Category Archives: TOPICS

172. The Prayer That Can Change The World (And You Too!) The Lord’s Prayer. An Introduction

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Jim Holbeck

Prayer is powerful. However strictly speaking it is not prayer itself that changes the world.  Rather it is God Himself Who changes the world and often does it through the prayers of His people. The Lord’s Prayer is not meant … Continue reading →

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171. The Great Faith Of An Unlikely Soldier Led To An Amazing Healing. Sermon on Luke 7:1-10

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jim Holbeck

Sometimes we think that certain people would have “great faith”. We might think of some people who have been going to church for ages and have been involved in Christian activities for years. I discovered though that as the words … Continue reading →

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170. Rebuilding What Has Broken Down In Life. (Part 2 of 2). Nehemiah Chapter 8

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Jim Holbeck

In the previous article based on chapters 1 to 7 of Nehemiah we looked at the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Now follows in chapters 8 to 13 the rebuilding of the people of Jerusalem in their … Continue reading →

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169. Rebuilding What Has Broken Down In Life. (Part 1 of 2). Nehemiah Chapter 1

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jim Holbeck

Do you ever feel you are in a hopeless situation? That the challenges which lie before you are just too massive? You may sometimes feel as though you can’t do anything to change the situations that are causing you concern … Continue reading →

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168. “Gabriel! Gabriel! Wherefore Art Thou Gabriel?” (A Christmas Puzzle. Luke 1)

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

These words in the title are not from some recently discovered manuscript written centuries ago by William Shakespeare as he tried to improve on his “Romeo! Romeo! Wherefore art Thou Romeo?” expression in his “Romeo and Juliette” composition. Rather they … Continue reading →

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No.167. Humans Can Be Deceived. Genesis 1-3 And The Fall Of Humankind

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

One of the problems with being deceived is that you don’t know you have been deceived until you come out of it. The tendency for humans to be deceived came with Adam and Eve. The serpent tempted Eve saying, “Did … Continue reading →

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165. God As King Of The Universe And A Friend To His People

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

I once saw a cartoon that pictured a mother chastising her young daughter for something she had done. The little girl obviously didn’t like her mother speaking to her in that way. So she said to the mother, “You’re not … Continue reading →

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No.164. The Person of Jesus. Session 4 of 4. JESUS THE “JUDGE”

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

We can’t ignore the topic of judgment if it’s in the Bible. In fact in the English Standard Version there are over 450 references to “judge” or “judgment”. Many of them are associated with God’s judgment on people in the … Continue reading →

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No.163. The Person of Jesus. Session 3 of 4. JESUS THE “LORD”

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FACT THAT JESUS IS “LORD” The New Testament word “Kurios” can mean Lord, master, owner. It is also used as the New Testament Greek equivalent for the Old Testament Hebrew word “Jehovah” or “Yahweh”. It was … Continue reading →

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No.162. The Person of Jesus. Session 2 of 4. JESUS “THE SAVIOUR”

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Jim Holbeck

In this second session we look at Jesus as the Saviour of the world. The brief outline below is a copy of the handout to participants at the seminar. The audio teaching from the seminar  is to be found with … Continue reading →

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