Living Theology

Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. The futility of action without the Lord is explained in both lines, but the message is strengthened when viewed together as a whole.

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appear...

Dealing with issues affecting African preachers.

YE SHALL NOT ONLY HEAL THE SICK, BUT IN MY NAME SHALL YE CAST OUT DEVILS. YE SHALL SEE MIGHTY MIRACLES AS IN MY NAME YE PREACH THE WORD, FOR BEHOLD, I GIVE YOU POWER OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY.

This question of whether a person can lose his salvation is not an abstract question. It touches us at the very core of our Christian lives, not only with regard to our concerns for our own perseverance, but also with regard to our concern for our family and friends, particularly those who seemed, for all outward appearances, to have made a genuine profession of faith. #theologyschool #bible #bren...

Simply stated: in the Fall, man just didn’t become spiritually sick — he died. As a result, he is completely unable to do any ultimate good in the eyes of God, including believing the gospel. Since the fall of Adam every person is conceived and born a slave, spiritually dead in their sin. Though we still have a will and are free to choose what we want to choose, we are not able to choose what is c...

If Jesus had only introduced a motivational and positive elements into His preaching, He would have been more popular. We do not hear Him say, ‘Run after these people, Peter, and tell them we will have a different style of service tomorrow, something short and attractive with little preaching. We will have a fun and enjoyable event for the people. Tell them they will be sure to love it. Be quick,...

Preachers should recognise the importance of exegesis, of carefully studying a text of Scripture in order to interpret its true meaning. For the preacher is to present himself "approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). Every preacher worth his salt should say "Amen" to that. #theology #theologyschool #brendonnaicker #londonc...

Let us have confidence in the power of the Word, hence, sow the seed as richly and abundantly as we are able. But let us remember that, “God gives the increase” (1 Cor.3:7). Let us not become so frustrated (because we are not getting sensational results) that we resort to cheap techniques which do nothing but detract from the pristine beauty of the gospel message. #theologyschool #londoncitychurch...

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your #spiritualworship. #worshipmusic #christianmusic #easternmysticism #theologyschool

God Can Lead You! -Book of Judges A nation had an opportunity to be led directly by God and missed it. #theologyschool #judges #monarchy #devotion #relationshipwithGod #opportunity

God has called each of us to enter into His promise, receive an inheritance as co-heirs with His Son, and help shape His Kingdom by working for Him and allowing Him to work through us. #Joshua #bestrong #havefaith #theologyschool #bookofJoshua

The purpose of the #Incarnation is the #redemption of the human race. Jesus was born to die and in dying to bear the awful weight and punishment of the sins of all mankind

The book of Deuteronomy opens by depicting the forty years into a journey that could have taken only a few short weeks, with the children of the rebellious generation still east of the Jordan River, outside the land of Canaan. Moses recounts the history of the journey from Mount Sinai, reminding the people of the faithlessness and complaining that has kept them from fulfillment for so long. #theol...

“No creed but Christ, no book but the Bible.” Did you hear of such mumbo jumbo? #theologyschool #creed #doctrine

We are all somewhere in-between the promise of God and its fulfilment. The journey is not always an easy one to which we at times experience hardship and a loss of focus. #brendonnaicker #Joburgchurch #theologyschool #londoncitychurch #journey #hardships #pains #lossoffocus

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God of #compassion and #mercy God’s love extends to thousands of generations, while His punishment extends to only three or four. When reading Exodus, many people only see a God who requires obedience and prescribes painfully obscure rituals. This view misses the heart of God completely. #Brendonnaicker #theologyschool #londoncitychurch #exodus

…and to you pastors who are paying these organisers have to pay people to listen to you then you are a bigger fool as in Galatians 3, for supplying this demand for peddling the Gospel in the name of Christ. You organiser, you think people in your community don’t know how you are surviving which is not by faith but by your tourist marketing package you are offering. #pastors #indiaevents #christian...

God is pleased when we seek personal encounters with Him rather than simply offering Him right behaviour. #brendonnaicker #theologyschool #relationshipwithGod #religious #conformity

Life with God often involves contradictions. We live long stretches of time between promise and fulfillment, and what we choose to believe about God during those times shapes our experience with Him. #Brendonnaicker #theologyschool

When life gets tough, we need to remember that pain and hardship can be explained by the debacle in Eden. But the story doesn’t end there, though many people act as if it does. We have to wrestle with the serpent’s question every day: Is God really good? We don’t deal with temptations about eating from the wrong tree, at least not literally. But the temptation to doubt God replays again and again...

God shapes our story for His purposes. We don’t know how He does that, but it’s extremely comforting because we all, to some degree, have dysfunctional families. If God can speak into the chaos of the patriarchal family through their enormous dysfunction—we read of rape and retribution and hostile rivalries— and by bringing meaningful design, just as He spoke into the chaos of Genesis and brought...

“Is anything too hard for the Lord?”—is a foundational issue for all people of faith. #brendonnaicker #londoncitychurch #theologyschool #joburgchurch

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil has given us heavy doses of independence; that’s always a by-product of having confidence in our own knowledge. Carried away as wanderers and estranged from God, we subject ourselves to His opposition, not because He opposes us, but because He opposes the direction we have taken. #londoncitychurch #brendonnaicker #theologyschurch -#joburgchurch