A prayer based on Church Dogmatics IV.1 paragraph 59.2 Faithful God, you lack nothing. You have no need that your glory be revealed and confessed in the world and by us. You could be content with your own knowledge of yourself. You could be content with your own being as God in glory. You do …
By Grace through FaithRomans 5:1-11 “In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter to nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through Faith in Christ, I felt my heart …
A Sermon for Wesley Day (24/05/21): By Grace Through Faith Read More »
The Holy Spirit and Hope for the FutureActs 2:1-21, Romans 8:22-27 Suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were …
A Sermon for Pentecost Sunday (23/05/21): The Holy Spirit and Hope for the Future Read More »
A reflection based on Church Dogmatics III.1 To say, “We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth” is an act of faith. It is knowledge which we cannot acquire for ourselves. The God who makes the world is not accessible to our observation or logical activity. The God we believe in …
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based on Church Dogmatics II.2 “Even the enemies of God are the servants of God and the servants of His Grace” [1]C.D. II.2 p92 Loving God, you have many enemies. Many of those enemies hate us too. Time and again those enemies have tried to deny you and tried to destroy your people. Pharaoh was …
a reflection based on Church Dogmatics II.2 The existence of evil remains one of the most often stated objections to the existence of God, or at least the belief that there is a loving God. “How can there be a God if. . .” “How can you tell me God is loving when. . .” …
based on Church Dogmatics II.2 What is the Bible. It is testimony. The Bible bears witness to God. It tells us that God can be known. But before a word of the Bible was ever written its testimony to God rests on what God has first chosen to do. “God has determined Himself the Lord …
based on Church Dogmatics II.2 O God, you are the One in whom there is neither error nor mistake, neither weakness nor compromise. You are the one who in and through everything lets your own good-will be done. We must recognise that Christ’s reign is not a kingdom among other kingdoms. Rather it is the …
based on Church Dogmatics II.2 Sin is not a mishap. It is not an accident, nor does it transform God’s good creation into something that it is not, into something problematic. God is not halted or baffled by sin. Reconciliation by God, with God, is not the escape from a dilemma created by sin. From …
based on Church Dogmatics II.2 paragraph 32 God is not an abstraction nor is it possible to speak of God in general terms. God is always God in particular. God is the God who does definite and particular things. God is the God who created this creation. God is the God who elected this people, …