There are few doctrines as difficult and controversial as the Doctrine of Unconditional Election. As we have seen through our study of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, our understanding of this weighty truth invariably effects the way in which we understand salvation, God’s sovereignty, his activity in this world and his dealings with men and…
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. What are we to make of injustice fueled by the love of money that we see in the world?…
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In the first of this short two part series, Ronnie Evans examines Jesus as ‘the Word made flesh’. How has God communicated his message with us, and how are we to take this message to the world?
I am currently partway through reading Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Professor Richard Bauckham (based at the University of St. Andrews). The purpose of Jesus and the Eyewitnesses is to consider whether the gospel accounts should be considered reliable historic documents. Professor Bauckham defends the reliability of these texts, arguing that the Gospels heavily rely…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans on the morning of the 2 August 2009 at Firwood Church. Click here to stream or download the sermon audio. Ephesians 1:3-14 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in…
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So begins ‘Truth in Sound’, a new series of semi-regular blog posts, resulting as a continuation of my original Top 10 God-bothering songs posted here. In that post, I said that: So often I find myself listening to songs on the radio and hearing within them lines of solid gold, expressing perfectly something of the…
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the ninth part of this series, Ronnie Evans examines Solomon’s call to ‘let our words be few’ as…
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Paul begins his great hymn of praise with the truth that God chooses us. In the fourth part of this series working through the letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans unpacks the truth that God’s election is purposeful: he calls us to be holy and blameless, he calls us to be his and, above all,…
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