Tag Archives: Christ

442. GOD’S GRACE IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH. [Core Teaching Stage 2. Topic 6].

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

What is grace? One definition is “The unmerited love and favour of God toward human beings.” That is the meaning behind the various forms of the word. One of the terms that became well known during the Reformation was the … Continue reading →

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441. Memories One Can Never Forget. “Your wife has just passed away.”

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

As I write this today I recall just 3 years ago yesterday [on the last Thursday of the month 31 October 2019] I was about to leave my beloved wife Carole in the Palliative Care ward in a neighbouring town. … Continue reading →

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440. PRAYER AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH. [Core Teaching Stage 2 Topic 5.]

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

In this article, we look at how prayer has to be based on the character of God, and on the promises He has revealed to us in His word. We look in particular at the term “prayer of faith” in … Continue reading →

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437. GETTING THE RIGHT FOCUS TO OBTAIN WHOLENESS IN LIFE. [Based on 2 Corinthians chapters 3 and 4.] Core Teaching Stage 2 Topic 3

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Humans need to get the right focus as they live in this world. Otherwise they miss out on the blessings the Creator God has in store for them. It is so easy to get a wrong focus in life so … Continue reading →

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435. BECOMING THE PERSON GOD WANTS YOU TO BE. Living in the Kingdom of God. [Core Teaching Stage 2 Topic 1].

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

In Core Teaching Stage 1, we learnt how we can prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming by becoming the people He wants us to be, “Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be … Continue reading →

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434. “HOW TO ‘HANG IN’ FOR HEALING AND BLESSING.” [Core Teaching Stage 1 Topic 5.]

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Having prayed for healing for people over the last 50 plus years I came to realise that many who were prayed for received a fair degree of healing from the Lord in answer to prayer. It was sad though that … Continue reading →

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433.  HOW TO BECOME MORE OPEN TO RECEIVE GOD’S HEALING. Core 1 Topic 4a. [This follows on from the previous article No.432]. 

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

In over 50 plus years of ministry, I have seen many people healed of all sorts of ailments and of physical, emotional, spiritual and relationship difficulties.  It seemed that some folk received healing far more easily than others. So below I … 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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425. Colossians 1:11-20. Christ The Perfect One Loves Imperfect People. Reading for Sunday 20November 2022

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Many of the Christians at Colossae had been influenced by false teaching. Paul’s letter to the church there contained some of the most powerful truths about the person of Jesus to be found in the Bible. The late scholar Professor … Continue reading →

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423. On “Preparing For The Second Coming Of Jesus.” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 for Sunday 06 November 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

Throughout history there have been many aberrations of truth and some of it has been found in churches. False teaching had influenced the church in Thessalonica and St Paul wrote to correct this false teaching. It seems that some people … Continue reading →

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