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479. Obedience To God Brings His Blessings. Jonah 3

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

Jonah was certainly a reluctant prophet. He was commanded by God to go to Nineveh and warn them that if they did not turn from evil, disaster would come upon the whole city.  However, Jonah arose and went in the opposite … Continue reading →

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468. How To Forgive Those Who Hurt Us. Psalm 32.

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

The Epistle for the First Sunday in Lent 26 February 2023 Most humans find it difficult, if not impossible, to forgive those who hurt them in any way. They may have been sinned against personally or the sin may have … Continue reading →

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458. CORE TEACHING STAGE 5 TOPIC 1. Repentance

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Jim Holbeck

[MINISTERING IN THE AREA OF REPENTANCE] In Stage 5 Core Teaching we look at various topics but also include some thoughts on how to minister to others and to help them understand and act on that knowledge. What follows is … Continue reading →

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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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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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253. Why is it that many people do not understand the things of God? How can we all help change the world for good? (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Jim Holbeck

The Serenity Prayer attributed to the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, has these words, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” I thought … Continue reading →

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231. REPENTANCE. How do we pray expressing our repentance to God?

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Jim Holbeck

Having completed some articles on repentance I thought that it might be helpful to include some prayers that might help those who wanted to confess their sins to God in repentance. Such prayers don’t have to be expressions of brilliant … Continue reading →

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230. Summary of My Recent Articles on Repentance

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Jim Holbeck

It may be in some churches around the world that if the preacher began the sermon with the word “Repent!” there would be quite different reactions or responses to it. There would be some who might think, “How rude. I’m … Continue reading →

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227. REPENTANCE. Lessons from the writer to the Hebrews. A Personal testimony of a transformed life

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Jim Holbeck

He staggered out of the room in which we had just previously had lunch together. He was ashen faced and trembling violently! During lunch he had asked me a question from Hebrews 6. I had given him some sort of … Continue reading →

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225.REPENTANCE IN THE MINISTRY OF THE EARLY CHURCH. St Peter’s messages remain a challenge to us today!

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Jim Holbeck

Peter preached repentance.  The early church began on the day of Pentecost with a challenging message by Peter the apostle. In a sermon designed not to ‘win friends and influence people’, he told them to change their ways! Not only … Continue reading →

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