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Month: March 2009

Spiritual warfare

Spiritual warfare

Last week we started talking about the apparent tension between the freedom we have in Christ (Galatians 5:1) and our ongoing struggle with sin. We talked about Paul’s words in Ephesians 2:1-3 where he says that they were captive to three things; the cravings of our sinful nature (flesh), the ruler of the Kingdom of the air (the devil) and the ways of this world. While none of these are mutually exclusive our aim this week is to talk about…

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Grace and our struggle with sin

Grace and our struggle with sin

The final couple of studies we have this term are focused on the apparent tension between the freedom we have in Christ (Galatians 5v1) and our ongoing struggle with sin. Paul explains to the Ephesians that they were captive to three things; the cravings of our sinful nature (flesh), the ruler of the Kingdom of the air (the devil) and the ways of this world (2v1-3). While there is much overlap between all three, our focus this week is on…

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