The Grace Project

1. These men are not drunk as you suppose
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... plain and simple.  So do I.     I dare say that 'Christianity' (the flat-packed-absolutist-blind-literalist variety) has become the main obstacle to people ever discovering who ...

2. That Syncing Feeling …
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Sooner or later we discover that SINKING FEELING that is the inevitable outcome of a life lived for ourselves.   I regret that much of what we call Christianity will also cause you to sink and not ...

3. He leads Me...
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... true of ministry.  In fact most of what we call church makes it impossible to be a Christian.  To quote Drucker once more, “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should ...

4. Leadership Matters - Finding Our Voice
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... concerned for your welfare. Most men serve their own interests and not the interests of Jesus Christ. ( Phil 2:26)   Describing himself as The Good Shepherd Jesus tells us in (John 10) that His ...

5. Growing Good Grass
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...       As I wrote in my book The Bonsai Conspiracy the immediate temptation for us who are finding freedom in Christ church maps have failed us is to tear down the religious systems from ...

6. Making Christ Our Life Not Our Living
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The fact that this coming Sunday and every Sunday crowds will flock to "If-you-ain't-giving-you-ain't -getting"  hot-spots all over Christendom is to me at least proof positive that the ...

7. Be the Difference
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The discussion sparked on my Facebook yesterday after I posted that odious You Tube video ('Pay tithes or get SHOT') was hugely encouraging.  I'm glad we're not numb to the pain that this anti-Christ ...

8. Burnout
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... burnout •Marriages burnout •Parents burnout •Students burnout •Sportsmen and sportswomen burnout •Christians burnout •Counsellors burnout.   Burnout is ...

9. The Grace to Live Fully
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... minus interference equals performance." It is generally understood, even in non-Christian circles that the biggest interference is belief. Self-belief. Your self-talk.        ...

10. Growing Gracefully – Questions, Questions
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Q: Are Christians to imitate or to participate in the life of Christ? Is there a difference?;  Q: To mature as a Christian, do I need to become more holy?; Q: If we believe that we can lose our ...

11. The Winning Habit
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... shaped and indeed misinformed us about who we are. Most people (Christian or not) have grasshopper syndrome.      You remember the story in Numbers 13:33-33 don't you?  The spies, ...

12. Does grace promote sin?
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... of Christ (Romans 8:29). Love and Fear do not mix any more than Grace and Law.   Does Grace Promote Sin?   The Apostle Paul responded to the question I stated above, in Romans 6:1‐2: “What ...

13. The Pursuit of Holiness – Trying to become what you already are
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The great satanic deception is to get the Christian to serve God so as to earn what cannot, or indeed, need not, be earned since Christ has already earned it on our behalf. 2 Peter 1:3 clearly states that ...

14. Full of Eastern Promise
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... (BQ) whilst the latter helps us to develop our mind-of Christ-ness (see diagram below).              The seeings that I have, such as they are come ...

15. Freedom from religion
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The Law does not give the Christian power over sin. It gives sin power over the Christian [1 Cor. 15:56].  You will remain in bondage as long as you do not know that you have been delivered from the ...

16. Is Our Brand of Christianity Really Christian?
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... over.   Here’s the thing, I’m becoming increasingly troubled by the blind literalism that seems to frustrate any open debate among so called ‘Bible-believing-Christians.’   ...

17. Who iAm in Christ
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... App bit just in case you were wondering where this was going (or not going)    I got to think to myself how an iPhone was like being in Christ -- What?  Yes it's just like being in Christ ...

18. Christ in you the Hope of Glory
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Here's a simple way of thinking about what it means to be fully human -- He's the Rock and we're a stick of rock. No matter where you bite into us -- Christ is at the centre.   We learnt from ...

19. Nicodemus: The Best A Man Can Get
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... Gillette Christian" -- you know the advertising slogan: "The best a man can get" (it is of course an unfortunate twist of irony isn't it that Tiger Woods was Gillette's their poster-boy ...

20. The Chosen --Phew!
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One of the most breathtaking truths for us to accept is that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Cor 5:21). Put simply that means that we are as righteous as God; because we are His ...