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We all know wisdom is good.  But do we really treasure it?  As a father trains his son, Proverbs pleads with us not just to appreciate wisdom, but to treasure & chase it.  For as Proverbs 24:14 promises: ‘Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future […] The post Wisdom in Order appeared first on The Bridge Church .

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Would you like to live wisely? Plato suggested that half of the cardinal virtues were wisdom & moderation.  But is the ‘middle way’ really the path of wisdom?  Is it truly wise to avoid the extremes?  Taking an overview of the Psalms it seems that isn’t God’s perspective. Instead Wisdom & Passion go hand in […] The post Wisdom and Passion appeared first on The Bri...

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Jesus speaks of money with alarming regularity & clarity.  Nowhere is he blunter than in Matthew 24v6 ‘You cannot serve both God & money’.  Our approach to money matters so much because handling cash is playing with our eternity.  As Luther put it: ‘Baptized or not, no greedy belly can be a Christian; but he […] The post The power that wants you (thinking Christianly about mo...

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Money makes us powerful, but when there is no end of possibilities that we could spend it on, we can feel a little weak. How do we make financial decisions? What determines our ‘cash values? The key is looking to the love of God. In seeing His perfect provision & disturbing generosity, God gives us a way […] The post Cash values (thinking Christianly about money) appeared first on The B...

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Work gets things done, it is powerful. But Money stores work. Money makes work flexible and transferable. Money is liquid power! One powerful person addresses other ‘powerful people’ on how knowing the all-powerful God transforms our approach to money. At the cross, the all powerful God uses His power shamefully for the benefit of others […] The post Money is power (thinking Christianl...

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We enjoy massive freedom in Christ – but all freedom needs to be protected. The possibility of falling from grace (Gal 5:4) & the threat of those ‘children of the slave woman’ persecuting those born of the Spirit (4:28-29) make vigilance a vital characteristic of all in Christ. The post The price of freedom is eternal vigilance appeared first on The Bridge Church .

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Knowing who we are matters – & we who are in Christ are nothing less than ‘sons of God’.  Paul’s defence of true Christian freedom crescendos: Justification makes it clear we are accepted by God.  But adoption as sons shows the depth of our acceptance.  As J I Packer put it: ‘Adoption is the highest […] The post Full and free acceptance appeared first on The Bridge Chu...

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The pressure to ‘be good enough’ & to earn your place in this world can be an immense pressure.  Even heavier is the weight to be good enough to earn merit before God.  As Paul continues to call the Galatians back to the gospel of grace, he recalls previous problems of pressure to ‘do works’ […] The post Freedom from the meritocracy appeared first on The Bridge Church .

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What image says freedom for you? Freedom is the heart of the letter to the Galatians, & Paul is clear that real freedom is found only in the message of Jesus Christ: ‘Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us […] The post The only news that gives freedom appeared first on The Bridge Church .

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A Day is coming when ‘The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.’ (Zech 14v9).  Zechariah shares God’s vision of this coming day in all its splendour to inspire & excite us.  As we see the greatness of what will […] The post A Day is coming when all will know the King appeared first on The Bridge Church .