Kingdom of God – Born Again

I am so glad that this topic crops up early on in this series because new birth is about how we gain access into God’s Kingdom. Spiritually Dead To make sense of being born again, we need to understand our spiritual condition before we welcome God into our lives. The Apostle Paul says, “Once youContinue reading “Kingdom of God – Born Again”

Kingdom of God – Authority

I have broken my own rule already – doubling up on ‘A’ in this Kingdom of God series! But I didn’t feel it could wait for another 26 blogs before addressing today’s topic. Authority is not a commonly addressed theme in churches, certainly not in the UK anyway. We might speak of it in relationContinue reading “Kingdom of God – Authority”

Kingdom of God – Abba

“…you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, ‘Abba, Father.’ For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.” (Romans 8.15-16, NLT) It seems very fitting to begin this series on the Kingdom of God with ‘Abba, Father’. Our Queen’s full titleContinue reading “Kingdom of God – Abba”

The day it all changed

In about 2005, I was still recovering from a difficult season in my life and cruising along as a Christian of some years’ standing – I say ‘cruising’, probably in third gear and with nothing especially remarkable to show for my years as a Christian up to that point. Dare I say it, my lifeContinue reading “The day it all changed”