Category: Pastor’s Desk
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Marriage… One More Time – Part 3 of 3 in Marriage series
The Third in a Three-part series on Marriage “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour…
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A Theology of Marriage – Part 2 of 3 in Marriage Series
The Second in a Three-part series on Marriage. During the period of the Reformation 500 years ago when there was great upheaval in the Church as Luther and the other Reformers were shaking things up, the predominant understanding of marriage was that it fulfilled three main purposes: To procreate – to fulfill the command…
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Love and Marriage – Part 1 of 3 in Marriage series
The First in a Three-part series on Marriage. A little while ago, Elsie and I headed off to do a “Hearing God’s Voice” seminar and a Marriage seminar with our friends in St Lucia. At first sight, you would think that these two seminars are quite different. That’s what I thought until my gorgeous and…
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Obstacles to experiencing the Father’s Love
February is Father heart month Obstacles to experiencing the Father’s Love CTF pastors are here in Mexico on retreat and we are sharing our stories of encountering the Father’s love, and it is doing my heart so good! We often miss experiencing the Father’s love because we don’t have an interpretive grid for the experiences…
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Finding ultimate value in who you are, not what you do.
February is Father heart month Finding ultimate value in who you are, not what you do. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. – Romans 5:5 (NIV) My father was orphaned twice. First, when…
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The Joy in the Harvest! … continued
The Joy in the Harvest! … continued Then Jesus explained: ‘My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. You know the saying, “Four months between planting and harvest.” But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are…
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The Joy in the Harvest!
This year we are expecting the Lord to lead us into our greatest harvest of souls thus far. Here is a passage rich in promise when it comes to the harvest. This week’s blog is the first in a two part reflection on this “E” theme of our FIRE values, or the “outward” journey. “Then…
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Father Loves You!
Our hearts need to encounter the love of God. It’s not just about good theology, as important as that is. We need to experience God in order for there to be authentic transformation. Whether that experience comes in a dramatic emotional encounter or whether it is a series of gentle revelatory moments we need to…
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Arise, Shine!
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift…