Shayne on December 22nd, 2007

Selwyn continues to discuss the importance of Jesus the person – what He taught, and what He did, are just minor details compared to who He was/is - as a Person. It is, who He is, that makes all the other aspects of His life important. If Jesus was just a very nice human being, a good [...]

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Shayne on December 21st, 2007

[I admire those people who are ultra-organised around Christmas time - even before the last hectic week starts they have bought all their presents and have sent out all their cards and have all the other arrangements in place. I'm not, such a person! Plus, for some reason, this year the commercialisation of Christmas really [...]

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Shayne on December 20th, 2007

I agree with Selwyn’s concern, in regard to the movement away (in some areas) from the Person of Christ to the principles of Christ.  Jesus’ teaching , if it was not delivered by the voice of God, would be useless in helping us to live in a personal relationship with God which is now possible by Christ’s actions on the [...]

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Shayne on December 19th, 2007

There are two areas that I like from today’s study. The first, is part of Selwyn’s introduction: “… if we are to see God – really see Him – then we see Him best in the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ. I love the phrase which I think was first coined by E. Stanley [...]

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Shayne on December 18th, 2007

The main verse for reading and meditation, sets the scene for today’s study (John 14:9, NIV): “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” When you think about these words – what Jesus said, you would have to agree that it was a remarkable claim. He was either delusional, and a liar or God Himself – [...]

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Shayne on December 17th, 2007

The best bit from today’s study, for me, is Selwyn’s conclusion: “When we see words such as ‘love’, ‘God’ or ‘purity’ in a book, what do we do? We read into them our highest experience of those words. But our highest experience of love, for example, is not the highest love; our highest experience of [...]

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Shayne on December 16th, 2007

Selwyn continues to discuss that Jesus is God’s Word. Today, he says: “That Word – Jesus – is God made available. When you know Him, you know God. … The question is: Why did the Word have to become flesh? There are a number of answers we can give to that question, the first being [...]

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