Tag Archives: Christ

407. Colossians 3:1-11. Living The New Life In Christ. Reading for Sunday 31 July 2022

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

There is a tremendous truth that we need to know about and to act on as Christian believers. St Paul reminded his readers in Colossae of this truth when he wrote that the truth is that all believers have entered … Continue reading →

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406. On Colossians 2:6-15. A Reading for 24 July 2022. 

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

I remember reading decades ago that the famous Chinese Christian writer Watchman Nee wrote something like this, “When I am reading the Bible and come to a “therefore”, I stop and try to see what the “therefore” is there for, and … Continue reading →

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405. Jesus “Has The Whole World In His Hands.“ Colossians 1:15-23. A NT reading for Sunday 17 July 2022

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

\Please note that this article may be listened to on the free audio program Spotify under Jim Holbeck “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” That was the beginning of a song many of us sang decades ago without perhaps … Continue reading →

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403. Christian Love In Action. [Galatians 6:1-10. Epistle Reading For 03 July 2022]

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

When we become Christians, we become part of the worldwide body of believers in Jesus. Each believer is personally related to Jesus but is also related to every other believer in Him. It means we have the privilege and responsibility … 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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396. Thinking As We Should About Ourselves. Romans 12:3-4

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

We all have different ways of regarding ourselves. We dislike those who seem to act as superior to others and make us feel like second class citizens. It is true that so many people are focussed on themselves and their … Continue reading →

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395. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE HEALING

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jim Holbeck

[A Sermon on Mark 0129 I preached in the Healing Service at St Andrew’s Cathedral in February1990.] James wrote, “You have not because you ask not.” A hymn has these words. “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless … Continue reading →

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389. God Works Through His People. John 14. [No2 in a series of 2]

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Jim Holbeck

[This can be heard in audio format on Jim Holbeck on Spotify] God loves to work through people. * He began with  Adam and Eve to form the human race. He could have manufactured millions of people at once and breathed … Continue reading →

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385. Topic 3 of 4. Jesus The Lord

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Jim Holbeck

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FACT THAT JESUS IS “LORD”  The NT word for Lord is “Kurios” which 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 … Continue reading →

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384. TOPIC 2.    JESUS THE “SAVIOUR.”   Topic 2 of 4 on Jesus as Creator, Saviour, Lord and Judge.

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Jim Holbeck

In the previous article No 383 we looked at Jesus as THE CREATOR of the world. Now we look at Him as the One who willingly became THE SAVIOUR of the world. We will be looking primarily at the words … Continue reading →

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