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In last week’s blog I put forward the biblical view that our identity is formed by our relationships, in the first place in relationship with our Creator and essentially in our relationship with Christ.
Our primary identity is as children of God because we are in Christ and have been given the Spirit of the Son so that we call God our Father.
Does this mean that our other identity markers have been abolished? That male and female distinctions no longer apply? Does it mean that the Bible was way ahead of the progressives and we didn’t know it? Read more
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Finding myself. Narrowing down or relating out?
A recent report told of the removal of gender categories in Australia's major music awards “in order to make the competition more inclusive...”
“There will be no Best Male Artist or Best Female Artist categories at the ARIAs this November, organisers said. Instead, an award for Best Artist will replace the two...”
This change is in line with a significant movement in the western world to do with gender identity. Part of the change has been in the way people are taught to understand themselves. A major part of this change has been a move away from material and biological ways of identifying oneself, towards an inner psychological understandng of the self. Read more.
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Confident Hope: Terrifying Fear...
The prophet Habakkuk saw a time when what looked like a disaster would come. It is easy to identify with his feelings of fear and uncertainty. It is possible also to identify with his confidence. Confidence that God was still in control of everything. Listen to Habakkuk:
16 I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.
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Meditation on the Lord's Supper John 13
Sermon preached by the Revd Dr John Yates at Jesus Talk at St Mark's Bassendean on 15 November 2020
Bible Readings: John 13
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What is the Gospel?
Sermon preached at Alive@5 at St Mark's Bassendean on 22 April 2018