One of the key truths re-established during the Protestant reformation was the doctrine of “Grace Alone”. Grace alone is God’s free gift that grants salvation, not papal authority or the keeping of the seven sacraments of the church. The reformers challenged these church practices and theological heresies by teaching that grace – God’s unmerited
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The second major tenant of the reformation is Sola Christos. Commonly known as “In Christ Alone”. This truth makes Christianity exclusive by nature as it establishes that salvation comes through no other means other than Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. It is by Christ and Christ alone that sin is forgiven. It is by Christ
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Last week we learnt about the nature of Scripture from Paul’s instructions to Timothy. Scripture is breathed out by God. In this study we will further explore the nature and power of Scripture. Peter, one of the “inner circle” of Jesus’ disciples, the one who was impetuous by nature, the one who understood the amazing
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This week we start a six-week series that will be simply known as Sufficiency. This series is designed to re-focus our church on the essential truths upon which our Christian faith is built. These anchors of the faith were reestablished 500 years ago as the Reformers swept through Europe. In today’s secular and postmodern environment,
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1. Sanctification simply means “set apart for God” and the Bible seems to say that it is something that has already happened (cf. 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11) BUT is also still to happen (cf. 1 Thess 4:3-7). Consider the following diagram which tries to represent these two ideas. How helpful (or not) is it? The
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Sanctification: Positional and Personal 1 Peter 1:13-21 Mark Kulikovsky – 1st December 2019 Sanctification simply means “set apart for God” and the Bible seems to say that it is something that has already happened (cf. 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11) BUT is also still to happen (cf. 1 Thess 4:3-7). Consider the following diagram which tries
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