Category Archives: TOPICS

457. Core Teaching Stage 5 An Overview

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

In the Core Teaching Stage 5, I have attempted to bring together the main parts of our Christian experience. This simple diagram is meant to portray this graphically to help people understand what Christian discipleship is all about. But there … Continue reading →

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455. Praying For All The Saints. Ephesians 6:18. Core Teaching Stage 4 Topic 6. 

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

(Eph 6:18) “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, Many years ago I was asked the question, ”Can you describe in … Continue reading →

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454. Spiritual Warfare. “Praying in the Spirit.” Eph 6:18. Core Teaching Stage 4. Topic 5

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

Ephesians 6:18 “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.” What is prayer? Simply put, prayer is conversing with God. Not just … Continue reading →

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450. Walking In The Fullness Of God’s Amazing Grace. [Core Teaching Stage 4 Topic 1]. 

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

There are many definitions of grace. For example, using the 5 letters to describe grace as G.R.A.C.E. God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. OR God’s Resources Available in Christ. A more common definition is “God’s unearned and unmerited favour.” God in His grace provides us in Christ everything we need to … Continue reading →

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443. CORE TEACHING ON HEALING. SUMMARY OF STAGE 1 TOPICS

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

I have posted several topics on this site giving teaching on Stage 1 that I developed and taught as Leader of the Healing Ministry at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney when I was the Leader from 1988 to 2006. I was … Continue reading →

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428. The Freedom That Comes From Forgiving. [An extract]. 

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

[This is a story I will mention in my next blog No 429 which is on this subject of forgiveness.  It is an extract of a much longer presentation on this very important subject which is Topic 2 in the Stage … Continue reading →

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427. Becoming The People God Wants Us To Be. Core Teaching Stage 1 Topic 1.

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

The desire of every human should be to become the person God meant them to be. What does it mean to be truly human? Should we look at the best example of a human that we have ever seen and … Continue reading →

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417. Personal Memories Of Special Glad and Sad Days

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Just two years ago today I wrote a deeply personal note regarding the special days in our lives. It was article No.364 on this blog site. I wrote about the significance for me of the 22nd day of the month each … Continue reading →

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408 HEBREWS 11:1-3 AND 11:8-16. WHAT IS FAITH? A Reading for Sunday 07 August 2022

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

WHAT IS FAITH? This is a question many of us have asked in the past when we were trying to ascertain whether a particular person [perhaps even ourselves] was acting in faith or in sheer presumption. This chapter helps to … Continue reading →

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399. A Loving Warning and a Gracious Invitation

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Luke 13:1-9. The Gospel Reading for Sunday 20 March 2022 [This blog has been audio recorded as a podcast on the free platform Spotify and can be found there under “holbeck” No.399] Throughout history humans have been curious creatures. They … Continue reading →

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