Welcome to the fifth and final step in what has been called the “Romans Road to Salvation“* *(using the book of Romans in the bible to explain the Christian view of salvation) If you’ve travelled this far with us you’ll know that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; that The…
The last few posts of this series have shown how the bible teaches that All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23); The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23); and that God demonstrates his own love…
Can I sit with you? When I was in school there was this one kid who’d only let me sit with him if I promised not to mess around. I wasn’t particularly naughty but sometimes I might make the odd silly noise or gesture. So in order to sit with this person I had to…
First Year, First Term, First Lesson… When I first started out as a high school teacher, the very first lesson with any new class coming in from primary school involved the kids writing out the rules for these lessons. They included things like not talking out of turn, respecting other pupils’ viewpoints, and remembering homework….
I’m not perfect! People who know me can vouch for it! In fact, very often we all use this universally agreed fact that we are not perfect – we can even use it in an argument with someone or as a defence – I’m only human! The problem is, it’s not always a good enough…