Category Archives: spiritual warfare

343 An Overview Of An ABCD View Of Christianity. [Part 2 of 5.]

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Jim Holbeck

In my previous article [No342] I suggested that one way of explaining Christianity to someone who was interested, would be to use the letters ABCD as a simple method of explanation. It means initially having to remember only 4 words, … Continue reading →

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336. Christmas! The Good News That Can Overcome The Bad News! Victory!

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

Christmas! A time of great joy and peace! As it should be! “Joy to the world, the Lord has come, let earth receive her king!” But not everyone experiences joy at Christmas! I have found in ministry over several decades … Continue reading →

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333. Love Came Down At Christmas. Accepting That Love Personally Today! The Truth of Revelation 3:20.

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

The words “Love Came Down at Christmas” are from a Christmas poem attributed to Christina Rossetti. It is a great reminder that love is the message of Christmas, but we often lose sight of the person of the Christ of … Continue reading →

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331. Ephesians 4:25-32. Encouragements To Live As A Christian. God’s Advice In How To Do It! [In The Series “Praying Through Ephesians.”]

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

In this final part of Ephesians 4 we find that God, through Paul, gave instructions designed to help believers to “love our neighbours as ourselves.” He reminds his readers that “we are members of one another” in the body of … Continue reading →

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325. What God Really Wants To Do Through His Church. His Ultimate Purpose In Building Up The Body Of Christ? [Part 2 of 2.] Ephesians 4:13-16. [Part of the series “Praying Our way Through Ephesians.”]

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

In a previous article we looked at how God gave gifts to His body of believers [the church] to help build up the body of Christ. Among those gifts, were people with gifts for various ministries. That was seen in … Continue reading →

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318. Recalling Some Healings. [A podcast of a talk at a Men’s Breakfast at Grace Church Port Macquarie, June 2019.]

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

[The following link is to a podcast of a talk I gave at a Men’s Breakfast at Grace Church, Port Macquarie in June 2019 and which they later posted on their website.] I had been asked to speak on tips … Continue reading →

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313. A Tribute To A Humble Servant of God. Bruce Robert Moon. 1941 to 2019.

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

It was a great privilege for us as a retired clergy group in Port Macquarie [called the Amigos], to ask Bruce Moon to join our group. Some of us had known Bruce for many years and had ministered with him … Continue reading →

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312. Bitterness Mixed With Victim Mentality. A Disastrous Cocktail For The World! How To Bring Healing To A Confused Hurting World!

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Jim Holbeck

BIn the previous article I wrote on the danger of adopting and being held captive by a victim mentality. It is so easy for humans to play the victim because we have all been victims at some stage of hurtful … Continue reading →

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293. Changing The World Through Prayer. Praying Through Ephesians 2:1-7

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Jim Holbeck

Introduction The following article quite rightly has God’s word from Ephesians chapter 2 as pre-eminent. Then follows a suggested prayer based on that passage. [God’s revealed truths expressed to Him in believing prayer.] Finally I have added SOME NOTES on … Continue reading →

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291. “Danger! Saints at Prayer.” Praying through Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Jim Holbeck

It’s always a very blessed thing to be able to share our faith with others and to see their positive response to the message about Jesus and in many cases, their positive response to Jesus Himself. Jesus did say, “and … Continue reading →

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