Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance
…descended into despair and death. Peter was brought through brokenness into forgiveness, restoration, and fruitful service. Their stories illustrate the vital distinction in Paul’s words: “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…e worldwide mission in the power of the Holy Ghost. He did not say that there would be no restoration, that Israel now meant the Church, or that their expectation was based upon a false reading of the prophets. This does not make Acts 1:6 a complete timetable of future events. It…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…its King, proclaim its gospel, and bear responsibility as His people. Nothing in a future restoration of Israel diminishes the Church's present inheritance. Yet stewardship is not ownership, and present participation is not exhaustive fulfilment. The text does not say that the Ab…
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