&#8……

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.I woke up before daybreak this past Friday morning, thinking about the draft of this episode. I seem to “beat the drum” for mutuality in ministry and for women to be allowed to do what God has called them to do, because the “walls” of the spiritual house that God is building are weaker when they can’t. As I lay in b…

Revelation is a book of symbols with spiritual significance. These signs are not literal or physical. For example, the woman at the beginning of chapter 12 is not a single human mother, and the bea……

The last part of Revelation 22:3 says, “His slaves shall serve Him” and 22:5 ends “they shall reign forever and ever.” In the New Jerusalem we will partake of the divine kingship and priesthood&#8……