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Learning to delight in physical limitations (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

September 19, 2018September 18, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

The persistent pressure of a physical ailment. In a passage of intimate personal biography Paul reveals that he was troubled by a physical affliction. He calls it “a thorn in the flesh”—language which suggests that it was something very…

Evangelical protest: Its cause and content (Galatians 2:11-21)

September 12, 2018September 2, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

Those who know the truth of the gospel may find themselves compelled within the professing Church to become outspoken ‘protestants’, and to give their positive witness to the gospel in order to counter practical abandonment of its truth,…

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The healing way (Exodus 15:23-26)

September 5, 2018September 2, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

Trials of the Christian pilgrimage “When they came to Marah they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter” (Exodus 15:23). This happened to God’s people, after their redemption from Egypt, when he was leading them.…

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The Church and the Bible (Part 2)

August 29, 2018August 9, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In the August 1959 issue of The Expository Times, Dr C.K. Barrett refers to what he calls “the erroneous assumption which underlies much ecumenical conversation, that reunion will come by a sharing of treasures”. His significant comment…

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The Church and the Bible (Part 1)

August 22, 2018August 9, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

On this issue of the relation of the Church to the Bible the declared position of the Church of England is explicit and unmistakable. The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are avowedly acknowledged as supreme and sufficient…

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The confidence and hope of our calling

August 15, 2018August 6, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. (1 Thess 5:24) These few simple words sum up some of the essential fundamentals of Christianity. They tell us three things about God: that he has called us, that he is faithful, that he will do. They…

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The Spirit transforms (Romans 8)

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In Paul’s survey of the Gospel in the epistle to the Romans he declares that all have sinned (3:23), that the Lord Jesus was delivered up for our trespasses (4:25), and that by simple faith we can be freely justified (3:21-26). To those thus put…