Category Archives: Bible verses. Comments

054. “What’s Happening?” A Search for Meaning In Life. Ephesians 3:1-12.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Jim Holbeck

“What’s happening?” It seems to be way young people communicate today on their mobile (cell) phones.  They utter that particular phrase to find out what their friends are doing. Often the response seems to be “Come on over!” or an … Continue reading →

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025. SALVATION. God Says Not “By Good Works” But “For Good Works”

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

A transformation was taking place before my eyes. Graham was a young engineer who had wanted to see me to find out what Christianity was all about.   I shared some of the Bible passages with him that stressed how salvation … Continue reading →

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024. Pentecost. Part 2. God Motivates and Empowers His People. Philippians 2:12-13

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

We CAN do what is pleasing to God. In the previous blog we saw how God had promised in the Old Testament that in the new age of the Spirit (under the New Covenant He would initiate with His people) … Continue reading →

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023. Pentecost. Part 1. Motivation and Empowerment for Living. Acts 1:6-8

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

There are many people saying today that the world is in a mess. The Australian feminist Germaine Greer recently highlighted a “major” problem (as she saw it) in England where she lives. She said that the future of the protected … Continue reading →

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022. Jesus Stands And Knocks. Are We Listening? Revelation 3:20

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

Significant words. You only see how significant words are, in retrospect.  When I first read the words of Revelation 3:20 I found them very challenging. But as the years went on I realised that they had been life-changing. I will … Continue reading →

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019. John 3:1-17. To Perish Or To Have Eternal Life?

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

The speaker at the small mission hall finished his sermon and asked those present (mainly alcoholics) to come to the front if they wanted to let Jesus come into their lives to change and heal them. One man, John, came … Continue reading →

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013. Forgiveness. Genesis 45-50. The Story Of Joseph

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

Ilsa suffered a lot of harm from many, many people when she lived as a young woman in Eastern Europe during the Second World War. (Ilsa was the woman we read about in our last article.) Then of course she … Continue reading →

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012. Forgiveness In The 21st Century. A Practical Example

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

Ilsa had a problem. In fact she had many problems. No wonder, I thought, when I heard her story. During the Second World War she was a very young Jewish woman in Eastern Europe. On one occasion she was badly … Continue reading →

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011. Forgiveness. God Covers Over Our Sin. (Kaphar and Kasah)

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Jim Holbeck

Forgiveness. What an incredible release it brings to those who experience it!  Ted as a young man felt that his life had begun all over again when he was “born again” as he put it. He began to experience a … Continue reading →

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