An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
Chapter One: Beginnings In the beginning… Every Christian biography should begin with the words “In the beginning God..” Our Bible begins with these words and, on reflection, it could begin with no others. How else would anything ‘begin’? The gospel
A History of Transitions The Romans were suspicious of transitions. They feared and honoured the gods of barriers. Doorways were transitions fraught with danger. That’s why some brides still get carried over the threshold on their wedding day. The Romans
The head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Looking forward to The City A journey of a thousand miles say the Chinese, begins with the first step. The beginning of any venture
For those who passionately believe that the ‘blood of Jesus Christ’ can cleanse the acknowledged perpetrator from ‘all sin’ there is a question that is often asked. In 1 John we read… If we say that we have no sin,
Chapter One: Beginnings Looking forward to The City “A journey of a thousand miles,” say the Chinese, “begins with the first step.” The beginning of any venture is vital; if there are mistakes in the foundation it will be very
The Lord bless you Let’s continue a little on the theme of God’s promise of blessing for and through Abraham. We use it so often don’t we? The word ‘bless’? As a testimony; “The Lord blessed the meeting”, “I was
When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have
15.Still calling…Calling upon the Lord: the crisis Let’s linger a while on this theme of calling on the name of the Lord. Do you call on the name of the Lord? Notice, I didn’t ask ‘did you’ but ‘do you’.
Calling upon the Name So Abraham, ever moving on, pitched his tent in between Bethel and Ai and built an altar to Jehovah, and ‘called upon the name of Jehovah’ (Genesis 12:8 ASV). Let’s not try to fit this into
