Different Spirit Blog Posts

Shock! The Bible says there is no God

The Bible

Yes, it is true. The sentence “There is no God” appears in the Bible. In fact, the words appear twice. But, when someone quotes a scripture, it is vital to check the context ...

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How to build the church

How to build the church

What is the key to building a church – not a bricks and mortar building, but a dedicated following?

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Heaven, hell and what to wear

Christian dress for success

Books have been written on how to dress for success. But what does this mean in a Christian context?

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The Spirit of God dwells in you

Tongues of fire

If you believe in Jesus then you have been purified by that faith and the Holy Spirit lives in you. This is an incredible truth: the same supernatural Power who raised Jesus from the dead, dwells in your mortal, corruptible body

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Don’t trust a man who walks without a limp

Walking with a limp

Jacob knew and was blessed by God but was always scheming to his own ends, until God dealt with him. In great danger, Jacob spent a night wrestling with God, who wrenched his hip so that ever after he walked with a limp.

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How to hear from God

Praying to God

I will give you three simple steps to take if you want to hear from God. It’s not a formula. It’s three principles that are on view in the Bible.

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Why did so many Jews reject Jesus?

Why did so many Jews reject Jesus

We learn valuable lessons for the life of faith when we study the attitudes of the Jewish people at the time of Jesus, and ask why so many rejected Him.

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Crucifying the sinful nature

Crucifying the sinful nature

“You have been crucified with Christ”, the Bible says. However, we are called on to make this legal standing an increasing reality in our experience. To do this we need to co-operate with the dealings of the Holy Spirit ...

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What the Bible says about Jesus’ crucifixion

What the Bible says about the crucifixion of Jesus

The typical crucifix image of Jesus is so embedded in human consciousness that you may be surprised that it differs somewhat from the biblical description of Jesus’ sufferings ...

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Who killed Jesus?

Who killed Jesus

Who was actually responsible for the death of Jesus? Think before giving your answer ...

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Abundant life for Christians

Abundant life in a Christian context

Jesus promised His followers “abundant life” or “life to the full”. But what did He really mean by that?

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Changing toxic thinking

Changing toxic thought patterns

What we believe, what we think about and what we set our hearts on has a profound effect on our actions and attitudes and conversations. The Bible tells us to “be transformed by the renewing of our minds”. But how?

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Amazing Bible prophecy coming true

Bible prophecy fulfilled in our day

One out of every five verses in the Bible predicts the future. That makes the Bible unique. No other writings foretell what is to come in quite the same way.

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What language did Jesus speak?

The name of Jesus in Hebrew

Jesus spoke Hebrew. His mother-tongue would have been Hebrew – the language of Jews in Israel and the language of their Scriptures. Nowhere in the original Greek text of the New Testament is the word ‘Aramaic’ to be found.

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What Gethsemane means

Olive trees

The setting of the spiritual travail of Jesus before the crucifixion, at Gethsemane, and even the name of the place, is deep with meaning.

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False humility and Christians

Washing feet

Someone who is really humble is not even aware of their humility. They aren’t absorbed with themselves at all.

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Peace in your heart

Bible

Peace in our hearts is not only a promise and reward of God – a state that unbelievers often envy in an increasingly frenetic world – it is also a condition that we are commanded to enter.

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Debt, gambling and greed

The debt bomb

With government debt at frighteningly high levels, what does the Bible have to say to Christians about debt, gambling and greed?

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God’s deliverance of Israel

The galgal plant

The life-cycle of the galgal plant captures the essence of how God plans to deal with the enemies of Israel

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Did Jesus have money?

Roman coins

For someone who had forsaken money and possessions, Jesus had a lot to say, and to teach, about what our attitude to money should be.

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Two women and two men in the Bible

Open Bible

The Bible stories of two particular women, and two particular men, show us the love and broad acceptance that God has for His children, as well as giving an indication of God’s priorities.

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A mask to cover greed?

The prosperity gospel

The “prosperity gospel” presents a message of getting rich, to help God out, that fits well with the values of a materialistic society. But is it simply a mask to cover greed?

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Alarmageddon

Open Bible

Jesus told His followers to watch for signs of the end. There are certainly current signs pointing to a great shaking in the western world

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