Author: Don Kirkwood

For many reasons people backslide or wander from the Lord Jesus. Let me again state that true Christians, born again people, cannot lose their salvation, but they can wander off, distancing themselves from God and the comfort of His presence. The effects of this are huge and influences all of life. Some backsliding could be […]

Over the past few days we have been trying to grasp a Biblical understanding of worship. We have already said that to worship God you need to be Born Again which in itself must be realized in worship as a lifestyle. Then followed the need to understand the Object of Worship, Almighty God who reveals […]

I visited a lovely family last night and amongst the many things we chatted about was the transparency or the lack there of in a Church. The question that was raised, and is so often raised these days is something like this … “Why does the church, pastor or leaders not tell the congregation what […]

Yesterday we started looking at “worship” as a Christian life style. Firstly we looked at the qualifications for worship and found that in essence worship needs to be a lifestyle by someone who is born again. Today I would like to consider (2) The Object of Worship. Now that we know that one needs to […]

The term “worship” might be a word greatly misunderstood for some people. It’s almost like the humorous illustration I found … Neil Marten, a member of the British Parliament, was once giving a group of his constituents a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. During the course of the visit, the group happened to […]

In the beginning of the Christian walk it’s almost as though you are on a cloud. You are so excited because of what has happened in your life … the miracle of the New Birth. After a few month or a few years your spiritual momentum might slow down or cool off … and this […]

So far we have seen that the Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp, a sword, a mirror and a sustainer. Opening each of these thoughts has been enlightening and challenging. Today we consider the last one in this mini-series of what the Word of God says about itself. […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp, a sword and a mirror. Our journey over the last few days has been helping us to see what the Bible says it is like. Today we observe … 6) The Bible is like something that sustains. It feeds. It meets […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer, a lamp and a sword. As we progress seeing what the Bible says it is like, we come to something beautiful yet scary! 5) The Bible is like a mirror. It’s amazing the effects of a mirror. When a baby starts to crawl […]

The Word of God says it is like a fire, a hammer and a lamp. Today we continue seeing what the Bible says … 4) The Bible is like a sword. It is interesting to see a butcher ply his trade. When I want to purchase lamb chops I go to a butcher on the […]